 Screen print methods question
Hey, I've been out of the 'hands on' part of the industry for so long now that I see things have changed quite a bit in the manner in which shirts are printed. I just want a simplified breakdown of what different methods are now used, what are the drawbacks, what are the positives, etc. I am familiar with direct imprinting with plastisols which seems to be 'Old School' with what I'm seeing on sites like CafePress, Threadless, etc. Can somone tell me specific differences of like using Vinyl, Flock, Die Sublimation, whatever method Threadless uses, Transfer (laser and inkjet), what does CafePress use? Etc. I know direct with automatics is the way to go on production runs (1000's), or short runs with a manual press, but I'm just kind of confused on the other methods I see out there. Thanks in advance for any info. |