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Old July 21st, 2007 -   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: Screen print methods question
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Originally Posted by Tmacker
If Threadless is direct print, I wonder why they require so many specifics on how the design is produced
I think it's largely to keep their costs down; more need for those restrictions with screenprinting than, say, DTG. They also break their own rules occasionally.

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Originally Posted by Tmacker
I think I may also purchase shirts produced in the different methods just to get a feel of the 'hand' of the print.
That would be a good idea.

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What I'm seeing on the racks these days in retail sure has a different appearance.
A lot of it is printed with waterbased inks or thinned down plastisol.
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