Discuss the different types of equipment needed for screen printing. Topics include manual screen printing presses, automatic presses, dryers, folding machines, starter kits and high end machines.
There's not really one "best" machine. You have to evaluate the different printing techniques. Figure out the drawbacks and benefits and find the one that best fits your business plan.
You'll find that a lot of your questions have already been answered in previous topics. I'd hate for you to miss out on the great information that has been posted about the different machines and equipment for t-shirt printing.
if you were me 17 years old, still going at school and willing to make only a few shirt to let people know about me would you just buy a garment machine or ask a company to do it for me ?
if you were me 17 years old, still going at school and willing to make only a few shirt to let people know about me would you just buy a garment machine or ask a company to do it for me ?
While it does depend on a few factors, I'd almost definitely pay a company to do it for me in that situation.
If your design style is simple and minimal, then I'd consider learning to print and doing it yourself with minimal equipment. But if your designs are at all complicated (a lot of colour for example), definitely pay someone else to print them for you.
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