Discuss the various finishing services that can help showcase your brand. Topics include custom neck tag labels, hang tags, garment washes, folding, bagging and even shipment/packaging options.
We've been turning our t-shirts inside out and printing a tag right onto the shirt (tagless)!
BTW, we use a DTG process, but I think it would still work well with Screen Printing?
Is it really REQUIRED? Who doesn't know how to wash a t-shirt? Also, I don't think I own a t-shirt with the tags still left in it! I would think that if I were purchasing or making my own tags, people are going to cut them out anyway! Wouldn't you agree?
But, just a quick note from Solmu's post from a thread regarding labeling laws:
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Originally Posted by Solmu
You may be thinking that these rules are unnecessary for such a simple garment, or that it's all too much trouble. Here's a word on penalties from the FTC:
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Originally Posted by FTC
Failure to provide reliable care instructions and warnings for the useful life of an item is a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Violators are subject to enforcement actions and penalties of up to $11,000 for each offense. In enforcement actions, the FTC contends that each mislabeled garment is a violation. Since 1990, the FTC has brought 16 enforcement actions, one of which was litigated and 15 of which were resolved by settlements. Penalties have ranged as high as $300,000.
Zoran Ladicorbic Ltd was fined $14,000 for "failure to attach care labels to garments", Laura Ashley, Inc. was fined $60,000 for "failure to provide written care instructions". I think it's fair to say it's just not worth the risk, no matter how under the radar you are (it's not like you even gain anything from flouting the law).
WOW...Thanks Greg, this is good info to know. I think it would be easy for me to just take the info from the tag that was originally attached and add it underneath the logo?
Good thing the only time I've ever done this was for a sample that I printed...
Thanks!
Yeah, that's the easiest way to do it. Just make sure that what was already there covers everything that's supposed to be there. Then you're good to go!
I DEFINITELY believe in being "better safe than sorry"!
That is the reason we use all of our own photographs to design our artwork from, as well as being completely original with design elements, for the very same reason. I don't even want to deal with copyright infringement in any way, it's best not to rationalize these things away.
Thanks again for the heads up.
Ann
Advice - print your own tags 
