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Old December 19th, 2008 Dec 19, 2008 1:40:01 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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Screen Print Label or Heat Transfer? which is more efficient and last longer after washing?
 
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Default Re: Screen Print Label or Heat Transfer?

When you say heat transfer, I assume you mean inkjet and not vinyl?

Silkscreening will last the longest. Vinly would be difficult to weed that small and inkjet will fade, sooner or later.
 
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Ah, yes I meant inkjet. I notice that a lot of larger companies are using transfers on their product. After a few washes the smaller letters seem to peel off. It must be a huge cost difference or some benefit I am missing...
 
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Heat transfers with an adhesive backing are as good as a screen print. Screen printing a label is very expensive, heat transfers are a more cost-efficient and a more logical step for shirt indentification.

Almost all major retailers are turning to tagless labeling for their shirt identification. And these tagless labels are plastisol heat transfers.
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What is a good source to obtain these outside of a screen printer?
 
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Heat transfers with an adhesive backing are as good as a screen print. Screen printing a label is very expensive, heat transfers are a more cost-efficient and a more logical step for shirt indentification.

Almost all major retailers are turning to tagless labeling for their shirt identification. And these tagless labels are plastisol heat transfers.
This coming from a heat transfer guy? lol

Screen printing a label is not expensive, it is probably more cost efficient depending on your quantity of prints.

Using plastisol transfers are fine, but it creates a two part process instead of directly screen printing.
 
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What is a good source to obtain these outside of a screen printer?
Where do you buy YOUR custom plastisol transfers? - a list of vendors!
 
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Screen printing a label is not expensive, it is probably more cost efficient depending on your quantity of prints.
Let's put some numbers out there, I spend about .50 per print on screen printed labels right now for QTY under 200. Higher QTY over 500 and its about .20.

This is for a 1-color 3" x X" print.
 
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Let's put some numbers out there, I spend about .50 per print on screen printed labels right now for QTY under 200. Higher QTY over 500 and its about .20.

This is for a 1-color 3" x X" print.
3 inches by what?

If you have a heat press, you can bring down your per label cost to less that 2 cents with platisol transfers.
 
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3 by any number under 8 inches and its the same price.

Did you mean two cents less (.18?) or two cents per?
 
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3 by any number under 8 inches and its the same price.

Did you mean two cents less (.18?) or two cents per?
2 cents per.
 
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