[jacind22]

What is the ABSOLUTE best(I don't care about cheap), BEST WAY to print onto tee shirts? BEST COLOR, BEST LOOKING, FASTEST, AND FOR QUANTITY!!!!!! please and thank you

 

[kimura-mma]

For retail quality, go with screen printing. Preferably with waterbased and discharge inks.

 

[sindhu g n]

Screen printing is the best way for T-shirt printing.

 

[Denim12]

Both printing process have their own specialty and advantage. Digital printing process is faster than screen printing but still screen printing is best for t-shirt.

 

[calhtech]

Screen Printing - for widest variety of apparel types and colors.

 

[Ryanp]

What if you want to print your images yourself people is an inkjet printer with a plotter the way to go or a laser printer with 2 step transfers for no out line while of course tryin to matain a quality worthy to sell to customers i tried the opaque for darks but dnt feel right abit paperery almost unless i applied it wrong soz 4 jumping on this tread hope thats cool

 

[calhtech]

What if you want to print your images yourself people is an inkjet printer with a plotter the way to go or a laser printer with 2 step transfers for no out line while of course tryin to matain a quality worthy to sell to customers i tried the opaque for darks but dnt feel right abit paperery almost unless i applied it wrong soz 4 jumping on this tread hope thats cool

Thats fine Ryan, but the OP said what is the absolute BEST without regard to expense. The methods you are offering would be at the other end of the spectrum. Nothing wrong with that, mind you.

 

[Rprejean]

Direct to garment has a specific niche. Direct to garment color can be as good as screen print. Machines that print on dark shirts are expensive and a pain to maintain because the white base that allows you to print on dark garments have to be purged and cleaned from the machines nightly.

If you are talking about high volume of shirts, 144 or more, you will want to do them screen printed.

Direct to garment is a slow process and your production time will be ate up waiting on one shirt at a time.

A multi-head automatic screen press can produce a dozen shirts in the time it takes a direct to garment to produce a few.

Direct to garment like I said fills a niche, one that I don't have the time for because the market isn't very profitable.