Which process to achieve these prints

Easiest is DTG, but it can be done with a 4 colour process depending on quantity and you also need to make sure you have a good press that can keep registration.

The larger the company the less likelihood it's DTG. These are probably process color but as Alrozac said, either would work.

If you're doing small quantities (less than 100) DTG is probably cheaper.

I purchased some of their tees in Thailand. These are spot color screen printed tees. Love oldskull and the prints were great!


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Hi,

Maybe discharge printing , it's cheaper than DTG and looks very good.

Just in case anybody was wondering, in the first pic with the triangular graphic you will see some Japanese katakana in the top line. It is close to saying "Old Skull" in English as you can get with katakana.

There! Now you're all impressed that I can read katakana! But wait, there's more! I can also read hiragana. But wait, there's more! I can also read a few characters of kanji which is the really difficult stuff. But I can read the real easy stuff like fire, water, and simple stuff like that.

What do you mean you're not impressed?

angus439 said:

Just been looking at some t-shirt companies and found these tees which are 100% cotton

Do you think these are 4 colour process, dtg or something else ?

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The first print is likely a 4 color process or a 4 color simulated process and water based inks. The second is plastisol simulated process. These are printed in Thailand on a line press.

hongfunclothing said:

Hi,

Maybe discharge printing , it's cheaper than DTG and looks very good.

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You wouldn't/couldn't do discharge on a white tee.

sben763 said:

The first print is likely a 4 color process or a 4 color simulated process and water based inks. The second is plastisol simulated process. These are printed in Thailand on a line press.

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I'd say this is pretty much spot on! CMYK (4 colour process) in the first photo and simulated process for the second. Plastisol or waterbased wont make much difference.