Embroidered Vs Clothing Printing Screen>

Screen Printing & Embroidery are mainly used for promotional clothing so choosing the best process to promote your company is a very important decision.

The process of screen printing There are many factors when it comes to screen printing, the artwork, the screens and the machines your t-shirts are printed on. Screens are made up of many types of meshes from a 43 which allows a heavier deposit of ink to a 120 which puts a minimum deposit of ink down for finer detailed designs, emulsion is placed onto these meshes and then the film placed on top. 

 The film blocks the light allowing the surrounding emulsion to cure whilst the covered area breaks down, the screen is then rinsed and ready for print.The screens are spun automatically around the machine in sequence whilst the squeegee pulls the ink across the screen depositing the ink onto the shirt. Once all the colours are completed the shirt is then taken off and placed through the dryer and there you have it a printed t-shirt.

The time for processing the design can take 10 minutes to run; most manufactures machines have eight heads which enables multiple production runs. Each element is stitched with its specified colour which is taken from the industries standard (Madeira) threads with a maximum of 12 colours per head.

The major advantage between them both is speed, whilst screen printing has alot of stages to produce the screen once complete the process is minimal with some companies producing around 20,000 t-shirts a day. Last ability is a major issue as screen printing is the choice when comparing with digital transfers but when it comes to embroidery this wins hands down.

Embroidery is the perfect choice for corporate wear as these can be washed at high temperatures and multiple times. The majority of the cost comes down to the design, if you have a small left breast 1 colour design this will be roughly the same cost, if you look at the other end of the scale and the design is large with multiple colours, screens become very expensive and programmes can have thousands of stitches.

My personal opinion on this topic is that screen printing achieves more effectiveness for promotional clothing when trying to sell a product and embroidery suits corporate clothing but overall the both have their advantages and disadvantages.

The Advantages and Use of Screen Printing in Commercial Printing

Its greatest advantage that was obviously showing all the way was its repeatability and the possibility of reproducing different prints with ease at low cost.

Another advantage of Screen Printing is the freedom it gives in designing the printed material which can have any shape, color or thickness.
 And again, the versatility of this technique is stressed when choosing the type of ink or dye to be used in printing.  Even the way the ink is applied can be chosen depending on the effect needed.
 Actually, industrial statistics show that there is a continuous increase in the commercial establishments that are dedicated to this technique of industry.

Some of the industries that incorporate Screen Printing as one of their printing techniques include industries that are related to graphics and advertisements, printing industries and clothing and textile industry as well as other industries that utilize labels in their packaging or through any of their processes.
 Shop banners, especially those of chain shops, then followed and employed this technique of printing.
 And now, you can find screen prints everywhere you go.

Many amateurs also started to turn to professionals and established their own workshops where they produce different customized printed materials such as t-shirts, caps, bags, posters and other stuff.