Direct To Garment
What Is Direct To Garment (DTG)?
Direct to garment is a relatively new state-of-the-art technology of printing designs and graphics directly into the fibers of the clothing. It uses a specialized inkjet printer, which fires smaller droplets of ink into textiles and creates seriously realistic and impressive designs.
This sophisticated printer utilizes the full spectrum of colors and is designed to print them simultaneously, making it a lot easier to achieve customized designs with complex color schemes and artwork with gradients. DTG can accurately recreate small details that traditional methods like screen printing can only dream of.
What sets direct to garment printing apart from other printing methods is perhaps its simple process that prints long-lasting designs and graphics. The color pigments become one with your t-shirt. And to ensure excellent washability and avoid cracking or fading, the printed garment is usually heat pressed.
Unlike other printing techniques, DTG involves a little amount of time and labor. It allows for live computer preview prints, as well as running multiple printers using a single computer.
The Benefits Of Direct To Garment
Eco-friendly inks
At Kitchener Screen Printing, we only use vibrant water-based inks that are naturally sourced and environmentally friendly. We pride ourselves in offering the best direct to garment printing in Ontario, as the inks we use will soak seamlessly into the fabric and hold up to countless washes throughout the life of your t-shirt.
No minimum orders
If you need a few sample orders for your business plan or custom shirts for a one-time event, then you can’t go wrong with direct to garment printing. It’s possible to order as many or as few t-shirts as you need. However, with screen printing you’ll enjoy lower costs when you order more t-shirts.
No setup time for quick turnaround
DTG technology eliminates all the time-consuming setup process associated with conventional garment printing methods. There are no complicated color separations, films, and screens. All that’s needed is the DTG inkjet printer, the ink, and your garment.
Unlimited colors
With direct to garment printing, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to colors. From over 16 million colors to choose from, you can easily achieve full-color vibrant printing on your garment for a reasonable price in Kitchener Waterloo. There’s no limitation on the number of tones you can select. You’re only limited by your imagination. And what’s great, we don’t charge by color range.
Soft hand feel
Unlike other print methods, the ink used in DTG permanently adheres to the fiber of the clothing that’s being printed. The result is a highly durable imprint with an incredibly soft hand feel. You can’t feel the design or graphic on your garment when you’re wearing it.
On-demand capabilities
The quick nature of DTG printing makes it feasible to have flawless, custom t-shirts printed only when your customers actually need them. This helps eliminates the need for holding large amounts of inventory, which can prove to be a liability rather than an asset.
Lower costs
DTG is extremely efficient, making its pricing quite competitive. Whether you need intricately detailed prints in a small or large volume, we can achieve accurate, high-quality results at the best affordable prices. You can save money, as DTG has no artwork preparation charges, no color separating charges, no film fees, and no screen fees.
CMYK
Direct to garment printers utilize the CMYK color space, meaning you can print the standard colors of cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black ink). This technology is perfect for detailed high-resolution photos, graphic effects, and multi-colored designs. You can accomplish excellent opacity for your graphics, designs, and photos.
