Advantages of Screen Printing Apparel

Screen printing can be used on a wide variety of materials.  There are a variety of reasons you should consider using screen printing for your apparel.  Keep reading to learn about some of them.

The designs the screen printing process are capable of producing are very detailed.  Unlike embroidery, the design can make use of gradients and shading.  Also, there are many different types of inks which can be used with screen printing. 

Some of them are designed to adhere to various surfaces very well.  If your company has a highly detailed logo, then screen printing is your best option.  It can be very difficult, if not impossible, to replicate a detailed logo with embroidery. 

Another advantage associated with screen printing your apparel is you will have many more color options.  Inks can come in a wide variety of colors.  If you choose embroidery though, the company will need to have the thread colors in their inventory.  If you need a color they do not have, then you will have to settle for the closest match.

If one of your main concerns is the price of getting your apparel printed, then you should consider choosing screen printing.  You can have products made very cheaply; paying a little less than you would for embroidered apparel.

The price of embroidery projects is determined by the thread count mainly.  When it comes to screen printing, the cost is dependent upon the number of colors which are used.  This means you do not need to pay extra money for larger designs.  Since larger designs require more stitches, then an embroidery project for larger designs would cost you more.

No matter what method you choose for your apparel, you would save quite a bit of money by ordering in bulk.  Screen printing projects only need to be setup once.  Therefore, the company will be able to make large printing runs easily with little maintenance.

Embroidery can also make use of machines instead of having it done by hand.  However, most machines have four heads, with some of them having up to ten.  No matter how many heads the embroidery machine has though, it still will not be able to produce products faster than screen printing.

As you can see, there are quite a few advantages associated with screen printing apparel.  Embroidered apparel still looks very good and is not significantly pricier, but screen printing is the better choice for plenty of other reasons.