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Types of printing – choose the right methodįabric printing seems to be surrounded by many “myths and legends”. Our clients often have problems with understanding and choosing the right method of fabric printing, which has a colossal effect on the final result of their work. Whether your project turns out exactly as you planned depends on the choice of the right printing method, medium and type of dye. Since we have not found a comprehensive and substantive summary of types of printing anywhere on the Internet, we decided to collect everything in one place. We really hope that we will make your choice much easier!ĭivision into analogue and digital fabric printing methods is the basic way of categorisation of the printing methods. Below, we will try to explain different methods and their characteristic features. Screen printing is an analogue method of fabric printing. Screen printing involves pressing the paint through a printing screen (made of a steel frame and a nylon mesh) and thus making a print. This operation can be performed manually (the paint is then squeezed manually through the screen) or with a machine (the paint is automatically pressed by the machine through the screen). Preparing the screen in screen printing resembles preparation of a template, where individual parts of the grid are covered, and a specific shape is obtained on the fabric. By means of screen printing, one colour is printed at a time as each colour is a separate layer. For this reason, screen printing is not particularly recommended for multicolour prints – in such cases, digital printing will work much better.

Screen printing method can be used both with material beams (in such instance a rotational screen is used) or on ready-made clothing items (T-shirts, bags, accessories). Screen printing imposes very many limitations linked to what you want to print – this is mainly due to the way the colours are applied. In screen printing, each colour is applied individually on a separate screen during a single machine cycle. In the case of screen printing, it is very difficult (and sometimes even impossible) to perform smooth tonal transitions in print (smooth/seamless transition from one colour to the other). It’s difficult to achieve, for example, a two-colour gradient. Screen printing works best when printing relatively simple (e.g., geometric) shapes with a small number of colours. What is more, it is basically impossible to print pictures using the screen printing method as shading, tonal transitions and accurate reproduction of details are not its strongest point.
