T-Shirt Printing Mechanisms
It is a mechanism being used from age-old days where a stencil is first created with the design that is to be printed on the t-shirts. A stencil is nothing but mostly silk with the design embedded in it. The design area will be porous and the other areas will be non porous and will not allow the ink to pass through them. Then, the stencil is being placed on the apparel and the ink is then spread on the stencil. Now, the ink passes through the permeable layer in the stencil onto the piece of garment. Now, the ink gets embedded onto the t-shirt. Then, the stencil is removed and printed apparel is sent for curing which is a process done for drying the print and also helps the print to get a polished look.
Screen printing has its own advantages and disadvantages. Some of it advantages are good quality prints and a smooth feel of the apparel. Some … Read the rest