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Design: Nancy Froehlich, Mike Weikert, Adam
Palmer, Kristen Spilman (left to right)
Silkscreen Most commercially-printed
shirts are produced with a silkscreen, a device consisting of a
fine-meshed fabric stretched tautly around a frame. Parts of the
screen are blocked off, and ink is pressed through the open areas.
Each color requires its own screen. You will pay a one-time set-up
charge for each screen in addition to the cost of printing each
shirt. The set-up charge is spread out across the print run, becoming
less significant the more shirts you print. If you have the time,
space, and money to invest, you can set up your own screen-printing
studio.
Iron-on transfers are an economical way
to apply your own graphics or photographic images to a t-shirt.
Just create a graphic with the software of your choice and print
onto transfer paper with an ink-jet printer. Apply to shirt following
the manufacturer’s instructions.
Other Techniques In addition to these standard
printing methods, other ways to apply imagery to a t-shirt include
using bleach, spray paint, sewing, markers, and paint.
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