All over T shirt printing
One request we recieve on a regular basis is for all over T-shirt printing. The T shirts below are what we would call over sized, not an all over print!
To acheive an all over T shirt print, a particular kind of screen printing machine is required. Belt printers are capable of this kind of printing and can produce great results, But For many people this kind of printing is not affordable with very high minimum orders , one possible way around this is to enter competitions run by design by humans on a regular basis, their website is packed full of some of the most inspirational T shirt designs you can imagine, there are hundreds of fantastic examples of all over T shirt printing on this site.
Unfortunately Advertees do not have this facility at present, with nearly all large format and all over belt printing machines being operated overseas, but it is certainly something we can aspire to. Right now we are able to offer large printing areas of 40cm x 50cm, but we do prefer to avoid seams where possible. Waterbased inks are recommended for large T-shirt designs, discharge printing inks are generally used for dark shirts. Below is a picture of some larger T shirt prints going through our gas dryer.
Hey, you say nearly all belt printing is operated in America – do you know of ANY in the UK??
many thanks
[...] now becoming more popular than ever, but without the correct and very expensive machinery such as belt printers, they are very difficult to achieve. Large format autos and belt printers have high set up costs [...]
Sorry Emily, we have been looking but are unaware of any at the present time.
any body knows how i can get a portable shirt printing machine that can print letterings and numberings,designes like artistical drawings,logos? please mail me on paschalfalase@yahoo.com if you gave the idea of the name,price and where to get it…i think this belt printer is powerful but i can’t affrd it.
Design by Humans doesn’t use a belt printer, belt printers are for shirts without tight registration. They use a M&R Alpha 8 or one of the Carousel printers that is capable of handling screens of that size, along with the full t-shirt palates, which is the only way to register allover prints.
Thanks Zane, I was trying to explain why short runs of all over prints were not practical as we get so many enquiries often for less than 50 pieces, the situation is still the same when setting up any automated machinery using larger screens, the set up costs are still prohibitive. I mentioned design by humans as a way of getting a good size print on a shirt when you have no funds, of course you have to get your design voted as a winner first. I will post some video of the Alpha8 in a later post. Great machine. We have a couple of shirts screened by DBH, they really are quality screen prints.
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