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| Inkjet printers replacing traditional screen printing
Printing into garments has been an age-old process that people
have been doing many years before it had become widespread. The
process is long and complicated and needs expertise to be able
to achieve the right result.
With the development in technology came the process of
sublimation, which paved the way to transferring decorations in
garments. This is simpler compared to the traditional direct
screen printing. Just like the traditional screen printing,
sublimation transfers have been done before people printing
companies came to know about its possibility. This has given
people another option in decorating variety of products in full
colors and in small amounts.
With the use of inkjet printers as screen printing methods comes
another addition to the transfer of prints into garments. The
fact that this method has been proven as much more effective and
result-oriented than the traditional and sublimation process has
made people wonder if this will be able to replace those other
methods in the long run.
Printing on garments using these printers is less time consuming
as the only process involved here is the loading of the
materials needed. With inkjet, full colored prints are printed
in a matter of minutes, from the start until finish. This is
just like putting graphics into prints, without the use of
paper. The cost involved in this process is not as expensive as
that of the sublimation and the direct screen printing. Inkjet
printers can be considered competitive garment printers with
only the cost of the initial printer cost to take into account.
Inkjet printing on garments may have its advantages but it also
has its many disadvantages. It is only practical on light
colored garments. Because of the transparency of these printers,
they have the tendency to take on the color of the garment. It
is therefore ideal printing them on light colored garments. The
amounts of prints that will be made are also an advantage over
the others as these printers have low production rates. But if
you take the set up preparations and the procedures needed for
the sublimation and traditional printing, the slower time rate
of the inkjet printers would surely beat the preparation periods
of the others.
With more additions to the screen printing technology, people
will be questioning the fact that maybe the traditional printing
would be replaced as time goes on. The manufacturers of inkjet
printers would surely be able to develop its disadvantages to
work on its advantages.
Is this the future of screen printing?
For comments and inquiries about the article visit
http://www.losangelesprintingservice.com
About the author:
Florie Lyn Masarate got her first article printed in the school
newsletter in the third grade. Her hobbies include reading any
book she can get her hands on.
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