Promotional products like polo shirts look elegant once they are given to the public. Yet many people are not aware as to the procedures in which Promotional Polo Shirts are printed. So how are promotional materials printed?
Processes Companies Use for Printing Promo Shirts
Here are some of the commonly used processes in printing the shirts.
- One of the most common methods for printing clothing products is a process known as silk screen printing. This process is very simple and is in fact done by many companies. All that is needed is a screen of silk (hence the name) and a roller for pressing the ink onto the shirt. The screen has open areas that allow the ink to pass on to the polo shirt. The result of the print is sometimes bland and the process is not fit for those prints that require certain areas to have deeper hue than the others.
- In some companies, printing Promotional Polo Shirts require the use of automated printing machines and the process is called mechanical printing. Such machines are attached to computers that make it easy to control the colour combinations required for the print.
- Textile printing is a process of printing similar to screen printing though the main difference here is that the former allows for the printing of several intricate designs and patterns of different shades. This process is commonly used when using branded products, which need to have specific areas stand out from the others.
- Dyeing is another process of printing polo shirts. However, the applications of dyeing in promotions are limited. For one, it is very difficult to print several colours in one area side by side. Nonetheless, the process is used when Promotional Polo Shirts have various colours on different parts such as when the front and back areas are of different shades or when the collar is of a different colour with the rest of the shirt.
A key consideration in every design process is that the material on the shirt must be of the type that will fully absorb the paint used for printing. Although there are many types of paints used for printing, companies often favour those that are mixed with some type of adhesive to make sure that they will stick to the fabric. In this way, it is more certain that the print on Promotional Polo Shirts will not fade.
