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Direct-To-Garment (DTG) Printing

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What is Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printing?

At Ministry of Print, this popular direct-to-garment (DTG) printing is the latest technology of apparel printing in Singapore

Imagine having a big printer, and you print directly onto the garment, for example t-shirts, using modified inkjet technology.

This method allows you to print your picture directly onto your apparel without losing any of the details.

Let’s explore this advanced method of print.

1. How did Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printing come about?

Direct-to-garment printing has come in the apparel printing scene in the year 1996.

Yes, it is a relatively new method of printing as compared to silk screen printing or embroidery which dated centuries ago.

This method of printing was founded by a guy called Matthew Rhome. Upon this revolutionary idea of printing directly onto apparels, the first printer was founded, named “Revolution”.

Since it is a relatively new invention as we’re now only in the year of 2017, many companies have since then built upon the idea of DTG and produced magnificent state of the art printers to sell DTG printing.

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2. Advantages & Disadvantages of DTG Printing

To help you make a better choice when deciding on the type of custom t shirt printing singapore services, we have also come up with some advantages and disadvantages of dtg printing.

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Advantages

  • Print full-coloured designs without any loss of details.
  • Print at affordable prices for small quantities as compared to silk screen printing.

Disadvantages

  • Price – Despite being cheaper to print full-colored designs than silk screen printing at lower quantities, it is relatively a more costly method of printing especially for bigger sizes like A4 or A3 sized design.
  • Efficiency – Longer than normal bulk silk screen printing as only one machine can print one design at a time.

3. Recommendations for DTG printing by Ministry of Print

DTG printing is recommended for customers who are looking to print full-colored designs with latest technology inkjet onto their apparel.

It is recommended for customers who have small quantities to print these full-colored designs.

The costing does not significantly decrease over large quantity as the set-up costs is pretty much fixed due to the nature of DTG printing. This is the same as embroidery in terms of costing, although embroidery cost price decrease at higher quantities.

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