Printing Tshirt With Digital Printing

There are different methods used to print a digital design on a product:

* Digital Direct
* Digital Transfer

The specific print technique that will work best for you depends on the type of product you choose for printing, the color of that product and the color(s) of your design. When creating a product in the Spreadshirt Designer, the print technique(s) available for the product you select will appear in the Edit Design toolbar. For information about size requirements for digital designs.

Here are the methods in more detail:
Digital Direct

Digital Direct uses superior textile ink to print directly onto the apparel without using transfers. When using Digital Direct on white apparel, the shirt fabric will be the white or transparent parts of your design. For example, the stars and white stripes of an American Flag would be the t-shirt itself.

With darker t-shirts,a layer of white ink will be printed under the design then add the colored ink on top of that initial layer. The colored ink is then embedded directly into the white layer for a rich, vibrant effect. Using the above example, an American Flag would first be a white rectangle, with the red and blue elements printed on top of this initial layer of white. Therefore, these prints can feel a bit thicker than those on light-colored t-shirts.

For the best results, we recommend using transparent file formats (.png or.gif).
Digital Transfer:

With the help of a color ink jet printer, the design is first printed on a special type of transfer material. We then press the transfer material onto the t-shirt under high temperature. There is no white color used in this print technique. The color of the t-shirt will show through where the design contains white or transparent areas.

CMYK is used for all printing techniques. However, the design is displayed in RGB mode in the Spreadshirt shop (and on any monitor.) You can use your software to compare the design in both palettes, as they may appear differently. We also recommend uploading transparent .png or .gif files.

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