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Garment Printing
Direct-To-Garment Printing
  
What is Direct-TO-Garment (DTG) Printing?
DTG printing works similar to your inkjet desktop printer. The unique patented garment ink is deposited directly onto the shirt, with no burning of screens, setup, or registration involved.
The Advantages
The advantages of DTG printing over screen printing are ease of setup, and reduced limitations.
Traditionally, screen printing requires one screen to be burned for each color to be printed. This increases the cost for multiple color jobs, and limits the range of colors available. DTG printing allows for unlimited colors to be printed with no added cost. Photographs, drawings, complex images can all be printed with unrivaled clarity and vividness.
Screen printing yields only 72 dpi at its highest, while DTG printing has a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi, allowing for near-photographic clarity, with NO halftone dots. The image clarity is practically unrivaled in today's market.
Our new, in-house state-of-the-art digital printer means you can enjoy crisp, vibrant, colorful images on your choice apparel. This is ideal for individuals or families celebrating birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, reunions, holiday functions, and any other type of special event. It is also ideal for small companies printing for resale purposes such as ASI's, photographers, fishing charters, event planners, and so on. The opportunities are limitless.
Benefits
(DTG Printing vs. Screen Printing)
No setup charges (DTG requires no screens).
No minimum orders (Screen printing often requires a minimum order because of the time and cost involved to set up the job.)
- You can have one or ten shirts printed, or have ten shirts printed each with a different image. (Ideal for family events, small businesses, or anything you need personalized.)
Environmentally friendly since it uses water based inks which are then applied directly to the shirt. (Whereby in screen printing, there are residual plastisol inks left on used screens which will eventually need to be cleaned utilizing mineral spirits often times resulting with the entire brew being washed into the drain.) |
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Production Specifications
MAXIMUM ART DIMENSIONS:
- Left chest designs: 4"(w) x 2.5"(h)
- Full front or full back on adult apparel:
14"(w) x 16" (h)
- Bags and other accessories: varies
- Dimensions may reduce if embroidering on adult sizes S or M
- Youth and infant sizes reduce maximum dimensions further
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Digital Art File Requirements
Acceptable exported file formats include .eps, .gif, .jpg, .tiff, or .png at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, but the higher the better
Native program files such as .psd in Adobe Photoshop and .ai in Adobe Illustrator
Files must be provided at the full size of intended reproduction at highest resolution (true dimensions at 300 dpi minimum)
For dark shirt prints make sure file backgrounds are transparent (no background) to insure graphic clarity. Use file types .pdf, .png, .tiff, or native program files such as .psd and .ai to keep transparency layers.
All fonts must be included with the exported file
Please note that Microsoft Word, Power Point and Paint program files are NOT ACCEPTED
Camera Ready Art
Must be output at a minimum of 300 dpi (600 dpi preferred) Resolutions below 300 dpi risk poor reproduction. iDWorks is not responsible for print flaws due to artwork with a resolution below 300 dpi.
If you decide to provide us with your own art it is important to know that the quality of artwork directly affects the final look of the finished product. Any flaws or dislikes you may have will directly reflect in the final product. iDWorks does not make alterations to customer-provided artwork unless we are instructed by the customer.
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Need a Logo?
iDWorks is happy to provide you with our in-house graphic design service. Using our professionals to create your logo from scratch ensures that the designs will translate at the end of the production process.
Standard turn-around time for graphic designs created from scratch = one week
RUSH ORDERS: if a shorter time period is required 30% will be added to the fees charged.
All time spent on a design project will be tracked and billed to the customer, including the time spent on discussing concepts and making revisions to the design concepts presented.
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