Introduction:
In 2019, Uniqlo staged a battle to grab T-shirts. On June 3rd of that year, it was the joint series of Uniqlo and New York trend artist KAWS that was released. Once this joint T-shirt was launched, it was frantically bought by everyone, and it was sold out online and offline. Even, some shoppers took off the T-shirt from the model in Uniqlo.
In fact, if you want to talk about what difference about this T-shirt has, the only thing that can be intuitively distinguished may be the co-branded doll pattern printed on the T-shirt. If there is no doll print pattern, people would not be so crazy to buy frantically.
So when you usually buy T-shirts, in addition to the overall color of the T-shirt, the printed pattern on the T-shirt will also become one of the factors we choose, so many people don’t know about T-shirt printing and think that these patterns are stickers. In fact, printing T - shirt is not a very deep knowledge. Let's take a look at four ways to print and dye T-shirt patterns:
1. Screen printing
Screen printing is to use the screen as the base of printing. Through the method of photosensitive plate making, a screen printing plate with graphics and text can be made. After the printed base is ready, you need to put the T-shirt on the screen. It is worth noting that each color in screen printing needs to be produced by opening a separate plate.
In fact, as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, the printing method appeared in our country. The development history of screen printing in China has been more than 2,000 years. Its advantages lie in strong adhesion and clear patterns, so that the printed printing can be more delicate. Screen printing is more suitable for large-volume group T-shirt customization.
2. Thermal transfer printing
Thermal transfer printing is also called heat transfer printing process. The principle of thermal transfer printing is to print the printing pattern on the paper firstly, and then print the printing pattern on the T-shirt with the help of high temperature and high pressure. Thermal transfer printing is used to make printing. The steps are relatively simple and can be completed in one time.
The advantages of heat transfer are good adhesion, clear graphics, not easy to fade, and washable, but the air permeability is relatively poor. If you need to produce printed T-shirts in large quantities, the cost will be higher than screen printing.
3. Digital direct injection
With the continuous development of computer technology, T shirt digital printing printing machine was born. It only needs to edit and process on the computer to shorten the production time. From the selection of printing and fabrics to the completion of the finished product, it takes 1-2 hours. Relatively speaking, it consumes less resources and is more environmentally friendly.
4. Embroidery
The embroidery here is not traditional hand embroidery, but machine embroidery. The machine embroidery process is more practical, with many varieties of designs and colors, changeable stitches, novel patterns and rich colors, and the machine embroidery process can make the pattern on the T-shirt more three-dimensional. It has a tactile feel. Of course, summer clothes are not suitable for large-scale embroidery, which will damage the wearing experience.
After reading some of the common printing techniques above, do you also want to have your own printed T-shirt immediately? Since you have chosen your favorite printing pattern, it is natural to realize it on an exciting T-shirt. Hemp T-shirts are naturally with hemp fiber's antibacterial, antibacterial, moisture-wicking properties, wearing a hemp T-shirt printed with your favorite patterns in summer is not only cool, but also cool and comfortable on the upper body. It is versatile and not easy to hit the shirt, full of personality!
