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Right..... Is cheer athletics even doing worlds shirts, I know the NCA ones weren't released except for panthers. Stingrays hasn't really done anything either.Worlds weekend is 2 weeks away....where are the rest of the shirts at?!
What's the difference between screen printing and digitally printing? I have no clue and now I'm curious!I highly doubt they are screen printing these shirts. I'm guessing they are digitally printing them. Screen printing these looks nearly impossible.
CA released the program shirt, not sure about team shirts though. There's been like 5 or 6 Rays shirts posted in this thread, too!Right..... Is cheer athletics even doing worlds shirts, I know the NCA ones weren't released except for panthers. Stingrays hasn't really done anything either.
It's just the way the ink is applied to the shirt.
Screen Printing uses screens to push ink through screens directly to, in this case a T-Shirt, underneath the screen.. Here's a random video that shows someone screen printing a t-shirt.
Screen printing is traditional and fastest. And it's usually the cheapest. You have to separate the color layers because you can only print one color at a time. That's why in the video, the person had 4 screens. And if you aren't using CMYK (the four colors commonly used in printing) you have to mix your own colors by hand. Like with a paint stick and bucket and everything. Screen printing is better for darker colored mediums because more paint goes onto whatever is below so the picture is more vivid. Then you have to set the paint with heat.
Digital printing uses a digital ink printer, not like ours at home, that prints the image right to the tshirt. These aren't used as often but are becoming more popular. Instead of a person having to mix colors by hand, the printer does it for you so you get a huge range of colors. And the ink printer can handle fine details a lot better than screen printing. In screen printing, you are pushing paint through itty bitty holes so you don't always get super fine detail. It's a slower process because you can only print one shirt at a time per printer.
There are a ton of differences and each has it's pros and cons but that is the basic run down. And I could be 100% wrong, Rays could be using screens to print, atleast the electric shirt, it's possible, but that shirt has so much detail and so much color that it would be hella annoying to screen print that.
ETA: Also, screens, much like sandpaper, have different ranges of "fine-ness". The higher the count of holes, the finer the detail. But normally, t-shirts get printed with lower count mesh/screens because of the amount of ink that needs to get pushed through, since the fabric is more absorbant (higher the count=the less ink that gets pushed through the screen=the finer the detail/more control you have over your design.)
I highly doubt they are screen printing these shirts. I'm guessing they are digitally printing them. Screen printing these looks nearly impossible.
Yes and yes. It depends on the quantity of shirts to be printed. We would do smaller runs both in quantity and ink colors on our manual and use our automatic press for longer runs both in quantity and colors. The advantage to an "auto" press is you get faster print speeds and more consistent results. For example if you print 200 shirts by hand your arms and wrists grow tired and your consistency changes as you get more tired. With an auto you simply load and unload the shirts and the press does the printing and it doesn't get tired so your consistency is better and the end result is typically of a higher quality.This might be a dumb question, but are screen printed shirts always done manually? Or is there a machine that can do it for you?
P.S. I really love how the colours on that shirt in the video just pop out, it's so vibrant.
That's what I thought as well, I can't imagine doing what they did in the video for 100 shirts or more...... it would be exhausting.Yes and yes. It depends on the quantity of shirts to be printed. We would do smaller runs both in quantity and ink colors on our manual and use our automatic press for longer runs both in quantity and colors. The advantage to an "auto" press is you get faster print speeds and more consistent results. For example if you print 200 shirts by hand your arms and wrists grow tired and your consistency changes as you get more tired. With an auto you simply load and unload the shirts and the press does the printing and it doesn't get tired so your consistency is better and the end result is typically of a higher quality.
Where can I get them?SSX is selling these to raise money for worlds!![]()
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