T-shirt printing machine offers a great investment to start off a profitable business. Different designs can be incorporated into the T-shirts to make them look trendy. However the question remains that out of so many printing machines available, which will be the most suitable for your printing requirements. Printing machines are characterized on the basis of their features, printing procedure and size of bulk shirts they can easily print at a time. The following description of the different machines classified according to their functions will help with your comprehension and selection.
- The relatively expensive types of T-shirts printing machines are belt printing machines which are suitable for printing beyond a small square area in front of the shirt. The belt aids in moving the shirt under the screen and print a design that extends to the sleeves or wraps around the entire shirt. One of the crucial aspects is that in order to control thickness, the deposits and ink registration, do not follow industry standards.
- Another machine with similar functions is the All over printing machine. Although it works to print the entire shirt as well as the sleeves it operates in a slightly different manner than the latter. This T-shirt printing machine prints the shirt by spreading it under the screen using two smaller and one large platform. Since metallic plates are used for keeping the shirt in place the edges around the shirt remain blank and are not printed.
- Then come the cylindrical machines which attach a cylinder inside a T-shirt which rolls and a continuous image is printed all around the shirt. Using the same equipment and technique similar prints can be created on mugs, cups and similar objects.
Most recently a lot of printing companies go for ink jet or laser printers which work similar to ordinary printers but use textile ink for printing on the T-shirts. Other than the machine, a heat press is equally important piece of equipment to have. You can choose between a clamp type press and a pneumatic press depending on your budget.
The most important aspect is to weigh your options and compare them based on the batch size they accommodate as well as the total cost they are expected to incur. Some of these equipments are labor intensive while others are more capital intensive and so it is important to take into account all the additional expenses when going for a printing machine for T-shirts.
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