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DTG printing

Printed into the cotton

Ink goes straight into the fibers of the garment rather than onto a film or through a screen, so there is nothing to feel when you run a hand over it. Full color, no minimum, and the detail a screen cannot separate.

No minimum

Full color

Max 15 × 18 in

345 garments

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See the tees
A cotton t-shirt clamped flat on a printer platen

What it is for

Where DTG is the right answer

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Detail a screen cannot hold

Photographic artwork, fine gradients and colour counts nobody wants to separate. A screen print prices per colour; DTG does not care how many there are.

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Soft to the touch

Because the ink sits in the fibers rather than on top of them, there is no panel to feel. On a garment worn against the skin through a shift, that is the difference people actually notice.

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Cotton, and cotton-rich

DTG needs cotton to bond to, which is why it covers 345 of the catalog rather than all 493. On polyester or a poly-heavy blend it is the wrong call — that job goes DTF or a low-cure screen print.

A folded work garment beside a steel rule and a swatch card

01. File

Send it at final size

PNG at 300 DPI, scaled to the size it will print, on a transparent background. DTG prints what you send, so a file that is soft at final size prints soft — we will tell you before we take the job, not after.

Preparing your artwork
A direct-to-garment printer head travelling over a platen

02. Print

Pre-treat, print, cure

The garment is pre-treated so the ink bonds rather than sits, printed, then cured. On dark garments the white underbase is what carries the color, which is why a dark shirt costs more to print than a light one.

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Sealed cartons stacked on a pallet by a roller shutter

03. Ship

Boxed how you asked

Folded, poly-bagged or split into size runs by destination, with tracking on every box. Free shipping over $250, and blind shipping if you ask for it at the start.

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Garments that take DTG

345 of the 493 garments in the catalog can be printed direct-to-garment — the narrowest coverage of the four methods, because DTG needs cotton to bond to. This is a live slice of them.

FAQ

Questions we get asked

Is there a minimum?

No. One garment is a normal order. There are no screens to make, so a single piece is not carrying a setup cost that only makes sense across a run.

Why is a dark garment more expensive?

Because it needs a white underbase before the color goes down, which is more ink and another pass. A light garment skips both. If budget matters and the garment colour is not fixed, that is the lever to pull.

Can you print polyester?

Not well, and we will say so rather than take the order. DTG bonds to cotton; on polyester the ink has nothing to hold and the garment’s own dye migrates into it. That job goes DTF, or a screen print with a low-cure ink and a blocker.

What file format do you need?

PNG is preferred, at 300 DPI scaled to final print size with a transparent background. PSD, AI, PDF, EPS and JPG all work. Maximum print size is 15 × 18 inches.

DTG or DTF?

DTG if the garment is cotton and you want no hand-feel at all. DTF if the run mixes fabrics, or if every piece carries a different name. Send the garment and the artwork and we will tell you which, before you commit.

Send the artwork

Send the garment, the quantity and the file at final size. If DTG is the wrong method for it, we will say which one is right.

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