Will digital fabric printing destroy my T-shirt?

In Brisbane, screen printing is not as popular as it once was and has been overtaken by the convenience of digital fabric printing. This is a very cost effective method of printing t-shirts, particularly for small orders or just for one or two t-shirts, and has led to an increase in the number of people purchasing transfers for their t-shirts.

Digital fabric printing is popular with individuals, clubs and small businesses, which in itself, means that this process does not harm or destroy your t-shirt.

What is the digital fabric printing process?

The first step is to email your design to us at Everything Vibrant (a JPRG file is good). Once we have your design, we will upload it to our PC and then create a transfer of the design.

Most individuals who want t-shirt transfers have their own designs, including most small businesses who use their logo and company message. Clubs quite often want t-shirts for sports teams and need numbers and lettering on their t-shirts, rather than a colourful design.

So all we do is create a transfer of your design. Once we have completed this step, we can either mail these transfers to you or complete the process, by printing the transfers onto t-shirts for you. If you prefer however, you can just purchase the transfers and complete the printing process yourself, but then you must have an appropriate printer that can deal with the heat created in the digital fabric printing process.

Most probably, the reason why some people think that digital fabric printing damages their t-shirt is because in the early days, you could only use this process on 100% cotton material or cotton/poly mixes that were heavy on the cotton. This was due to the heat created in the printing process, which would harm synthetic materials and silks.

With the increase in technology however, this is no longer a problem and now we can create transfers and print them onto nylon, lycra, silk, linen, polyester, neoprene and cotton. So don’t worry that this process might harm your t-shirts, because it is completely safe and is much more cost effective than screen printing in Brisbane, especially for small orders and complex designs.