DTF printing offers many advantages in comparison to other methods. While the other methods are still very popular and have great use cases we have chosen to use DTF printing as our primary method of apparel printing.
A few reasons we choose to do so are:
Fabric flexibility: DTF can be used on a wider range of fabrics than other printing methods. Sublimation for example can only be done on polyester type clothing. While direct garment printing works best only on cotton only fabrics. DTF works on fabric such as cotton, polyester, spandex, canvas and more.
No Pretreating of Fabric: In direct garment printing fabric must be pre-treated so that the ink will adhere to the fabric. This acts as a primer and allows a place where the ink can stick when printing. DTF printing does not require this step.
Customizable for print on demand: DTF allows for cost effective small runs of just a single print. This is done without sacrificing print quality or color. Each print can also be customized to include options like unique names for each person of a team without additional need of unique screens being made like would be needed in screenprinting.
