Print Formats & Colors In Specialty Shops For Personalization Of Products Or Designs.
Plot Printing provides superior printing results that are long-lasting and colors want fade.
Flex Printing is flat and has a touch of shine to it like vinyl is confortable to wear.
Flock printing feels soft and is slighty raised comfortable to wear.
Writeable Flex Print has many colors and shapes and can be written on and erased and re-written on again. We provide one crayola marker when ordering and you will need to purchase additional colors as needed.
Digital Printing This printing offers excellent printing results with multicolored designs with all kinds of color variations. The digital print is flat and smooth and comfortable to the touch. This printing method offers a great deal of flexability.
Here are the following colors available in each of this printing formats we have available in Creations by Reta Specialty Shops
Flex Printing Colors Available
black, white, gold (non metallic), yellow, neon yellow, pink, orange, red, purple, neon pink, chocolate, navy, royal blue, light blue, neon green, green, forrest green, metallic silver, silver grey, metallic gold, teal, marroon, cream.
Flock Printing Colors Available
black, white, yellow, gold, orange, red, magenta, navy purple, royal blue, bright green, green , light pink, chocolate, silver grey sand.
Specialty Flex Print Colors Available
silver reflection, glow in the dark, lavender glitter, cranberry glitter, gold glitter, blue glitter, sliver glitter, silver sparkle, gold sparkle, green sparkle, red sparkle, blue sparkle, purple sparkle, champagne, pink sparkle, black sparkle, cameo.
Re-writeable Flex Print colors Available
black, gold (non metallic), yellow , red, chocolate, forrest green, cream.
How is your t-shirt printed using digital printing?
There are two methods used to print a digital design on a t-shirt: digital transfer and digital transfer overlay . The specific print technique used is determined by the color of the t-shirt that's selected.
If you select a white t-shirt, the print technique that's used is called digital transfer . If you select a t-shirt that's any color other than white, the print technique that's used is called digital transfer overlay .
Digital Transfer:
With the help of a color laser printer, the design is applied to a special type of transfer material. The transfer material is pressed onto the t-shirt under high temperature. There is no white color used in this print technique. The color of the t-shirt will show through anywhere the design contains white or transparent areas.
Digital Transfer Overlay:
This process uses a special type of material that the design is printed on before being heat transferred onto the t-shirt. For this print technique, our system doesn't recognize transparencies . Therefore, any area of your design that you've set to be transparent will be changed to white . We can remove the white background only if your design meets the following requirements:
- The design must be a shape that can be cut around. For example, it has to be a shape that someone could cut out with scissors. If your design contained an image of a star, the edges of the star would have to be smooth and have a distinct edge. They cannot be little dots or a gradation because this would be impossible to be cut on our plotters.
- The smallest part must be at least .12 inches in size. If there are a lot of small parts and complex areas in your design, we won't be able to cut around your design.
How is your t-shirt printed using plot printing (Flex / Flock)?
A vector design with no more than 3 colors is a necessary printing format for the plot print. Vector designs consist of curves. A design will be mechanically cut out of the plot material with the plotting knife. Very fine design parts considerably increase the amount of effort. Every printing color is cut out of its own plot material.
After the design has been extracted from the material and the excess material has been removed, only the design will remain.
Finally, the design will be positioned and thermally transferred onto the t-shirt. The plastic backing will be removed and the t-shirt is complete.
What is writable flex print?
New writable flex enables you to write on top of your flex design. Included in your purchase, you will receive a Crayola washable marker. Simply apply the marker on top of your pre-made design, let set for 10 minutes and then begin wearing your ever changing comment or message of the day.
Application Instructions:
- All products ordered with writable flex will receive 1 Crayola Washable Marker (color will vary.) Any Crayola brand washable marker will work on this print type.
- Once marker has been applied to writable flex material it is recommended that the marker ink dry for 10 minutes before touching or wearing.
- If marker ink happens to come into contact with fabric, ink should easily come off in a regular machine washing.
- If looking to remove marker ink from design, it is recommended to rub the design with a wet cloth that contains a small amount of liquid soap. Product can also be placed in any standard washing machine when used with a detergent. *PLEASE NOTE* A small trace of marker ink may remain on flex after hand or machine washing.
- In order to achieve best results, Spreadshirt recommends that lighter shades of flex be used for primary areas of writing or drawing.
Characteristics of writable flex:
- High durability
- No color fading of base flex in laundry
- Marker ink will fade and wash off in laundry
- Marker ink may leave slight trace on flex even after washing
- Smooth, even surface of the print
- Should be ironed inside out, do not iron directly
