Difference between DTF and Other Methods of Decorating?
DTF Transfer Printing vs DTG Direct to Garment
With the DTG machines, the machine operator is stuck standing in front of the DTG machine constantly, making sure that every shirt is perfectly flat. Most of their time is spent idle, simply waiting for the machine to print.
The DTF process is different. The print function is separate from the application function.
We don’t have to bring the shirt to the machine. Instead, we bring the image to as many shirts as we want.
Some other benefits over DTG:
- Little to NO Print Head Clogs
- No Pre-Treat Chemicals or Wetting of the shirt is needed.
- No Need to DRY the shirt at all (Saves Energy)
- Lower Ink & Adhesive Cost / Compared to Ink & Pretreat
- Press times that are up to 5 TIMES FASTER than DTG
- No Need to Pre-Press
- Parallel Processing and Assembly
DTF Transfer Printing vs Screen Printing
So, what’s making automatic screen print shops switch over to DTF Transfer Printers? The benefits are enormous:
- No Screen Mess
- Setup takes Minutes not Hours.
- No need for a Darkroom
- No Measuring and Mixing Inks to match colors.
- No Gas-Powered Belt Dryer (or Elec)
- Better Quality Prints
- No Wasted Garments due to Registration or Popped Screens.
- Takes up MUCH LESS ROOM
With DTF we can print up the designs for an entire order AND print up enough extra transfers for our FILL-IN orders all at once. Then we simply press the transfers on whatever garments you need. All in about 10 seconds.