Screen printing is dying a slow death The last trade show I attended the big promotion was companies selling direct to garment printers (AKA DTG printers). The traditional screen print equipment companies were well represented but their booths were not as crowded as the DTG manufacturers. This new process draws […]
Direct to Garment Tees are the way to go
Two proven methods of decorating tees There are two methods of decorating a tee shirt with ink. One is silk screening and the other is Direct to Garment printing. Silk Screening is a method where the ink is applied to the tee shirt via a mesh screen with the design […]
Branded apparel increases sales
Branded Apparel increases sales. Direct to Garment printing (DTG) is a new method of decorating apparel. The most common item decorated using DTG is a tee shirt or a hooded sweat shirt. Historically apparel decoration was done by silk screening. This is still a popular method of decorating especially for […]
How to make a DTG emblem
How to make a printed emblem. This blog is to explain how we at Northwest Custom Apparel make printed emblems. The advantage of a printed emblem is that it can be made much quicker and offers more detail in the the design. The first step in the process is to […]
In by 10 delivery by 5 screen printing
Yes that is a true statement. It is now possible to offer same day tee shirt printing using a Direct To Garment system of printing. To explain how it is done just review what it takes to print for example an 8 color design on a basic tee shirt. A […]
Same day screen printing?
DTG is the solution if you want tee shirts fast. DTG solves the problem on short delivery time. At Northwest Apparel we invested in two state of the art Kornit digital printers. The reason we did this is that our customers are asking for faster delivery on their orders. Fast […]
DTG is better than Screen Print
The question is now is what is better Direct to Garment printing or Screen Print printing. Direct to Garment often referred to as DTG printing is new and entering the production shops of decorators around the world. The reason for this evolution is that companies want a system which is […]
DTG printing is much better than Screen Printing.
DTG is much better than screen printing The answer is send it to Decosource. Decosource has two state of the art Kornit printers which are groomed for small order production. With Kornit all we ask of our customer is to bring us good art. We prefer EPS to make our […]
Deco Source History
Northwest Embroidery was the first commercial embroidery company in the Pacific Northwest. We opened our doors in Oct 1977. We are celebrating our 40th anniversary. During those days we supported some major companies such as Nike, Eddie Bauer, Britannia jeans, REI, and Columbia to name a few. We had the […]
Kornit Digital is not cost efficient
Why the Kornit is not a better DTG garment printer. Answer, you can make no money with it. Recently I had the chance to do an evaluation of a DTG printer off site and in production. I will not reveal the name or the location of the demonstration. Its best […]