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Direct to Garment Printing

Direct to Garment, or DTG printing, is a process by which a digital image is printed directly onto your apparel using cutting-edge printing technology and inks. This process allows us to print any quantity order with highly detailed full color designs at an affordable price. Must call in to request this print method.

How To Create DTG Apparel

Our Design Studio makes it simple to create DTG print-ready artwork. Use our text editor to choose bold, vibrant fonts or explore our library of graphics designed to print in full color directly onto garments. Already have a logo or design? Upload it, and we’ll help ensure it’s optimized for detailed prints, soft feel, and long-lasting results.

Direct to Garment Design Examples

From the beginning, our service was built with the customer in mind so that your ordering experience will be as easy and effortless as possible! Our online design studio makes it easy for you to customize apparel for your business, school, nonprofit organization, family reunion, and more!

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Direct-To-Garmet Printing Process

Direct-to-garment (DTG) printing is a method of printing on apparel using specialized inkjet technology. This process offers advantages over traditional printing methods depending on the characteristics of the project.

The DTG process involves printing directly onto apparel with ink that’s specially formulated for the fabric. The steps involved in the process are as follows:

Best File Types for DTG Printing

Image quality is among the most important factors in generating high-quality, custom apparel with Direct to Garment Printing. Vector files are infinitely scaleable and produce the highest quality images among the two types of images. Therefore the file types that will produce the best results are:

  • .svg
  • .eps
  • .ai
  • .pdf

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Direct to Garment FAQ

In our experience, Direct to Garment is the best option in several circumstances. Smaller order sizes make it more cost-effective, while DTG excels when printing designs with many colors or complex images. For more information, check out our Help Center article: Screen Printing vs. Direct to Garment.

We recommend using 100% cotton with Direct to Garment Printing. Alternatively, blends with a high proportion of cotton can work well. Finally, we advise avoiding polyester fabrics.

Unfortunately, DTG printing can only be used with materials that have flat surfaces.

Our DTG-printed apparel can be produced and shipped quickly. With rush shipping, we can deliver custom-printed tees as quickly as 2 business days and 6 days using our, free standard shipping option.

No, custom-printed apparel has no minimum.