Know What You Need To Start Your Own Eco-Friendly T-Shirt Printing Business

People are making millions by simply printing t-shirts and selling them online to global buyers. It sounds quite simple, but to succeed in the industry, you must know everything about the printing, technologies used (to pick the best one) and what you need to maintain a successful t-shirt printing business.

There are several online guides that help you understand the steps you can take to launch your own successful t-shirt printing business, but here I will tell you something different - What you need to print t-shirts in budget and earn great revenue while ensuring top quality of the printing.

Technology To Choose

Before you launch your own t-shirt printing business, it is essential to know the different kinds of technologies available on the market for printing. Some of the most common technologies available include:

·        Screen printing

·        DTG Printing

·        Heat Transfer Printing Techniques

·        Sublimation Printing

·        Plastisol Transfers

·        Heat Transfer Vinyl

Among the above-mentioned ones, Direct to Garment (DTG) printing is the most advanced and affordable one available where the DTG printers are used to directly print on the desired fabrics. The technology utilizes printers to lay down a textile water-based ink that stays on the garment for longer.

What Do I Need to Start?

As I told you, DTG printers are the latest machines to print on garments, what you need will be associated to these printers only.

Hardware - First things first: you need a computer or laptop where you will install the software that operates these printers. You launch a command via the computer with desired image and the machine, which is programmed to act according to the command, will print the design or figure on the fabric.

You also need a heat press. This is a very basic essential requirement for any direct-to-garment business.

Accessories – Along with buying a good DTG printer, it is also important to buy relevant accessories to keep your printers working well. Among the required essentials include DTG print-head cleaner, DTG inks, DTG printer platens, etc. The inks, of course will be required to print your desired pattern on the relevant fabric and the DTG print-head cleaner helps you keep the print-head clean for crisp and clean printing experience.

Software – When you are planning to prepare prints for your t-shirts, you will also need a software to design these images like Adobe Photoshop, which is a globally recognized graphic design world software today. Along with creating unique designs, this also allows you to fix your customer's artwork as well.

Apart from all this, you also need the relevant knowledge of your niche and the target market you are planning to attract to buy your printed t-shirts. Conduct a research on your competitors and the buyers to know what is trending on the world so you can deliver the desired quality in budget. And, to ensure the quality, it is essential to keep your DTG printers maintained with essentials like DTG print-head cleaners, inks, etc.