READY vs. SCREEN PRINTING – A comparison of textile transfers
If you’d like to print on textiles, you can choose between READY and SCREEN PRINTING textile transfers. Here’s an overview of all the key facts!
Our READY and SIEBDRUCK printing servicesenable you to transfer a wide variety of designs onto textiles yourself using your own transfer press, without the need for your own printing technology. Whether it’s drawings, images, single-colour, four-colour, with colour gradients, transparencies or special effects – simply create your design using the configuration tool in our YOW! Shop, receive your designs on A3 sheets and ‘print’ the patches onto the desired textile using your transfer press.
We’ve summarised for you what distinguishes the two processes and what they can do
Colours and Special Effects
With both READY and SCREEN PRINT transfer printing, you benefit from a wide range of options that offer unlimited scope for your creativity. In principle, most designs can be realised in textile printing – including various special effects!
READY textile transfers
Multi-coloured designs featuring colour gradients, transparency effects and glossy accents, for example, are easy to achieve using the READY printing process and enable exceptional designs even in small print runs.
SCREEN PRINTING Textile Transfers
SILK-SCREEN PRINTING is recommended for single-colour designs or lettering. Prices are tiered according to the number of colours used, meaning the print becomes more cost-effective for you depending on the colour range. In addition to a wide range of basic colours, you can also choose from various special colours such as gold or silver. Fluorescent colours and special textures are also possible.
Success even with a small print run
For many self-employed people, the print run of their order is a key consideration. That is why we offer our textile transfers across a wide range of print runs. With the SCREEN PRINTING process, a minimum order of 20 DIN A3 sheets is required, whilst the READY process can be ordered from as little as 10 DIN A3 sheets. The maximum print run for both processes is 1,000 pieces. What’s more, depending on the order quantity, you’ll benefit from great volume discounts – the more you order, the cheaper it gets!
From design to print
With both the READY and SCREEN PRINTING processes, the design is transferred onto the fabric using a transfer press. Simply create your design in the configuration tool in our YOW! Shop, receive your designs on A3 sheets, and ‘print’ the patches onto the desired textile using your transfer press.
You can configure and order the READY or SCREEN PRINT transfer here:
Related videos from the YOW! video series
Introduction to the YOW! READY textile transfer:
Introduction to YOW! SIEBDRUCK textile transfers:
If you are still unsure about which printing method to choose, or if you have any questions about an order, we would be happy to assist you over the phone. We look forward to your call!
