Screen Printing vs. Digital Printing

Screen printing technology has been around for over 100 years, but like most industries, the printing industry has evolved with advances in technology. One of the newer advancements in printing is digital printing, which was created in the early 90's. The main difference between silk screen printing and digital printing is that the digital printing process allows designs to be taken from a computer and printed directly on a shirt. This is a process known as Direct to Garment printing (DTG).

Advantages & Disadvantages of Digital Printing

The main advantage of digital printing is that multiple colour palettes allow printers to recreate anything they desire. Imagine digital printing like printing out a piece of paper from your printer at home, except on a much larger scale with ink made for fabric. However, digital printing is limited to exclusively 100% cotton apparel whereas screen printing can be done on virtually any material. Check out our complete digital printing capabilities here. We provide both decoration methods at Merchology, you can read more about the screen printing process and our screen printing capabilities, or check out our complete Custom Decoration Methods Guide to find the perfect decoration type for any application.