All Over Printing!

ShirtsForBands.com has added all over printing to it’s lineup of killer offerings for bands and musicians. If you’ve been hunting for all over screen printing and you haven’t been having any luck finding people who do it, there’s a good reason for that. Actually we don’t do all over screen printing either. Our all over printing is a dye sublimation process.

Anyone who’s offering all over printing of any quality is doing it dye sub. That’s the only decent way to do it. If you find someone offering all over printing and they’re doing it all over screen printing, then steer clear of them. The process lays down WAY too much ink, so it will make the shirt heavy and odd. Plus, unless you’re doing major quantities and having them “cut and sewn”, meaning the printing happens before the garment gets assembled, they’re all over screen printing on assembled garments. This means there will be heavy deposits of ink in the seams of the garment, where the fabric bumps up a little, the screen will make less contact. With all over printing via dye sublimation, there is no pooling because there is no ink. Dye sublimation actually dyes the color of the threads, embedding the print INTO the garment instead of printing on TOP of it, like with all over screen printing. This creates “handless” (you can’t feel the print), lightweight, colorfast shirts that don’t fade or crack.

The process of dye sublimated all over printing can only happen on microfiber/poly garments, but don’t let that bug you because there have been serious advances in the feel of these fabrics. Modern poly garments are the highest quality in fit and comfort. Popular brands like Affliction, Under Armour and many others use these thin, fashion fit garments.

All over printing is a more expensive process than conventionally printed or screen printed garments. It’s not cost prohibitive though, with an all over front and back shirt costing around $31.50 (S-XL). They command much higher prices at retail though, with shirts of equal quality selling for anywhere from $50-$90, depending on how cool your artwork is.

All over printing is a great new option for people looking to make t-shirts using the most fashion forward techniques. Bands that have all over printing on the t-shirts at their merch booths are guaranteed to get a serious image booth over the guys who don’t. People know how much all over printing costs and they’ll immediately associate quality with this style of garment. Get your all over prints today!

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