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Silkscreen Printing Singapore
Silkscreen stands out for using a mesh screen and thick coloured inks to print a design onto a t-shirt.
For making lots of custom t-shirts and gifts, silkscreen printing is the best option. It's great for large quantities. This technique takes time to set up and create screens, but once they're ready, the production process is fast.
The quality of silkscreen printing is also hard to match. The prints are crisp, smooth and long-lasting. These are the reasons that make silkscreen printing popular.
Whilst there are setup charges and minimum order quantities, the price per unit is the cheapest overall.
When to choose silkscreen printing?
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When you need to custom print 10 or more pieces.
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Your design consists of only 1 to 3 colours. Remember that every colour is a different screen so additional costs will incur.
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Different sizes do not increase costs. This means that you could order 50 pieces of different sizes or colours as long as the print stays the same.
Why Silkscreen Is the Smart Choice for Bulk Orders
Silkscreen has a fixed setup cost: each colour requires a screen. Once screens are made, printing more pieces costs very little — per-piece price drops as quantity goes up. For orders of 30 pieces or more with a 1–3 colour design, silkscreen is almost always the most cost-effective method. From S$8/pc for a 1-colour design on a cotton t-shirt at 30 pieces.
What Is Silkscreen Printing?
Silkscreen printing (also called screen printing) pushes thick, opaque ink through a fine mesh screen directly onto fabric. Each colour in your design gets its own screen, and the colours are applied one layer at a time. The result is a bold, high-saturation print that looks sharp on both light and dark garments — and holds up through hundreds of washes without fading or cracking.