Why is allover printing for t-shirts so rare and hard to find?
There are actually two major ways for allover t-shirt printing to be done. Both ways are equally as rare but for different reasons. The first way to is print on the t-shirt fabric before it is cut and sewn into a t-shirt. The other way is to use a very expensive machine that can cover the whole t-shirt for print.
Cut and sew projects are now being done almost exclusively outside of the United States making it an imported product. When the t-shirts are being imported after having been manufactured outside of the United States, there are a few major rules that have to be followed. The first being the minimum t-shirts per order usually begins in the thousands. The other major problem with importing t-shirts is the turnaround time. You are looking at a minimum of three months from receiving an approved project. The product have to be produced from scratch and then boated in and passed through customs. There is a lot of red tape involved as well most manufacturers require a hefty payment up front. All of this without you being over there to watch quality control.
The other major reason that allover t-shirt printing is hard to find is because of the expensive machinery required to do it with blank t-shirts that have already been cut and sewn. The machinery can cost over $100,000 and can be very difficult to use and maintain. Most screen printers are reluctant to make this capital investment because allover t-shirt printing can be viewed as a printing trend that comes and goes at times.
Considering these two reasons it makes much more sense when you contact a printer and they tells you how hard it is to do allover t-shirt printing.
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