Why am I not able to use digital printing for more than six t-shirts?
The reason digital t-shirt printing is not available for quantities over six shirts is because digital printing is no longer cost effective when it is at quantities of six or more pieces. Digital, or direct to garment printing as it is sometimes known, is perfect for one to five shirts because it provides a cost effective way to order just a few pieces. However, since digital printing is a flat rate the pricing for larger orders, typically around six or more pieces, makes it less cost effective than doing screen printing.
Another important factor to keep in mind is that the over but the overall quality is not as good as screen printing. You’ll be glad to know that when placing orders of six shirts or more, it is almost always more cost-effective to use the higher quality method of decoration known as screen printing.
The reason for these differences in pricing is because with screen printing the quantity plays a large role in the pricing since it is much more cost effective per shirt to produce larger quantities at once than it is to do smaller quantities. This means that the flat rate for digital printing is an advantage at lower quantities when screen printing would be very expensive but is a drawback at higher quantities when screen printing's price would start to drop.
Another thing which commonly occurs with orders of six or more pieces is that people often want to add their own custom logo or artwork to the shirt. This is not a problem at all with screen printing and we welcome the artwork. However, with digital printing we are unable to accept outside artwork. So remember, when it comes to ordering larger order of six or more pieces screen printing, not digital, is usually the best choice!
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