[amayausers] Re: Screen Printer help needed

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transfers and screenprinted are two totally different processes and the end 
result is waaay. different....
Nowadays transfers are done with a digital printer, direct to the transfer 
paper, OR now digital printed direct to the teeshirt! But that's very 
expensive. Screenprinting the same image takes 4 or more screens, setup charge 
for each one, and then spot color screens if needed-so your setup can run $100 
to $300 or so.
And the image will have a 'grainy' look to it since screenprinting is forcing 
ink through a mesh screen-at the best 65-80 dpi (dots  per inch) resolution. 
But a TRANSFER off a digital print can be 300-1200 dpi (dots per inch) and you 
can get a near 'kodak' reproduction. Seeing it for screenprinting is not going 
to be as good as seeing it as a transfer.
And no, I can't show you how it would look...without scanning it in, setting it 
up, burning screens, and actually running off some samples!
I don't do transfers (sublimation printing) here but I can do 'digital 
printing' on adhesive vinyl or iron on vinyl for fabric-but that's another 
story.

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