Direct to Garment Explained

DIRECT TO GARMENT PRINTING EXPLAINED

Hello Valued Member,

In this video we’ll discuss Direct To Garment printing commonly referred to as digital
printing or “DTG”, another high quality apparel decoration process employed by Branded
Apparel Club to achieve your desired look.

DTG, in its most simplified definition, is the process of transferring a graphic design or
image onto a fabric, or in your specific case, your garment of choice using a specialized
high speed ink jet printer.

Pricing for DTG printing is determined by several factors;

Garment Style, Garment Color and Ink Amount which is contingent upon the size or total
number of designs to be printed on your garment.

Our DIY design tool software will automatically consider these pricing factors once a
jpeg or png image file of your design is uploaded and placed on your selected garment
during the design phase of your ordering process.

Please insure the image uploaded is in the exact condition of your desired look to avoid
potential artwork fees. Artwork fees are charged to orders with designs that require
editing to ensure your image is print ready. More on this later in the video….

It is important to note DTG printing on darker colored garments typically price higher
than lighter colored garments as darker colored garments require an extra layer of ink to
achieve maximum print quality.

Full color designs or designs with gradient, gloss or shiny effects to name a few will be
produced utilizing a DTG printing process. This is the most cost effective means to
achieve your desired look for more complex designs without compromising quality.

Price breaks for DTG printing begin for orders larger than 24 items.

Minimum Order Requirements for DTG orders are 12 items per garment color with no
restrictions on garment sizes..
For example; to print your design on a black t-shirt and a white t-shirt, you’d order 12
black t-shirts & 12 white t-shirts in the available sizes for each garment color to meet
the minimum order requirement.

Various T-Shirts, Hoodies, Tanks, Sweatshirts, Sweatpants, joggers and shorts for men,
women and youth are all available garments to choose from inside the Branded Apparel
Club shop.

Front, Back, Sleeve & Leg print locations are also available for DTG printing as illustrated
Branded Apparel Club incorporates high quality ink, pre-production techniques & top of
the line industry standard equipment into its overall production process to ensure your
order is produced to the highest quality.

A $50 artwork fee per design may be applied to your order if edits are necessary to
ensure your design is print ready. This includes but is not limited to color, text, shape
and background edits. Artwork fees can be avoided by ensuring your design is uploaded
in the exact condition of your desired look.

Proofs of any edits made will be found in the order management section of your
account. A proof approval is required before production will begin. Please respond to
these requests as soon as possible to avoid production delays.

It is always good practice to maintain a copy of your original design source file from
your graphic designer should edits need to be made to your design to achieve your
desired look.

Source files are typically created in Adobe Photoshop, also known as a PSD file or in
Adobe Illustrator commonly referred to as an AI file.

SVG or EPS vector files are also acceptable file formats that allow for editing if
necessary.

If a source or vector file of your design is not available, a transparent high resolution
untagged jpeg or png image file of your design will suffice but presents editing
limitations.

Having access to these files eliminates production delays and allows for flexibility in the
event edits are necessary to achieve your desired look without compromising quality.

Examples of full color prints have been provided to illustrate our DTG printing
capabilities…