100 Shirt Challenge | DTF vs Screen Printing

[@megahash1833]

Lets not forget the time of coating screens, exposing screens, reclaiming screens, the time to cure in a dryer. Not to mention for this shirt, it looks like its a couple colors so you would need a white underbase, Oh and the time to get the artwork separated with the right amount of choke and trap. Great video! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@Tornadotuesdays]

i addressed this above

[@DTFSuperstore]

Agreed! Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@noobwotplayer1644]

It takes much more on screen. All the work You need to do for screen: separate colours, print film, reclaim screens (than dry them), coat screens (dry again), expose screens (dry again), register on the machine and print. For one person it takes more than 3 hours. Plus the energy (gas or/and electricity). I say DTF is much better option.

[@larryeber]

Great demo and it is awesome that you are donating the shirts to the school!

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MannyzCustomz]

What press is that

[@nathanmoreau1063]

So I am an actual screenprinter and DTF printer. Apples to apples starting from scratch with just a customer supplied email. There is several hours of prep before hand. If you are starting with coated screens in my case burn 10 sec and then rinse let sit for 20 min till dry. Then take screen to prep and tape off in press another 20 min with a test print. Then what ink are you using for the product double hit so lets say 6 station manual press goes around 2 for 2 hits of white with 10-15 flash dry for roughly 30 seconds a shirt for printing and then through conveyor dryer for curing of 300-365 for 2 minutes. Apples to apples 3 hours with already coated screen without cleanup. Or artwork prep and film printing.

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks for sharing the process, its very helpful for those that don't have screen printing experience!

[@southcarolinatshirtsclaren5745]

we do 500 shirts in 5 hours 1 color screen? frosty enterprise custom tshirts

[@rrrrron]

Great video! May I ask how long the print will last? Thank you in advance.

[@DTFSuperstore]

should be somewhere in the 60+ wash range but could be more, hard to test that length of time.

[@KPLENGL]

TO GET THE COLOR RIGHT YOU WOULD NEED UNDERBASE PLUS THE 2 COLOR PRINT THEN 2 MIN IN DRYER. DTF ALL IN ONE PRESS.

[@southcarolinatshirtsclaren5745]

I can use an Manuel press and one color screen 15-20 seconds a shirts

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks for sharing, how long does it take from when you get the customer file to being ready to press? (prepping your screens)

[@KPLENGL]

ITS 2 COLOR AND LEAVING OUT FACT OF UNDERBASE NEEDED TO GET THE COLOR POP OF DTF

[@katchallode]

😬 with a DTS and an m&r automatic I can burn a 4 color job and print at least 300 shirts within an hour

[@katchallode]

Although that'd be a two or three man team. How do you envision the dtf process being handled by a two person team? Mainly how fast can the film be printed

[@DTFSuperstore]

The beauty of DTF is you can just be a one person operation but with a couple people involved you can really ramp up production speeds. We would have someone that runs the printer and another person pressing, that would be faster. If it was just a one person operation we'd do all of the printing at once and then all of the pressing that way they're not running back an forth trying to keep up on the printer and heat press.

[@katchallode]

@@DTFSuperstore thank you for the response 👍👍 I'm pushing to get one after some thought. We get a few low quantity jobs with high color amounts and I feel this could cut down a lot of production time. Originally I looked at this as a replacement but it's probably best integrated.

[@katchallode]

@@DTFSuperstore does it require constant attention or could you print say 20 feet of film unattended?

[@Memes_clips106]

Put them on:)

[@mojozoner]

100 pcs one face in 3 hours is not rentable, I make 100 pieces in 1h20~ taking my time with a 2-handle pneumatic heat press. At the time, in screen printing, it took around 2 hours to prepare 2 color screens, emulsion development, machine setting, and 1min~ per piece printed at the exit with a drying tunnel. DTF will remain the least expensive, the fastest and the quality can be said to be good over time.

[@KPLENGL]

WHERE DO I GET THAT PRESS?

[@DTFSuperstore]

We sell it here at DTF Superstore! dtfsuperstore.com/collections/heat-presses/products/6-station-high-speed-carousel-heat-press

[@801creativedesignz]

The link is dead. Do you not sell it anymore?@@DTFSuperstore

[@daltonjones1755]

Am i the only one who appreciated the montage clip and music lol

[@DTFSuperstore]

nope we all do! and it gets stuck in your head!

[@Tornadotuesdays]

no way, on an auto, 1 person loading unloading we can run 400-800 shirts/hour. This would take about 15 minutes to print.

[@DTFSuperstore]

You can't separate the art, print film, coat screens, burn screens, setup the auto, print the shirts and tear down the auto all in 15 minutes. This video is DTF time from start to 100% finished.

[@Tornadotuesdays]

@@DTFSuperstore you're right. Our shop could do that in 45 minutes or so. Challenge accepted I'll check back.

[@Bonelafide]

@@Tornadotuesdays Yah id like to see a video of someone screen printing. i feel 100 shirts, 2 color one location... could definitely be done in half the time screen printed. especially on an auto. He used that carousel heat press so the equivalent would be using an auto.. otherwise he wouldve been there all day on a single heat press if anything lol.

[@Tornadotuesdays]

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[@Tornadotuesdays]

See. 100 shirts with setup. 13 minutes. That leaves plenty of time for seps screens ect.

[@jetjet2238]

for me silk screen is the best for volume production..

[@DTFSuperstore]

mass volume, we totally agree. This was more of an exercise show people that DTF isn't just for small orders.

[@Haida_Art_Jordon_S]

Where is the comparison to screen printing!!! Total click bait just wasted my time watching this mistitled vid

[@DTFSuperstore]

We explained in the video an average time for screen printing since we are not screen printers and that wouldn't be fair to screen printers if we tried.