Provides an overview of the Direct to Garment Printing DTG Market. Compares digital textile printing to screen printing.

1. Direct to Garment Printing

2. Overview
 Printing on Garments vs. Fabric Rolls
 Garment Printing Applications
 Digital vs. Screen Printing
 Production Pricing & Costing

3. Printing on Garments Printing on Rolls
Print on a blank fabric garment/object
(Print after Cut/Sew)
Print on roll of fabric
(Print before Cut/Sew)
Less Labor (Printing Skills) Labor Intensive (Multiple Skills)
As small as a mall kiosk Large Production Factory
Print on portion of garment Print on all areas of fabric

4. Garment Printing Applications
 T-Shirts
 Sportswear
 Socks
 Towels
 Bags
 Shoes
 Hats
 Aprons
 Canvas

5. Source: Advertising Specialty Institute

6. Garment Printing Applications
65% 35%
DTG Printers: ½ Ink Sales White Ink

7. DTG Statistics
 Custom Screen Printed Shirts (2016)
 $8 Billion in Revenue
 1.8% growth 2011-2016
 Original Design (Personalized) T-Shirts (2016)
 $367 Million in Revenue
 8.7% growth from 2011-2016
Source: IBIS World

8. Large DTG Industry Players
 Combine Social Media, Printing, and Merchant Shop Portal
 Allows designers to create DTG output
 Leads to designers buying DTG solutions

9. Garment Printing Options
DTG Printers
$10K - $300K
Transfer Sublimation
$8K - $300K
Screen Printing

10. DTG Screen Printing Transfer Sublimation
Pigment Inks Pigment Inks Sublimation Inks
Cotton, Cotton Blends Cotton, Cotton Blends Polyester, Poly Blends
Flat-Bed Carousel Roll Fed
Print Direct on Garment Print Directly on Garment Print on Paper then Transfer
Pre-Treat Garment No Pre-Treatment No Pre-Treatment
No Additional Materials Screens & Related Supplies Transfer Paper, Tissue Paper
Light-Colored Garments
Dark-Colored Garments
Light-Colored Garments
Dark-Colored Garments
Light-Colored Garments Only
Continuous-Tone Printing
Higher Cost with White Ink
Spot-Color Printing (1-12)
Higher Cost with Each Screen
Continuous-Tone Printing
Noticeable Hand on Garment Noticeable Hand on Garment Minimal Hand on Garment

11. Screen
Design File
Pretreat
Garments*
Preflight
& RIP Files
Setup Press*
Print Garment
Heat Fixation*
Design File
Create
Screen
Separations*
Coat
Screens*
Expose & Develop Screens*
Mix
Inks*
Prep
Squeegees &
Flood Bars*
Setup Press*
Print on Garment
Heat Fixation*
DTG
* Labor Oriented Tasks
Design File
Preflight
& RIP Files
Setup Press*
Print on Paper
Heat Transfer
(Paper to Garment)*
Trans. Sublimation

12. Screen Printing Speeds (Shirts/hr)*
*12”x16” Print, Printing Only
Approx. 600 Shirts

13. Epson F2000
Entry Mid-Range Industrial
Belquette Mod 1 Ricoh Ri 6000
Kornit Vulcan
50 Light Shirts
<20 Dark Shirts
150+ Light Shirts
75+ Dark Shirts
250+ Shirts/Hr
(Dark or Light)
Aeeon Kyo
ColDesi M2
DTG Printer Speeds (Shirts/Hr)

14. Entry Mid-Range Production
Mutoh VJ628
<200 Shirt /Hr 500+ Shirts 2500+ Shirts/Hr
Sublimation Printer Speeds (Shirts/hr)*
*12”x16” Print, Printing Only
Mutoh RJ-900
Epson F6200
Mutoh 1638WX
Mimaki TS300P

15. DTG Pretreatment
DTG Pretreatment Systems
 Better Uniformity
 Less Pretreat Used
 $5-$8K
Manual Pretreatment
 Wagner Sprayer
 Roller

16. Transfer Paper Suppliers
 Different Varieties
 Tacky vs. Non-Tacky
 Improves Transfer Efficiency
 Manufacturers/Suppliers
 Beaver
 Cham
 Coldenhove
Sublimation Transfer Paper
coldenhove papier

17.  Heat Presses and Conveyor Ovens
 Clamshell, Swing-Away, Wide Format
 Vacuum or Manual Pressure
 Electric Heating Element
 Platen: 15”x15” to over 54”x103”
 Price: $700 – $50K
 Manufacturers:
 Geo Knight
 AIT
 Stahl
 BBC Industries
Fixation (DTG / Sublimation)

18.  Preflight / RIP Files for Printing
 Color Management
 Design Layout
 Job/Ink Estimating
 White Ink Placement (DTG)
 Packaged with DTG Printer
 $500 - $8K
 Developers
 ErgoSoft
 Onyx
 Wasatch
 Caldera
 ColorGATE
 Kothari
 CADLink
Software (RIP & Workflow)
Kothari

19. Screen/DTG Data Source: Nazdar SourceOne
DTG Screen Printing
Screen vs. DTG Cost per Garment Printed
Sublimation

20. Online Pricing for One T-Shirt
DTG
Screen Printing: Estimated $200 - $350 for Same Job
Dark Shirt Light Shirt
Café Press 24.99$ 19.99$
Zazzle 22.95$ 17.95$
UberPrints 18.99$ 14.99$
ooshirts 20.00$ 18.59$
Broken Arrow Wear 22.73$ 21.73$
Make a Tee Online 21.90$ 16.38$
Average 21.93$ 18.27$

21. Which Printing to Use?
Which Fabric?
Cotton
Cotton/Poly
Polyester
Poly/Blend
Sublimation DTG
Short
Run?
Yes
Less than
6 Colors?
No
No
Screen
Yes

22. Market Trends
1. Merge screen decoration with digital artwork
Low Capacity Printers High Speed Printers
Hybrid Screen + DTG
2. Market Growth Supporting Purchase of Faster Systems
Screen Only

23. Summary
 Low-End DTG/Sublimation systems permit small
shops to produce personalized garments.
 Transformation from Flat Screen to DTG
 3-4 years behind rotary screen to roll-fed
digital printing transition.
 Higher speed production DTG printers and hybrid
systems coming into the market.

24. Thank You!
sales@ingmagine.com