Screen Printing (also called Silk Screening) is the number one choice for economical garment decoration. Team shirts, family reunions, promotional events, corporate give-aways, all can be affordable for your business or organization.
Custom printed t-shirts are one of the greatest forms of advertising ever developed!!! Not only are t-shirts a relatively inexpensive investment, sometimes people even pay to wear them! Compared to other print mediums, custom screen printed t-shirts are a terrific bargain.
 While we're trying to make your experience in purchasing customized apparel as simple as possible, there are simply too many variables to screenprinting to list standardized pricing here. Each job needs to be quoted individually to ensure you are getting the best price possible. We can guarantee you this: That each quote will have your "In Hands" price. No artwork, setup, screen or any other 'extra' charges will be added to your final bill. The price on your quote will be for a finished garment no matter what the size. Please use the "Request A Quote" link to send us all the information necessary so that we can quote your project quickly and accurately.
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The Screen Printing Process
Screen printing is the process of pulling ink through 
an image burned screen onto t-shirts and other garments. Below we will take you through the steps we use to create custom screen printed apparel at Biddle Embroidery & ScreenPrinting.
Designing Art for Screen Printing
It all starts with an idea brought to us by our customers. The idea is then made into a computer generated version of that idea, using the t-shirt color(s) the customer has chosen for their order. Once the design has been completed it is shown to the customer for approval.
Producing the Art for Screen Printing
Once the screen printing design is approved it goes to a production artist, who takes the design apart with a process called color separation. Each color of the design will have its own screen. Before the production artist can take the design to the screen department they must print each color on a film positive. This is the final step of preparing the art for printing.
Preparing the Screen
Screen printing can not be completed successfully without well constructed screens. The film positives from the production artist go to the screen department, who prepares
the screen by coating it with photosensitive emulsion. The color separated positive is attached to the emulsion coated screens, and taken to be burned for t-shirt printing.
The screen is placed into a unit that exposes it to ultra-violet light. The ultra-violet light burns the design into the screen, removing the emulsion to let ink come through the screen. This is very important to get the best screen printing results.
Screen Printing Your Shirt
Screen printing finishes by transferring the ink through the screen onto the shirt. To begin this process, the press is load
ed with the t-shirt printing screens. Ink colors are then poured onto the proper screens.
The screen printer then loads the t shirt making sure that it is even and sitting straight on the screen printing plat. Once it is loaded properly the printer lowers the screen and pulls the ink across it with a rubber screen printing squeegee.
After the Print
The t-shirt is then removed and placed on a belt that runs under a special dryer. This dryer will cure the ink at 320°F. At the end of the dryer, Quality Control inspects each garment to guarantee the garment meets our stringent, high quality standards.
