Large Format Printing Edwardsville, IL
You are excited about this awesome screen print design idea you came up with, but the size of the design is so large that you’re having trouble finding a place to print it. Many print shops are unable to fulfill or order or trying to talk you down to something smaller because your design is too large. What you need is large format printing serving the Edwardsville, IL area, something only select print shops are equipped to provide. Large format printing is a print solution that can catch the eyes of viewers, convey messages that can be understood from a distance, and easily provide information.
Put your Edwardsville, IL large format printing needs only in the hands of the your favorite shop screen print shop that applies craftsman, care, and attention to detail to every job: Shirt.Co We have established ourselves as one of the top screen printing shops in the country and have been trusted by countless Edwardsville, IL famlies and businesses to deliver on all screen printing and embroidery requests large and small.
Shirt.Co serves the Edwardsville, IL area, but is physically located in St. Louis, MO. We offer rush shipping to anywhere in the continental U.S. in just a few days! Contact us now for more details and tell us about your project!
Are you ready to start your large format printing order? Contact us online, call us at (636) 926-2777, or send us a text at (636) 299-0162. Shirt.Co has your back for all your Edwardsville, IL large format printing needs.
Large Format Print Shop
Large format printing describes the special type of screen printing that involves printing designs and printing on surfaces that are larger than a typically screen printing press is capable of printing (which is typically capped at around 14 inches). In order for a shop to bring large format printing options to their customers, they must take certain measures and invest in special machinery and equipment, typically only available by custom order from manufacturers. STL Shirt. Co is proud to bring premium-level large format printing to the Edwardsville, IL area.
Uses for Large Format Printing
Large format printing can be used for anything, such as a t-shirt print that covers most of the shirt, printing on large clothing items, and a whole slue of promotional and industrial materials. Large format printing is commonly used in printing:
- Whole-shirt designs
- Window and wall displays and posters
- Store displays
- Banners
- Trade show displays
- Indoor/outdoor signage for business promotion
- Vehicle wraps
- Backdrops
- Signs and calendars
- Murals
When it comes to large format printing on t-shirts and other garments, there are lots of cool things we can do. We see a lot of excellent large format printing jobs for t-shirts and other clothing items for uses like:
- Clothing Brands and Brand Merch: A large logo or other artwork covering a wearer’s front side instantly grabs attention, boosts brand recognition, and sends a bold statement. Large prints are a useful tool in branding and wearable marketing.
- Music Industry: Que drumroll. Presenting: the band tee. A large, bold, colorful print works perfectly to visually express the message a band or DJ wants to send. Extend your art to the t-shirts that help you generate additional revenue and allow your fans a way to support you by designing exciting, daring large format printed shirts and other merchandise.
- Special Events: Special events are always an excellent opportunity for the use of any kind of screen printed t-shirts. For any kind of event, large or small, there are many groups and individuals involved in the organization and participation. Shirts for events like races, festivals, competitions, fundraisers celebrate the occurance and honor everyone who made the event possible. Do both well with large format printing for your event t-shirts in Edwardsville, IL. Large format makes it possible for you to cleanly display all sponsor logos without cramming them together in tiny columns.
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How Large Format Printing is Possible
Large format printing is a beast all its own. In order to provide true large format printing options with quality results, a screen printing shop must have the right equipment. The major three things a screen printer needs to produce large format printing work are:
1. The Press
To screen print anything at all, you need a proper printing press. For both manual and automatic presses, the print area is limited by the length of the squeegee, and the squeegee size is limited by the build of the machine. The consistent, even colors on a screen printed item are the work of the machine, and large format printing means - you guessed it - a machine with larger-than-average parts to allow for a larger print area.
2. The Film
If you're not familiar with how screen printing works, here's a micro-lesson of the set-up process; your design is "stenciled" onto a fine mesh screen that is in a framethat holds the mesh taut. How does one get that image or pattern stenciled onto the screen, you ask? First, the original design is printed on a sheet of film, and a photosensitive chemical called emulsion is applied to the screen. The image on the film blocks light in certain areas and allows light to shine through in others; this allows the emulsion to harden in the shape of the design. The hardened parts are where the ink will not pass through. Where you can still see the mesh is where your image lives and is the part of the screen that allows the ink to pass through and come to rest on the shirt or other item.
Simple, right?! If you don't quite get it still, no sweat (your shirts will still come out looking just as great)! Because we need film to put your design on the screen, your design is limited by the size of the film. The film comes in standard sheet sizes, but for larger designs, we have film with a larger surface area.
3. The Screens
The screen is the second ingredient to printing your design. Without a screen, screen printing would just result in a messy, undefined blob. Maybe you're going for an abstract look, but usually it's not what you want.
The size of your stencil (which determines the size of your print) is limited by how large the screen is as well as the film. Large film sheets do no good if the frames being used are too small to fit the entire image. Likewise, a huge frame can still only print your design as large as the print on the film. We also have to consider the type of mesh we use. For larger print sizes, we opt for a different type of mesh that allows for clean lines and detail that looks great for the particular size of the print.
The paintbrush in the hands of a novice, though, does not produce the same results as it does in Van Gough's hand. What we mean by that is that these large format printing tools and equipment won't do any good on their own. Quality Edwardsville, IL large format printing, along with all other types of screen printing, requires skill and craftsmanship. Don't turn to just any print shop when you need large format printing for your needs in Edwardsville, IL. Some print shops might have the right equipment for large format printing, but they may not necessarily have experience specifically in large format printing. To produce good large format printing work, we also invest in an exact, tested combination of materials and modify our technique to make sure that what we print looks good, lasts, and isn't too heavy or thick.
Large Format Printing Edwardsville, IL | STL Shirt. Co
Don't let other screen print shops fool you or try to get you thinking small. Trust Shirt.Co for all your large format printing needs in Edwardsville, IL. Whether you're looking for a big banner for an event or just like the look of a big, full print on a shirt, Shirt.Co brings you the best through every step of the process, from the initial design to the final product. We guarantee quality, long-lasting results from all our work.
Reach out to us to begin your large format printing now, and see what can happen when there are truly no limits! To learn more about Shirt.Co's large format printing serving the Edwardsville, IL area or any of our other services, get in touch with us today. Call us at (636) 926-2777, send us a text at (636) 299-0162, or jump right in by requesting a quote.
