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DTG (Direct to Garment)

You need to pre-treat (PT) your t-shirt with pre-treatment solution (definitely for black shirts, and some also do for white shirts to improve the print quality).
You need to hand spray, or use a pre-treatment machine. This is a challenge for some users.
Then you print to the T-shirt, and heat press to cure the ink.
DTG is the simplest approach, but it has a main drawback - the pre-treatment is challenging for some, and without a successful pre-treatment, the prints may not be good enough.

DTF (Direct to Film)

Instead of pre-treating the T-shirts, you use PRETREAT SHEETS ™ and PRETREAT POWDER ™.
Some people also call these TRANSFER SHEETS and TRANSFER POWDER.
They are easy to use, and not challenging for users.
You print to the PRETREAT SHEETS ™, apply PRETREAT POWDER ™, then cure (heat) so the powder sticks to the sheet.
Then you need to apply the sheet to the shirt, heat press, and remove the sheet.
The process is a bit longer than DTG, but the success rate is higher as using PT SHEETS and PT POWDER is much simpler and higher success rate than PT SOLUTION used in DTG.
Also, DTF equipment is generally cheaper and while the inks used are more or less of equivalent value, success rate per print is much higher in DTF.
Quality of DTF prints is very similar to DTG prints, if not better.
UV Printing
UV printing is a unique method of digital printing utilizing ultraviolet (UV) light to dry or cure ink, adhesives or coatings almost as soon as it’s hit the paper, metal, foam board or acrylic.
As long as it fits in the printer, the technique can be used to print on almost anything.
This means that by using proper equipment, UV printing enables you to have prints on shoes, boxes, phone cases, plates, puzzles, canvas, cell phone cases, leather, glass, labels, metal, crystal, KT board, acrylic, PVC, ABS, EVA, plastic, Mobile Power Banks / Chargers, stone, U disks / Thumb Drives, Silica Gel, even on balls. You name it. It can be printed upon using a UV Printer.
UV printers use UV ink which is different than DTG ink.
UV ink is not water based or solvent based. This means that they do not need a drying process and are more efficient since no % of the ink base is lost due to the drying/curing process.
Maintenance is easier and not messy, as it is the case with DTG printers (if not performed regularly), for there is next to zero waste of ink.
It is considered a green technology, environmentally friendly. No VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) are released to the atmosphere, as there is an almost zero carbon footprint.
UV print quality is ultra-sharp, water-resistant, extremely durable.

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