When your group or team needs that individual customization to make sure everyone is unique, our personalization options will get the job done.
Whether for your company kickball team, an intramural volleyball squad, or 4 friends getting embroidered names for their bowling team, UGP has the right options to make sure everyone knows your name!
Screen printed apparel is a great, affordable way to promote your organization.
At Southern Ink and Thread we provide quality screen printing that will last through many years of washing and wear.
Our network of apparel vendors is one of the largest available, ensuring numerous styles of garments perfect for any type of organization or event.
Embroidered apparel is a great way to promote and brand your business or organization.
At Southern Ink and Thread we provide quality embroidery that looks professional and lasts a lifetime.
Our network of apparel vendors is one of the largest available, ensuring numerous styles of garments perfect for any type of organization or event:
Yields high quality, durable images.
Print on any color garment, recommended for dark prints on light color garments for best result.
Price: Fixed cost per shirt, regardless of quantity ordered. Often cheaper than screen printing for multiple-color images on small runs.
Used for: Photos, Graphic Effects, and highly detailed images on small runs of shirts.
Screen printing involves creating a stencil, known as a screen, and then using that screen to apply ink on the printing surface (in our case, apparel or promotional products). Each individual color is applied using a different screen, one at a time, combined to achieve the final look. The more colors a design has, the more screens that are needed, and the more setup time required. The ink in screen printing is applied thicker than digital printing, which results in brighter colors - even on darker shirts. Screen printing is the best option for designs that require a high level of vibrancy, specialty products, or for quantities greater than 6 pieces. While Underground Printing has no minimums for screen printing, price is usually a prohibitive factor under 6 pieces. Over 6 pieces, the per piece cost tends to be less than Digital printing (but not always).
Digital printing is a much newer process that involves your artwork being processed by a computer, and then printed directly onto the surface of your product. Digital printing is not a transfer - the ink is directly adhered to the fabric of your custom shirt. The fact that the design is processed and printed digitally allows for a quantity of one, since there are no screens or physical setup. Digital printing is best used for items that require large amounts of detail and/or print colors, customers that require water based ink, and for orders of a smaller quantity (5 or less pieces). The fact that the digital printer does not use screens allows for a photographic print, with much more detail than traditional screen printing. As the ink is applied thinner (to achieve such detail), digital printing is best used on lighter colored shirts to allow the design to shine through.
We use only the highest quality screen printing techniques.
We take important steps to ensure our printed apparel products last through extensive wear and tear, and you’ll see this reflected in our finished products.
These aren’t your cheap shirts that crack and peel after a couple washes. Our printing process results in a custom product equal in quality to the shirts you purchase from large retail corporations.
Quantity – The more items you order of the same print design, the cheaper the per item price is.
Our smallest price breaks for screen printing start at 12, 24, 72 and 144 pieces. Please contact us to inquire about larger orders.
# of Print Locations – Print locations refer to where on the shirt something is printed. Is it front only? Or front and back? Is there a sleeve print? The more locations you print on, the more expensive each item will be.
# of Print Colors – The number of colors in your design also affects the price. The more colors, the more expensive.
Type of Garment – Prices vary depending on the garment you choose to print on.
For example, long sleeve shirts are more expensive than short sleeve. American Apparel is more expensive than Gildan.
We try to make the ordering process as easy as possible. The first thing you’ll want to do is get an idea of how many shirts you need, what kind of garment you want to print on, and what design you want to print.
