Thermal transfer printing with flex films on t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, bags, and other textile products is one of the most classic and popular ways to apply images onto fabric. Flex printing is a technology where an image of the desired size is cut using a plotter on a special colored film, and then transferred (attached) onto the surface of the fabric using a heat press with strong pressure and heating.
Advantages of Thermal Transfer Printing with Flex Films:
- Flex films provide clarity and brightness of colors, which allows for creating beautiful and striking designs on textile products.
- Flex films can be neon, gold, silver, glittery (effect of metallic flakes), flocked (effect of velvet), with chameleon effect, 3D, and more. This allows for creating very striking images or creatively decorating fabric in a non-standard way.
- The possibility of applying images onto non-standard fabrics, rough, heavy fabrics, which makes this method ideal for printing numbers and names on ready-made colored sports jerseys or workwear.
Disadvantages of using Thermotransfer Printing with Flex Films:
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This printing method can be more expensive than other methods of printing images on textiles. Flex films are expensive and require special equipment, which can increase production costs.
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Thermotransfer printing is not always the best choice for complex or multi-component designs. This is because the use of flex films can result in limitations on the choice of colors and fonts, and this method does not allow for color transitions.
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The film has a very high density, and therefore, the fabric under the film does not allow air to pass through, which can create discomfort when using the product for long periods of time.
Overall, thermotransfer printing with flex films on T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, bags, and other products is a classic method of applying images that is currently used primarily for specific, non-standard tasks or when other printing methods are not possible.
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