Personalized jerseys- screen printing or sublimation

Presently, there are two popular processes that business entities can utilize to personalize athletic jerseys with a definite name and number on the back side of the jersey. Screen printing, also called silk printing, is a very early technique of printing whereby ink is passed through a mesh screen on the jersey. Generally, the screen is pressed on the jersey, the name and number is carved out of the screen, ink is poured on the screen and the roller presses the ink through the carved out number and name on the jersey. 

Sublimation, then again, is a more contemporary digital type of printing. The sublimation procedure starts with the design of the custom name and the number in an image making and editing software like Adobe Photoshop or Corel. 

There are various benefits of utilizing sublimated soccer jerseys over the screen printed ones which comprise of:

1.       With sublimation, the ink basically permeates the fabric while with screen printing; the ink is just pressed on the fabric. So with sublimation the information printed is permanent and will not peel off or fade away. There is a chance that the number and the name on the jersey undergoing screen printing will peel or fade. 

2.       The cost of creating or manufacturing the custom team soccer jerseys is possibly higher than that of a screen printed jersey. The sublimation cost will possible get reduced by time, as it now stands, sublimation is still quite pricey as a printing procedure. For printing bulk jerseys with similar names and numbers, screen printing is favorable as it is more cost efficient.

3.       The feeling of the sublimated jerseys and a screen printed jersey is quite different. If you run the hand at the back portion of the jersey that has gone through a screen printed procedure, you will be able to feel the density of the ink on top of the texture.