BUSINESS PLANING FOR T-

SHIRT DESIGNING AND

PRINTING.

INTRODUCTION.

TYPES OF T-SHIRTS, FABRIC AND ITS COST.

TYPES OF DESIGNING AND PRINITNG.

PRINTING TOOLS WITH COST

REQUIREMENT, PLANING AND SETUP FOR NEW BUSINESS.

OVERALL COST AND ESTIMATION.

 INTRODUCTION.

Starting a t-shirt printing business is exciting and can be

rewarding; it offers a chance to be creative and to create
products that people will wear out in public. However,
like any business, starting a t-shirt printing business is
challenging.

Another factor to consider for starting up a t-shirt printing

business is that you don’t have to buy much equipment
to start. If you don’t want to invest in printing presses or
fabric printers, you can design the shirts and outsource
the printing to one of the many online printers.
Outsourcing keeps your initial expenses low.
 TYPES OF T-SHIRTS FABRIC AND ITS
COST.
There are so many types of T-shirts. Following are
the popular ones and mostly used.

 1 Basic half sleeve T-shirt

 2 Long sleeve Crew neck T-shirts

 3 Polo collar T-shirt

 4 V-neck T-shirt
 5 Wide neck –Off shoulder t-shirts (Girls’)

 6 Yoke neck t-shirts (Girls’)

 7 Boyfriend t-shirts (Girls’)

 8 Henley collar T-shirt

 9 Baseball T-shirt

 10 Turtle neck Tshirt

 11 Ringer T – shirt

 12 Cap sleeve T-shirt.

 13 Half T-shirt (Singlet)

 14 Muscle T-Shirt

 15 Half Muscle T-Shirt

 16 Longline T-shirt
 17 Pocket T-shirt

 18 Baby Doll T-shirt

 19 Burnout T-shirt

TYPES OF FABRIC AND

THEIR COST PER METER.

 1. COTTON
Cotton is the most common type of fabric that is used to make t shirts, but you
should remember that there are a few different types of cotton that can be used
for shirt production.

Types of Cotton:

 Combed cotton. is created when short strands are eliminated, then fine
brushes straighten the FIBERS. This makes the fabric softer, smoother,
and stronger. It makes for a better material for printing.

 Organic cotton is a softer, more comfortable and a popular option. It's

more expensive than regular cotton, and the cotton is grown without
many fertilizers or pesticides.

 Pima cotton is known to be the

highest quality cotton that money can buy, with extralong FIBERS which
ensure the softness of the t shirt fabric. Pima cotton is durable - it resists
pilling, fading, and stretching SUPIMA is the same type of cotton as
Pima, but it's specifically grown in the US.
 SU-PIMA COTTON is a shortened version of “superior Pima”, and
unlike Pima it is not a cotton variety but rather a trade organization that
trademarks its name to mills around the world and promotes Pima
cotton.

 SLUB cotton is a type of cotton that looks like it has slight lumps in the
fabric. This is created before the cotton is weaved, where the cotton is
twisted, and the twists are irregular. SLUB cotton is unique - it’s light,
airy and does not cling to the body. It's also naturally textured, which
means that there is no need to iron it.

 2. POLYESTER

Polyester is a synthetic fabric that’s

usually derived from petroleum. This fabric is one of the world’s most
popular textiles, and it is used in thousands of different consumer and
industrial applications.
 PET (Ethylene polyester) is the most commonly-produced form of
polyester FIBER. It is the mostly used fibre for polyester T-SHIRTS.

PET (Ethylene polyester)

 3. LINEN

Made from the flax plant, the textured weave dries quickly, making it
cool to wear. However, it wrinkles easily.
COST PER METER / WEIGHT.
 RATES DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF FABRICS.THERE ARE SO MANY
TYPES OF COTTON AND LINON .RATES ARE GIVEN FOR THE MOSTLY
USED FABRIC IN T-SHIRTS.

FABRIC RATES PER METER RATES PER KG RATES AFTER PRINTING.

COTTON 25RS – 250RS 150RS-500RS 25RS – 1000RS

POLYESTER 20RS - 400RS 200RS-450RS 50RS - 1000RS

SILK 120RS - 350RS 200RS-800RS 1000RS-4000RS

THESE RATES ARE JUST APRROXIMATES.THIS MAY VARY ACCORDING TO

DIFFERENT SUPPLIERS.

Silk is mainly used in shirts they are less effective in T-shirt so there is very
low quantity of silk T-shirts or no quantity.

TYPES OF DESIGNING AND PRINTING

DESIGNING OF TSHIRTS REQUIRE.

 DESIGNING SOFTWARE
  COMPUTER WITH GOOD SPECS
 SKETCH (DRAWING AND PAINTING)

SOME PEOPLE PREPARE THEIR DESIGN ON PAPER AND EVALUATE THEIR DESIGN
WITH THEIR OWN EMAGINATION AND PRINT THEIR OWN TSHIRTS.

DESIGNING SOFTWARE FOR TSHIRT ARE OF 5 TYPES WHICH ARE

MOSTLY USED.

 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
 GRAFFIC PRO STUDIO
 INK SCAPE
 COREL DRAW

THESE 5 SOFTWARES ARE THE MOSTLY USED SOFTWARE FOR TSHIRTS

DESIGN.

PRINTING OF T-SHIRT

VARIOUS TYPES OF PRINTING TSHIRTS.

1. SCREEN PRINITNG

Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to

transfer ink onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the
ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the
screen to fill the open mesh apertures with ink, and a reverse stroke
then causes the screen to touch the substrate momentarily along a line
of contact. This causes the ink to wet the substrate and be pulled out of
the mesh apertures as the screen springs back after the blade has
passed. One colour is printed at a time, so several screens can be
used to produce a multicoloured image or design .

2. DTG PRINTING (DIRECT TO GARMENT).

Direct-to-garment printing (DTG) is a process of printing
on textiles using specialized aqueous ink jet technology.
DTG printers typically have a platen designed to hold the
garment in a fixed position, and the printer inks are jetted or
sprayed onto the textile by the print head. DTG typically
requires that the garment be pre-treated with a PTM or Pre-
treatment machine allowing for the following:
  Stronger bond between garment FIBERS and the
pigmented inks
 Lays down loose FIBERS to provide for a smoother
substrate
 Chemically reacts with the inks to promote drying and
curing
Since this is a digital process the print is sharper and has a
higher resolution.
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3. DYE SUBLIMATION PRINTING.

Dye-sublimation printing (or dye-sub printing) is

a computer printing technique which uses heat to transfer
dye onto materials such as a plastic, card, paper, or fabric.
The sublimation name was first applied because the dye was
 considered to make the transition between the solid and gas
states without going through a liquid stage.

4. HEAT PRESS PRINTING.

This process is almost same as sublimation but in this process heat
transfer paper is used instead of sublimation paper.

In this process a print is transferred on the top layer of T-shirt

In sublimation A print is transferred inside the whole layer of T-shirt in
gas form which is more durable and long lasting.
 5. VINYL CUTTING PRINITNG.
IN this type printing vinyl is printed with the help of Sublimation, Screen
and heat Printing.
OR vinyl is printed out with the help of printer and vinyl shape is cut off.

VINYL CUTTING MACHINE

IN ORDER TO USE A VINYL CUTTING PRINTING ITS NOT NECESSARY TO

BUY A MACHINE. A SIMPLE HAND CUT VINYL CAN BE USED FOR
PRINTING.
 PAPER WITH VOID CAN BE PLACED ON THE TOP OF THE TSHIRT. THEN
COLOUR IS POURED THROUGH IT FOR A DESIGN.

PRINTING TOOLS WITH COST

 SCREEN PRINTING.
TOOLS USED FOR SCREEN PRINTING WITH COST.

A. Screen.
 COST (400 RS – 700 RS)

B. Squeegee.

COST (300 RS – 1000 RS)

C. Dye Colours, Tape, Chemical Solutions.

COST (1000 RS – 3000 RS)

D. Printing table with screw and all attachments.
 COST (500 RS – 5000 RS)

OVERALL COST INCLUDING EXTRA CHARGES

2500 RS – 13000 RS (APPROX.)

COST MAY INCREASE ACCORDING TO THE QUALITY OF

PRODUCT

 DTG PRINTING.
NO TOOLS REQUIRE FOR DTG PRINTING. A MACHINE REQUIRE FOR THIS
TYPE OF PRINTING WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE IN COST. IT IS THE BEST
AND HD PRINTING PROCESS EVER FOR EVERY TYPE OF FABRIC.

DTG PRINTING IS THE BEST HD AND EXPENSIVE PRINTING TILL NOW.

 EPSON DTG MACHINE

COST OF DTG MACHINE – 9 LAKH – 13.6 LAKH

 DYE SUBMLIMATION PRINTING.

Tools require for SUBLIMATION PRINTING.

A. Sublimation printer.
COST 5000 RS – 17000 RS

B. Sublimation ink.

COST 500RS – 2000RS

C. Sublimation paper.

COST 200 RS – 700 RS

 D. Sublimation MACHINE.

C OST 11000 RS – 17000 RS

OVERALL COST OF SUBLIMATION PRINTING

WITH EXTRA TOOLS AND REQUIREMENT.

NORMAL COST – 22000 RS (approx.)

GOOD QUALITY COST – 37000 RS (approx.)

 HEAT PRESS PRINTING.

THIS PRINTING IS ALMOST SAME AS SUBLIMATION. IT REQUIRES

a. HEAT transfer paper

b. Heat resisting tape
c. Printer
d. Ink
e. Heat press machine

EVERY COST IS ALMOST SAME. HEART PRESS MACHINE IS QUITE

COSTLY THAN SUBLIMATION.
 COST 14000 RS – 20000 RS

NOTE - HEAT PRESS MACHINE CAN BE

USED AS SUBLIMATION MACHINE. IT ALMOST HAVE THE SAME PROCESS AND
FEATURES. HEAT PRESS MACHINE CAN BE USED FOR BOTH FABRIC COTTON
AND POLYESTER BUT SUBLIMATION GIVE BETTER RESULT ON POLYESTER
FABRIC IN CAMPARISON OF COTTON.

NOTE – SUBLIMATION AND HEAT PRESS ARE ALMOST SAME TYPE OF

MACHINE THERE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.

OVERALL COST OF HEAT PRESS- NORMAL COST – 25000 RS (approx.)

GOOD QUALITY COST – 40000 RS (approx.)
 VINYL CUTTING PRINTING.

VINYL CUTTING IS A PART OF SCREEN, HEAT PRESS AND SUBLIMATION

PRINTING.
VINYL OF ANY DESIGN IS PRINT OUT WITH THE HELP OF PRINTER AND
CAN BE PRINT ON TSHIRTS WITH THE HELP OF ANY PROCESS.
 OVERALL COST – Already included in every process of
printing. it does not have any particular cost.
REQUIREMENT, PLANING AND SETUP FOR NEW
BUSINESS.

The fully automatic machine cost you Rs 15000 more. you can
buy a custom T-shirt from India mart or any other online site
also. You can buy it from wholesalers too. after that, you need
to just choose any design on the computer and using the
machine you can print it on a plain T-shirt.

POINTS THAT YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND TO START

NEW BUSINESS.

 HIGH QUALTIY T-SHIRTS AT EFFECTIVE PRICES.

 COSTS OF INVESTMENT

 CHOSING A HOSTED PLATFORMS OR HAVING SELF HOSTED

PLATFORM

 LABELING AND BRANDING

 MARKET PLANING (NEEDS OF CUSTOMERS / AGE OF CUSTOMERS)

 GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF DESIGNING AND THOUGHTS

 ADVERTISING OF PRODUCTS.

OVERALL COST AND ESTIMATION.

REQUIREMENT WITH COST.

 SYSTEM FOR DISIGNING – 50,000 RS
 PRINTER EPSON WF7710 + other materials – 25000 RS approx.
 SUBLIMATION MACHINE GOOD QUALITY – 15000 RS approx.
 T-SHIRT FOR PRINTING x50 OF GOOD QUALITY – 8,000 approx.
  OTHER REQUIREMENT – 10,000 approx.

OVERALL PRICE FOR NEW STARTUP – 1.2 LAKH

COST OF TSHIRT AFTER PRINTING DEPENDS ON THE TYPE, QUALITY

AND REQUIREMENT OF THE MARKET.

Plain whole sale T-shirt = 50RS - 450RS per piece (Depends on

quality)

Whole sale T-shirt after printed = 80RS - 700RS per piece

(approx.)

INCRESE IN PRICE OF TSHIRT DEPENDS ON THE PRINTING QUALITY AND

DESIGNING. OVERALL QUALITY IS THE MAIN FACTOR WHICH ATTRACT
THE CUSTOMERS.

THE ABOVE PRICE DETAILS ARE TAKEN FROM THE

INTERNET AND ACCORDING TO THE STUDY. HENCE
THE PRICE DETAILS MAY VARY AS PER THE CURRENT
MARKET.
THANKYOU AND REGARDS

ROHIT SINGH BISHT