About Us
MARINE VETERANS COMMITTED TO SERVICE
Yellow Footprint Designs was started as a hobby and quickly blossomed into something more in April of 2020, though a pandemic. Becky and Scott Inocente, United States Marine Corps Veterans, have a passion of helping people and this venture has allowed them to be creative and help bring the ideas of their customers to life.
WHAT IS DTG PRINTING?
Direct-To-Garment Printing
Direct-to-garment printing (DTG) is a process of printing on substrates/textiles using specialized water based ink 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 substrate/textile by the print head.
DTG typically requires that the dark 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, or DPI, than traditional printing methods such as screen printing. However, unlike screen printing, there is no long setup or clean-up process, and DTG has the ability to print just one single shirt for minimal cost.
