The Advantages of Direct to Garment Printing Services

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: June 1, 2012

This is the fourth blog about Direct to Garment printing services to be presented by Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing – now providing this increasingly sought-after service.

This week, we will continue educating our valued customers about one of the many advantages of DTG printing – DTG printing services utilize digital technology. The benefits of digital technology as it relates to DTG include:

  • Digital files are generally quicker and easier to edit/modify than analog photographic images.
  • There is an increasing use by creative professionals to use digital software, which makes digital processing the logical replacement for optical and manual technology.
  • The world of telecommunications has largely converted to digital processing. The same digital files may be utilized for electronic media across the board – the Internet, video, TV, CD-ROMs, print media and multimedia.
  • It is easy to convert analog images and text to digital with scanning and optical character reading (OCR) software.
  • Digital files are simple and easy to transport and communicate, sending a digital file to any digital printer anywhere in the world within seconds permits quick response printing. 
  • Industries are quickly adopting art and printing copy that is digitally generated and communicated.

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Additional Advantages of Direct to Garment Printing

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: May 25, 2012

As we announced in our previous blog, Direct to Garment (DTG) printing is now being offered by Atlas Embroidery.

This week, we will continue educating our promotional product distributors, i.e., our customers,  about the many advantages of DTG printing. Further descriptions of its extensive color and production benefits include:

  • Has built-in multi-color registration.
  • Offers a wide range of color processes, matching the increasing demand for full color.
  • Uses sophisticated color matching and calibration technology.
  • Requires little or no color overlapping.
  • Provides “on-the-fly” features, including variable data, personalization and customization during production runs.
  • Allows no-contact printing, permitting substrate printing without touching or disturbing them.
  • Doesn’t use film masters, stencils, screens or plates.

Next week, we will address the considerable benefits of digital art files.

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Direct to Garment Printing Now Available at Atlas Embroidery & Screen Printing

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: May 18, 2012

Direct to Garment printing is now being offered by Atlas Embroidery, announces Mitchell Lombard, president of the company. “We are very excited to be able to include DTG printing as a part of our complete range of embellishment services for our promotional productsdistributor customers,” said Lombard.

DTG printing is a comparatively new printing technology that prints an image directly onto a garment or fabric utilizing a modified inkjet printer, offering a direct to cotton printing solution to balance traditional printing. DTG is a digital printing technique that prints full color, photo quality images directly onto your t-shirt in minutes. Utilizing RIP (Raster Image Processor) computer software, DTG offers a number of exciting benefits, providing:

  • Real time preview of file prior to printing
  • Good resolution and speedy turn-around
  • Full range of colors, printed in one simple and easy application
  • Lower set-up costs
  • Printing of precision images, including photographs without distortion
  • White underbase for dark shirts
  • More precision color management with color profiles
  • Ability to drives multiple printers from one computer
  • Advanced job queuing
  • Larger print area
  • No minimum printing requirements, allowing for small orders

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The ABCs of Embroidery from Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing – Volume 6

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: May 11, 2012

This week’s blog will address the T-Zs of typical embroidery terms. This concludes our Embroidery Glossary of Terms.

  • Tackle Twill – polyester or rayon twill letters or numbers used for athletic teams.
  • Tatami Stitch – running stitches used to cover large areas. Also called fill stitches.
  • Tear Away Backing – a non-woven material placed under the fabric being embroidered to add stability to the fabric.
  • Tension – proper adjustable machine thread tension is critical to quality embroidery.
  • Tension Assembly – device that applies tension to the needle thread to form a stitch.
  • Tensioner – mechanism that controls the tension on the needle thread.
  • Thread – embroidery threads are commonly made from rayon, polyester, cotton and metallics, each with its own constructions and features. (Look for a future blog about Thread.)
  • Thread Break Detector – a device that detects thread breakage, automatically stopping the machine. This allows the operator to rethread the needle and restart the machine. Thread that minimizes breakage optimizes stitching time.
  • Thread Clippers – spring loaded scissors that clip thread and operate with just the thumb and forefinger.
  • Tie In Stitches – small stitches used at the beginning of a sewing cycle to prevent the thread from pulling out of the embroidery.
  • Tie Off Stitches – small stitches that “lock” the stitches in the fabric to prevent the stitches from unraveling when thread is trimmed.
  • Topping – different materials that are hooped or placed on top of textured fabric prior to embroidery to provide a smooth surface for embroidery.  
  • Trimmers – trimming device that cuts both the needle and bobbin threads before change in design of either location or color.
  • Trimming – a part of the finishing process that involves trimming both sides of the embroidery, including jump stitches and backing.
  • Underlay Stitches – stitches used to stabilize fabric to maximize quality of fine detailing. Variable Sizing – scale a design to different sizes.
  • Verify – Sample sew-out of a new design to ensure that the pattern is correct.  Walking Stitch – also called running stitch—used to create an outline, underlay or fine detail formed between two points.

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The ABCs of Embroidery from Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing – Volume 6

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: May 3, 2012

This week’s blog will address the R-Ss of typical embroidery terms. We will address the rest of the alphabet in future blogs. 

  • Registration – when all stitches and design elements line up, correct registration has been achieved.
  • Repeat – repeating emblems or designs a fabric span.
  • Rotate Pattern – rotation of a design in 90-degree increments counterclockwise.
  • Running Stitch – stitch used to create an outline, underlay or fine detail formed between two points.
  • Satin Stitch – formed by closely arranged zig-zag stitches commonly used for lettering and outlining.
  • Scale – a parameter of the computer program parameter that changes the size of the design without changing the number of stitches.
  • Scanning – a conversion of designs into a computer format that digitizes even the most primitive design.
  • Short Stitch – digitizing technique to avoid bulky build-up of stitches in curves or corners.
  • Specialty Fill – produces special fill stitch patterns with a relief, or motif design.
  • Speed Control – sewing speed adjustment that varies according to the length of the stitch.
  • SPI – stitches per inch, creating the density or number of satin stitches.
  • SPM – stitches per minute, the running speed of the embroidery machine.
  • Stabilizer – woven support material used during embroidery of 4 types: tear-away, cut-away, wash-away and Performance backing for Performance shirts. Also called backing.
  • Stitch Density – the number of stitches used to form proper coverage of the pattern.
  • Stitch Editing – digitizing feature that deletes stitches in a pattern.
  • Stitchback – Sewing function that traces back through a design to repair skipped stitches and thread breaks.
  • Stock Designs – generic digitized embroidery designs.

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Most Used Embroidery Terms from Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing – Volume 5

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: April 27, 2012

This week’s blog will address the N-Ps of typical embroidery terms. We will address the rest of the alphabet in future blogs.

  • Needle – the device that forms stitches by carrying the thread through the fabric to interlock with a bobbin thread. Needles are available in various points and sizes, designed for the goods being embroidered.
  • Needle Bar – the part of the machine that carries the needle up and down to form stitches.
  • Needle Plate – located above the hook assembly of the machine, this metal plate has a hole in the center for the needle to reach the hook to form a stitch.
  • Network – linking embroidery machines through a central computer and disk drive system.
  • Origin – starting point of the embroidered design.
  • Pantograph – the bar, rack or holder of the embroidery machine that moves the hoop to form the embroidery pattern.
  • Paper Tape – paper or Mylar media containing coordinate information to control the pantograph movement.
  •  Newer machines utilize computer disks instead of paper tapes.
  • Pencil Rub – inexpensive sample of an embroidery design.
  • Presser Foot – a metal ring around the needle that holds the fabric stationary until the hook point catches the thread loop formed by the needle; helps to minimize flagging and for loop formation.
  • Pre-Tensioner – thread tension assembly that applies light tension to remove kinks in the thread prior to entering the main tensioner.
  • Puckering – gathering in the fabric by the stitches causing loose hooping, incorrect density, incorrect thread tensions or insufficient backing.
  • Punching – derived from old paper tape method, the process of converting artwork into a series of commands for the machine’s computer.
  • Push and Pull Compensation – a degree of distortion digitally built into a design to compensate for push or pull on the fabric caused by the embroidery stitches.

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The ABCs of Embroidery from Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing – Volume 4

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: April 20, 2012

This week’s blog will address the L-Ms of typical embroidery terms. (Please note that there aren’t any important terms that begin with J or K.) We will address the rest of the alphabet in future blogs.

Lettering – computer generated embroidery of letters or words, also called “keyboard lettering.”

Locking Stitch – series of small stitches used to prevent unraveling. Also called “tie-in” or “tie-off.”

Lockstitch – stitch formed with needle and bobbin thread. Also referred to as ISO4915, stitch number 301.

Looping – defects on surface of embroidery usually caused by tension problems or skipped stitch. Typically occurs when polyester top thread has been improperly tensioned. Looping can also occur as the result of a skipped stitch.

Low Speed Function – setting that allows the machine to run at a lower speed than that set by the speed control knob.

Machine Language – codes and format used by different machine manufacturers, such as Barudan, Brother, Fortran, Happy, Marco, Meistergram, Melco, Pfaff, Stellar, Tajima, Toyota, Ultramatic, and ZSK.

Marking – marking of goods to help position frame and position the needle start points.

Mirror – program menu option that allows sewing of reverse imaging of a pattern.

Modular – machine system with many separate stitching heads or configurations of heads that are computer-controlled.

Monogram – embroidered design of one or more letters, usually the initials in a name. Moss Stitch – see chenille.

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Custom Embroidery Most Used Terms from Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing – Volume 3

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: April 13, 2012

This week’s blog will address the G-Js of typical custom embroidery terms. Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing will address the rest of the alphabet in future blogs.

Gang-Loading – techniques that allow multiple unit loading, providing embroidery in a single loading operation.
Gapping – when the fabric may be seen through the embroidery design. Also termed “grin through.”
Holding Fixtures – devices that hold or frame small or unusually shaped items.
Hook Assembly – holds the bobbin case in the machine, playing a vital role in stitch formation.
Hoop – device made from plastic, metal, or wood that tightly grips the fabric between an inner and outer ring and attaches to the machine’s pantograph for sewing.
Hooping – also called “framing,” the term for loading item to be embroidered into a hoop.
Hooping Board – ensures uniform placement of the hoop onto the material.
H Test – method of testing thread tension.
Interlock Stitch – two or more rows of overlapping satin stitches.
Jumbo Rotary Hook – rotary hook that holds a bobbin case with larger thread capacity than a standard hook.
Jump Stitch – movement of the machine without needle penetration commonly used to move from one point in a design to another.

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Embroidery Terms from Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing – Custom Embroidery

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: April 6, 2012

This week’s blog will address the D-Fs of typical embroidery terms. Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing will address the rest of the alphabet in future blogs.

Design – stitches that create a pattern or monogram.
Digitize – computer-based method of converting artwork into a series of commands.
Disk Reader – a device that reads the digitized program that determines the embroidery machine movements.
Expanded Format – a design program that digitizes individual stitches for a specific size.
Fabric Grin Through – term that applies to fabric that is visible through the embroidery design. See also gapping.
Fill Stitches – one of the three most common stitches used in embroidery. (Run stitches and Satin stitches are the other two.) Generally used to cover large areas, fill stitches a flat look. Changing the angle, length and direction of the stitched pattern creates different fill patterns.
Finishing – processes that follow the completion of embroidery, including trimming loose threads, removing excess backing and topping, cleaning, pressing or steaming to remove wrinkles or hoop marks, and packing.
Flagging – motion of material during embroidery that is caused by improper hooping, improperly adjusted presser foot and/or improper fabric stabilization (wrong backing). Generally leads to skipped stitches and thread breakage. Also negatively impacts the appearance of the finished product (poor design registration).
Flat Embroidery – cut panels and patches of embroidery that is framed in hoops on a flat surface above the machine’s hook assembly.
Frame – device(s) that stabilizes the goods being embroidered and ensures the quality of end product. Various frame devices include clamps, vacuum devices, magnets and springs.
Framing Press — Machine used to aid the framing or hooping process.

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The ABCs of Embroidery from Atlas Embroidery and Screen Printing – Custom Embroidery

By Atlas Embroidery | Published: March 30, 2012

This week’s blog will address the A-Cs of typical embroidery terms.

Appliqué – decoration or trimming cut from one piece of fabric and stitched to another to add dimension and texture.
Arm Machine – embroidery machine driven my single main shaft that has an arm of cylinder that used frames to embroider curve shaped items, such as caps.
Automatic Color Change – most machines have up to ten needles allowing the digitizer to program them to change colors automatically.
Backing – woven support material used during embroidery that comes in three types, including tear-away, cut-away and wash-away.
Bean-stitch – type of bolder stitch that outlines with three stitches back and forth.
Birdnesting – collection of thread between the goods being embroidered and the needle plate that causes breaks and sewing problems.
Bobbin – a spool that holds thread and forms stitches on the fabric underside.
Bobbin Case – assembly that applies tension to the bobbin thread while holding the bobbin in the machine.
Boring – open work incorporated into embroidery designs.
Bridge Machine – as opposed to an arm machine, this type has suspended heads on a bridge that provides a larger sewing field. Buckram – coarse fabric used to stabilize fabric for stitching.
Cap Frames – specializing frames that hold finished caps for embroidering.
Chainstitch – resembles a chain link formed with thread fed from bottom.
Check Spring – part of needle assembly that assist in controlling the needle for smoother stitching.
Chenille – type of embroidery that forms loop stitch on top of fabric with heavy yarn. Also called loop piling.
Column Stitch – Zigzag stitches that are used to create borders. Also called satin stitch.
Complex Fill – digitizing capability that creates voids while defining edges.
Condensed Format – the ability of a machine to change scale, density and stitch lengths in a design.
Cross-stitch – two stitches that cross at the center to form an X.  

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