Text and Other Effects
Special Effect Inks
Puff Ink
Printing with puff ink is a very popular type of special effect done on t-shirts and sweatshirts. Puff ink, like it’s name implies, raises or “puffs up” when the ink is cured (dried) in the printing process. It adds a three dimensional look to your design and if done properly can be used as a low cost substitute for the look of embroidery. Not all artwork and typefaces will produce good results with puff ink. Avoid using type that has thick lines or have characters that are very close together. Thin lines in a design and “light” fonts with thin lines produce the best results with puff ink.
Suede Ink
Suede ink looks like the name implies: suede leather. It also “puffs” or raises somewhat, and because of the three dimensional look it offers, it can be considered for use as a lower cost substitute for embroidery. Suede ink comes in light brown, dark brown, gray, and black.
Glow In The Dark Ink
Glow in the dark ink glows just the hands on a watch that has been placed in a bright light. This ink is great for Halloween shirts, rock designs, or any design that you want to glow in the dark! Glow in the dark works on white or colored shirts, however colored shirts will require that an underbase of white be printed for the glow effect to work properly.
Photochromic Ink
Photochromic ink is an exciting special-effect ink that is almost invisibly transparent indoors. When exposed to sunlight outdoors bright and intense colors appear. Photochromic ink is available in yellow, blue, magenta, and purple.
Example of Photochromic Print in Indoor Light Example of Photochromic Print in Outdoor Light The "Worn and Washed" look a.k.a. "Distressed" look
"Worn and washed" also known as the "Distressed" look is a special effect that can be applied to most designs and text. This effect is used to simulate a "worn out" look to the print. The "worn and washed" look can be applied to color images, black and white images, and lettering.
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Shimmer & Metallic Inks
Shimmers combine the best features of glitters and metallics. They have a finish similar to metallics, but with a much greater sparkle, and the color range of glitters. Shimmer inks are non-tarnishing and high-opacity, with excellent elasticity and washability. We also offer standard metallic inks in gold and silver.
Example of Metallic Gold Print Example of Metallic Silver Print Fluorescent Neon Ink
Fluorescent neon inks will make any print attention getting! Fluorescent colors work well on retro/50's designs, hot rod designs, children's prints, or any design that you want to be noticed.
EXTRA CHARGE ON COLORED SHIRTS - COST OF AN ADDITIONAL COLOR (SEE SETUP CHARGES). Black Light Ink
Black light ink makes the print illuminate when viewed under black lights. The effect can only be viewed under black lights and this type of printing is ideal for rock group shirts, laser tag games, cosmic bowling, or anywhere black lights will be used. Black light ink works on dark colored shirts only, and the ink will appear as white when not viewed under black light.
Flash Back (Reflective) Ink
Reflective ink contains millions of light reflective microspheres that when exposed to a focused beam of light, such as an automobile headlight or flashlight, reflects a bright, glittering image back at the light source. Reflective ink is perfect for night safety wear for joggers, cyclists, police, construction and highway workers--anybody who work in traffic at night. Reflective inks come in 8 colors, shown to the left. Flash Back Ink is transparent so some of the ink colors will not show up well on colored or dark garments. For black or other dark shirts, we recommend Neutral Gray as it will show up best.
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