Custom Printed Apparel
Shirts, hoodies, workwear and more, made for your business, group or event.
Custom apparel is one of the easiest ways to bring people together, promote an organization, support an event or turn your artwork into something people can wear.
Smith & Jones creates custom printed apparel for businesses, schools, bands, teams, clubs, events, organizations and groups of all sizes.
Whether you need employee shirts, school apparel, merchandise for your band, shirts for a fundraiser or something memorable for a family reunion, we'll help you choose the right apparel and create a finished product that fits your project.
T-Shirts & Everyday Apparel
Create custom shirts for employees, customers, students, fans, events, merchandise, reunions and just about anything else you can think of.
Hoodies, Sweatpants & Outerwear
Great for school spirit wear, bands, teams, employee apparel, organizations and merchandise people will actually want to keep wearing.
Workwear & Staff Apparel
Keep your employees, volunteers or event staff looking coordinated and easy to recognize with customized work shirts, jackets and other apparel.
Bands & Events Merchandise
Turn your artwork, logo or event design into apparel you can sell, give away or use to remember the occasion.
Not Sure What You Need?
You don't need to know anything about printing to get started. Tell us what you're making, how many you need and what you have in mind. We'll help you choose the apparel and printing options that make sense for your project.
Looking for a more polished stitched look? Explore Custom Embroidery.
Need something besides apparel? Browse Promotional Products.
Want to see everything we can customize? Explore Custom Products.
Printing Processes
We offer several garment printing methods, each with its own advantages depending on the design, fabric, quantity and finished look you want. The sections below explain the different processes we use and when each one may be the best fit for your project.
Water Based Ink
Much like a dye process water-based and water-based discharge are water born systems where the print ink is absorbed into the fabric. This creates a softer, longer lasting and more environmentally friendly screen printing process. Although there are some poly blended fabrics that are compatible with water-based printing it’s recommended that only 100% cotton garments be used with this process. In some situations brighter fabric colors such as purple, royal and kelly green are not compatible with light on dark printing because they do not fully discharge.
Plastisol
A PVC or acrylic and liquid plasticizer ink system plastisol creates a durable surface film on the fabric. Although not as soft as water-based printing plastisol is far more versatile and when used intelligently can create a variety of desired effects. 4 color process, simulated process and metallic are all based on the plastisol ink system. We take care to minimize our footprint on the environment by using phthalates and PVC free inks when possible.
Puff Printing
Puff printing uses a specialized plastisol ink additive that expands when exposed to heat during the curing process, creating a raised three-dimensional surface on the garment. The result is a soft, textured print that adds depth and dimension to a design. Puff works especially well with bold graphics, lettering and simple shapes where the raised effect can become part of the overall design.
Polyester Printing
Fabrics that contain high amounts of synthetic fibers releases their dye when heated causing dye migration between the garment and the screen printing ink. Specially formulated poly inks are required to preserve the intended print color.
Direct to Garment Printing
Our printers use specialized inkjets that can apply designs directly on fabric, using a full CMYK color spectrum that requires less setup time and costs than traditional printing methods. No longer will designs be limited to just a handful of colors!
Direct to Film
Direct to Film Custom Heat Transfers have revolutionized the way we infuse creativity onto clothing. These transfers allow you to print any custom design directly onto your clothing, ensuring a vibrant and durable result that captures attention.
4 Color Process
With semi transparent plastisol inks four color process uses halftones of CMYK to create a photo realistic print process. As a subtractive color system CMYK must be printed over a white substrate. Although white garments are ideal colored garments are compatible with this system when a white baseplate is printed under the graphic silhouette.
Simulated Process
Much like 4 color process simulated process uses halftones to represent varied shades of a print color. However unlike 4 color process it uses solid opaque inks making it more compatible with darker garment colors.
Metallic Prints
Available in an array of colors metallics are plastisol based inks with reflective particles that create a chrome or gold like finish. Because these inks generally have a high viscosity a low mesh screen is required to print them making for a thicker ink deposit.
Glow Prints
A plastisol ink that uses phosphorus to store surrounding light and then illuminates it in the dark. This ink is generally transparent and can be overprinted on other print colors. It glows a light green.