Screen Printing vs Embroidery vs DTG: Which Should You Choose?

Once your garment is made, how do you put your logo or artwork on it? The three main methods — screen printing, embroidery, and DTG — each suit different designs and quantities. Here's how to choose.

Screen printing

Ink pushed through a stencil, one colour at a time. The most durable and vivid method for volume runs, and cost-effective once you're making quantity. Best for bold logos and graphics with a few colours. Less suited to tiny detail or photographic, many-colour designs.

Embroidery

Your design stitched in thread. It looks and feels premium and durable, and is ideal for logos, lettering, and a considered, high-end finish on polos, caps, and hoodies. Not the choice for large or highly detailed artwork.

DTG (direct-to-garment)

A printer sprays ink directly onto the fabric, like an inkjet. Great for detailed, full-colour, photographic designs and small quantities, but generally less durable than screen printing and best on cotton.

• Bold logo, volume run → screen printing
• Premium, logo or lettering → embroidery
• Detailed/photographic, small run → DTG

Match the method to the design and the quantity — not the other way around.

We offer screen printing and embroidery as part of full garment manufacturing, so your decoration is done on pieces we make to your spec. Tell us your design and we'll recommend the best method.