T Shirt Print Victoria BC


T Shirt Printing Explained

Here are some things you need to know if YOU yourself wish to start your own clothing printing victoria business. Opening up your own print shop really involves getting the specific, specialized equipment needed. Your business’s equipment depends on the needs your customers have and what media you wish to print for them. Is it clothing? Well you’ll need a full setup for that. If you’re just printing paper goods well then you might just get away with a specialized printer for a smaller business like that. If you want to get into vinyl signage, you’ll need a vinyl printer and cutter and cheap t shirts victoria. You’ll need software like adobe suite like we use at print shop victoria.

The actual printing system is decided on what media you want to print. At Rain Coast we solely print clothing so our printing system is geared towards that. We have a big 8 arm printing press, old school, heavy as hell and has the ability to print 8 shirts and 8 different colors at one time. No one really ever orders a style that’s more than 3 colors so we haven’t had to ever use 8 colors all at one, that would be super time consuming and a very precise, intricate design.

To get our logo’s made by our designer Steve, we use the full adobe suite. He is able to design every logo and style in adobe illustrator and then we use a inkjet printer to print on clear photo paper. That process transfers the logo into the clear photo paper and then we superimpose it into a screen by burning it through. At this point the logo is on the screen and we are ready to transfer the ink and press the shirt. Now it gets exciting at t shirt printing victoria.

T Shirt Printing Victoria Explained

Here is the screen printing process


  • Print your film

    First you need to get your logo file off the computer and printed onto transparent photo paper using black ink.

  • Expose logo onto screen

    Next you use an exposure unit to transfer your logo film onto a screen

  • Prep your printing press

    Then you line up your press and make sure your logo will print on the location of the shirt you want

  • Print and Cure

    Now it's time to apply your ink then cure your t shirt in a conveyor oven at the correct temperature

Anyone can Screen Print Victoria

We are happy to show anyone how to print with live events and workshops, contact us!

Here are some things you need to know if YOU yourself wish to start your own clothing printing victoria business. Opening up your own print shop really involves getting the specific, specialized equipment needed. Your business’s equipment depends on the needs your customers have and what media you wish to print for them. Is it clothing? Well you’ll need a full setup for that. If you’re just printing paper goods well then you might just get away with a specialized printer for a smaller business like that. If you want to get into vinyl signage, you’ll need a vinyl printer and cutter and cheap t shirts victoria. You’ll need software like adobe suite like we use at print shop victoria.
The actual printing system is decided on what media you want to print. At Rain Coast we solely print clothing so our printing system is geared towards that. We have a big 8 arm printing press, old school, heavy as hell and has the ability to print 8 shirts and 8 different colors at one time. No one really ever orders a style that’s more than 3 colors so we haven’t had to ever use 8 colors all at one, that would be super time consuming and a very precise, intricate design.

Graphic and Logo Design

To get our logo’s made by our designer steve, we use the full adobe suite. He is able to design every logo and style in adobe illustrator and then we use a inkjet printer to print on clear photo paper. That process transfers the logo into the clear photo paper and then we superimpose it into a screen by burning it through. At this point the logo is on the screen and we are ready to transfer the ink and press the shirt. Now it gets exciting at t shirt printing victoria.

Screen Printing Victoria BC Process Continued



Next we load the cheap t shirts up onto the press and load the screens as well, make sure everything is calibrated by adjusting the different dials and we do a test run to make sure everything is lined up. If it’s all good to go then we begin our printing process. The ink is transferred through the screen by pressing down on a squeegee into the fabric of the shirt. Once it’s done you move the press and do the next one, this continues till all 8 shirts are printed, you remove them one at a time and put them into your conveyor oven and by the time they are through, they are dried, cured and ready to fold and box. That’s the process in a nutshell.
Also, keep in mind to set up a full business like t shirt printing victoria bc you will need to rent a correctly zoned space, and you’ll need a sales area, a place to meet with your customers that’s comfortable and proper accounting software, merchant processing to take payments and enough blank inventory on hand. You’ll also need staff to do the job when you are not around and to make sure that everything is running smoothly – most importantly, that your customers are happy! That’s our main goal at rain coast, making sure all of our screen printing victoria customers are happy with their purchase!

    Service Offering and Region Covered


    We have expanded our cheap t shirt print victoria service offering to cover all of vancouver island. If you want screen printing or t shirt printing done and you are in victoria or downtown victoria bc, langford, colwood, sooke, shawnigan lake, duncan or nanaimo, vancouver, surrey, maple ridge, delta, north vancouver, new westminster, abbotsford, yaletown, kitsilano, hope, kelowna, kamloops, then you are in our immediate local region on vancouver island and we will be glad to help you with any screen printing project you have in mind. Just shoot us a quick call or email and we will get in touch immediately. Look forward to hearing from you!