Welcome to Chicago T-shirt Printing.com
We are an in-house printer located on the north side of Chicago and we offer these garment printing services - dye sublimation with archival ink, digital, Thermoflex, silk screen, direct to garment - on T-Shirts, hoodies, polo's, hats, Bella's, jersey's and more.
No Screen Charges • No Setup Fees(On orders of 24 or more) • Full color printing(white included) • Small to bulk orders • Fast turnaround • Pay Online • Shipping available
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Digitally Printed T-Shirts
The most popular type of custom shirt we sell are custom digital t-shirts. They produce an exact recreation of a digital image onto a garment. In bulk orders we can go as low as $7 per shirt! Unlike DTG(direct to garment) we CAN print white and gradients in your design! We can also print on light or dark garments.
Dye Sublimation(With Archival Ink)
Dye sublimation is a process in which the ink is bound to the fibers of the shirt. This creates an incredibly durable shirt, great for lightweight performance shirts. Like digital, it also recreates the digital image perfectly. Also we are one of the first t-shirt printers to offer Cotton shirts for dye sublimation printing. 
Thermoflex
Thermoflex is a very flexible material that is usually used for 1, 2 color and lettering designs. Thermoflex can be printed over vented garments such as basketball and football jerseys to add your team logo and name. 
Archival Ink
What is Archival ink?
Archival ink has the capability to reject fading, won’t bleed when sprayed with water colors and are acid free. Over time normal inks start to slowly fade away, almost disappearing altogether. But archival ink is much more chemically stable than standard dye based inks. It’s the chemical composition of the ink, that gives the archival ink an upper hand over the dye based inks because it contains bigger molecules and is slightly alkaline. It is UV resilient which means doesn’t deteriorate with exposure to Ultra violet rays and is non abrasive. Unlike dye based inks, pigment structured archival inks settle into the fibers of the paper and on drying get stuck in the fibers so it is harder for them to run when hit with water which is why they are water resistant.
Why is Archival ink used?
Nearly all of the libraries, museums that are responsible in the conservation of old documents and preservation of books work prefer to with Archival ink. It is used by designers to uphold their work. By photographers to get the best pictures which won’t fade with time. Any one who wants to preserve their memories and work will adore using archival ink.
Why Chicago T-Shirt Printing Uses Archival Ink
We use archival ink for one reason- it doesn’t fade. Even with abuse, it will withstand almost anything. If you take proper care of the garment it is printed on, the t-shirt itself will wear before the print does.
