On-demand printing and fulfillment that helps people turn their ideas into brands and products.
Techniques and Products
DTG
Many of Hodgson’s products are printed with the direct-to-garment (DTG) technique. With DTG, ink is sprayed onto the garment, which helps it soak into the fabric better and makes the print less prone to fading. The main advantage of DTG is that it’s easy to print one-offs because there’s almost no setup time.
Embroidery
Embroidery is a technique where your design is embroidered on a product. It’s great for finer details, also logos and texts. Hodgson Printing offers embroidery on hats, apparel, bags, and home & living items. We professionally digitize all embroidery graphics by converting your design graphic into a stitch file that the embroidery machine can process.
Cut & Sew
Cut & sew technique is used for all-over print products—apparel, accessories, and home & living items. All-over print products are made in two steps:
Sublimation printing: Graphics are printed onto sublimation paper using specialty inks. Fabric is placed between two sheets of sublimation paper and goes through a heat press. The heat then transforms the sublimation ink into a gas that gets absorbed into the fabric. This ensures a consistent and vibrant all-over print that covers the whole product.
Cut & sew: After a graphic is printed onto the fabric, the shape of the garment is precision-cut and hand-sewn with industrial sewing machines. This gives the product a durable construction.
Eco-friendly products
Hodgson’s eco-friendly product collection is growing along with the needs of customers. Customers can currently choose from a range of materials like organic cotton, recycled cotton, recycled polyester, recycled nylon, as well as organic and recycled fabric blends. The collection consists of items made of at least 70% organic or recycled materials or such material blends.
Quality check
Hodgson’s automated software checks graphics for quality before fulfillment and an AI tool evaluates if the image needs any adjustments before printing. Fulfillment specialists check quality while orders are being fulfilled and run a final quality check after the blank product is customized.
Hodgson Printing has been working in the design and print industry for over 25 years. We provide custom graphic design and printing services. Our “Print On-Demand” services feature DTG ( Direct-to-Garment), All-Over Printing on apparel and embroidering services. We have a variety of products for men, women, kids and accessories for every occasion and business need. Visit our site and contact us for a custom quote and help with your design needs.