A new print shop is in town - JCS Printing. Josh Stringer (co-owner) printed out these lovely t-shirts I designed below. The black one is digitally printed and the blue one is screen printing.

What's the difference you ask? Screen printing you get a custom screen for your shirt (basically a giant stamp) that you can load with ink and get vibrant colors - especially on dark shirts. Problem is each design needs a custom screen setup (major chunk of the cost) - not ideal unless you need mass quantity and cheaper if you have less colors.

Digital, on the other hand, is much like printing with an Ink Jet printer - you can get loads of detail & colors. It slightly absorbs into the fabric so you don't get that ironed-on- design-t-shirt feel. It's also bit more economical because there is no custom setup. For my situation, Josh did the digital for the black shirts and although it printed a bit darker than my original design, they look awesome.

The LA Rugby Bombshells is screen printing - ideal because there is only one color and they wanted it very vibrant on a darker shirt. They also needed loads of shirts and sweatshirts so the setup was worth the effort.

JCS printing had a quick turn around and Josh was totally about making the customer happy (for picky me, that was really nice!). Their company has competitive prices and is local (wha?!). They do t-shirt printing and pretty soon here will start doing embroidery (yay!). I'm going to monogram everything I own... Totally recommend them and will use JCS Printing again!

Yes. I am aware that everything in Los Alamos is bomb-themed.

You can reach JCS Printing at jcsprinting@gmail.com or at 505-709-8885.

Brenda Fleming | New Mexico Art