Digital Versus Hybrid Printing: What Are They and Who Should Consider Each

By Taylor Landesman

The screen-printing industry is undergoing a printing transition for how T-shirts, hoodies, and other garments are decorated. New digital printing technologies are successfully implanting themselves in the decorated garment marketplace as alternatives to traditional screen printing. There are many types of digital printing, with direct-to-garment (DTG) being one method that’s thoroughly in the industry and well known.

This article will focus on two newer — and less adopted — digital printing technologies. The first is direct-to-film (DTF) and the second is “hybrid printing.”

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Taylor Landesman is the Vice President of Lawson Screen & Digital Products. He is proud to be a third-generation partner at Lawson Screen & Digital Products.

Having started building exposure units at Lawson during his summer breaks from middle school, Taylor worked in various positions throughout the manufacturing process but took the long way to a full-time career at Lawson. After graduating from Fordham University, Taylor managed research grants for Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York City before getting his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was an editor on the Journal of Law and Policy. After graduation, he practiced law in Chicago, specializing in the changing dynamics of insurance law and regulated public pension investment.

Missing the draw of screen printing and fascinated by the advancements in the imaging industry, Taylor rejoined Lawson in 2016. At Lawson, Taylor focuses on marketing, sales and helping screen printers achieve more.