Breaking away from the standard center front placement or left side chest print, can give your brand a customized cut and sewn look Incendiary Thousand Mile Stare Fly Eye Catch T-Shirt . To achieve that quality retail feel, consider design placements such as printing off the hem of garment, contrasting over pocket prints, or printing over exposed zippers. Print placement should not come without a few key considerations. You’ll want to make sure your print shop is set up to handle what can be intricate jobs. To ensure quality placement laser precision placement is recommended. Laser precision ensures that each garment receives the exact same print placement on each pass. Adhesive sprays will also be required for all garments to make sure the garment is completely flattened on the printing platen. Over pocket prints do well on two-tone garments and can be enhanced with contrasting color pallets. It’s best to limit the design to one or two colors for a clean crisp look. When using multiple colors, laser precision can help to establish a perfect measurement to match up contrasting colors. Printing over a zipper is another easy way to give your apparel a high-quality feel. A simple way to achieve this expensive look without affecting the print integrity is to use a soft top print platen that allows the zipper to compress into a silicon topping on the surface of the printing platen. This brings a smooth printing surface when pressed. Exposed zippers can be covered with ¼” painters tape and removed post print.