Silk screening or screen printing is an imprinting method where an image is transferred to a garment or other item when ink is squeegeed thru a literal screen stretched on a frame.

 This method is economical for large orders (over 24 items), but more costly for smaller quantities because of the screen set-up costs.

Common items to be screen printed are t-shirts, sweat shirts and bags.

Direct-to-garment printing or digital printing is an imprinting method where the image is printed directly on shirt from the computer.  There are no screen set-ups needed.  The ink literally dyes the fabric.

This method is economical for smaller quantities and for images that are full color.  Photographs can be printed as well.

The limitation is the shirt must be light and the ink dark.  There is no white ink used.

This process is very versatile. Common items include t-shirts, hats, tote bags and even leather!

Embroidery is the process of stitching a logo onto a garment or other item.  This is done utilizing computerized machines that read digitized instructions from a computer.

Because this method uses needle and thread, complicated graphic images are not recommended.

Common items include sport shirts, jackets, bags and warm-up suits.

Lanyards are decorated in three ways.

Screen Printed.  This method is the same as described above.  Ink is squeegeed thru a screen onto the lanyard strap.

Dye Sublimation.  The strap is dyed thru heat transfer.  These are more costly but are best when four-color graphic images are required.

Knit-in.  These are embroidered as described above.  The back of the lanyard is a reverse of the front image. 

Lanyards come in various lengths and are offered with various clips, hooks and rings to hold cards or keys.