For a San Francisco live event, screen printing shines on bold, durable, simpler designs at volume, while DTF (direct-to-film) transfers win for full-color art, fine detail, and per-guest personalization. Plenty of events run both in one station — and you rarely have to choose.
Screen printing
DTF transfers
For a San Francisco event the honest split is this: screen printing wins the day when you are printing one design at volume — a show day at Moscone Center, a festival run, anything where the same art goes on hundreds of shirts. DTF wins when the art is full-color or changes per guest, which is most of what we do at SOMA activations and private parties. If a San Francisco event needs both, we run both from one station rather than making you choose.