Starting a T-shirt business is exciting… right up until you realize there are five popular ways to print shirts and everyone online swears theirs is “the best.”                                                                                             The truth is: the “perfect” printer depends on what you want to sell, who you’re selling to, how much you want to learn, and how much time you want to spend maintaining equipment.

This guide breaks down the most common decoration methods—White Toner, DTF, Sublimation, HTV, and Screen Printing—so you can pick the best match for your goals. And if you want the most flexible, beginner-friendly option that can grow with you, you’ll see why white toner transfer printers are often the smartest first investment.

Starting a T-shirt business is exciting… right up until you realize there are five popular ways to print shirts and everyone online swears theirs is “the best.”                                                                                             The truth is: the “perfect” printer depends on what you want to sell, who you’re selling to, how much you want to learn, and how much time you want to spend maintaining equipment.

This guide breaks down the most common decoration methods—White Toner, DTF, Sublimation, HTV, and Screen Printing—so you can pick the best match for your goals. And if you want the most flexible, beginner-friendly option that can grow with you, you’ll see why white toner transfer printers are often the smartest first investment.

Starting a T-shirt business is exciting… right up until you realize there are five popular ways to print shirts and everyone online swears theirs is “the best.”                                                                                             The truth is: the “perfect” printer depends on what you want to sell, who you’re selling to, how much you want to learn, and how much time you want to spend maintaining equipment.

This guide breaks down the most common decoration methods—White Toner, DTF, Sublimation, HTV, and Screen Printing—so you can pick the best match for your goals. And if you want the most flexible, beginner-friendly option that can grow with you, you’ll see why white toner transfer printers are often the smartest first investment.

Why White Toner Wins the Holidays: How UNINET® IColor™ Printers Help You Create More, Sell More, and Stand Out All Year Long.

The holiday season drives a surge in demand for fast, high-quality personalization across apparel, gifts, décor, and branded merchandise. UNINET® IColor™ White Toner Transfer Printers are positioned as an ideal solution for meeting this demand thanks to their versatility, speed, durability, and ease of use.

IColor™ printers can print on a wide range of materials—including textiles, hard surfaces, leather, and specialty papers—allowing businesses to create diverse, high-margin holiday products without outsourcing or additional equipment. White toner technology excels on dark materials, producing vibrant colors, true whites, and crisp details that stand out and support premium pricing.

The system is especially well suited for on-demand production, enabling profitable small runs, one-off items, and last-minute orders with no setup, no minimums, and no waste. Unlike DTG and other methods, IColor™ requires no pre-treatment, significantly reducing production time and labor during peak seasons.

Prints are durable, fade-resistant, and suitable for long-lasting keepsakes, while the dry-toner process is eco-friendly and virtually maintenance-free, with no clogged printheads or chemical waste.

The IColor™ lineup—from the compact IColor™ 340 to the high-volume IColor™ 800W—offers scalable options for startups through large operations. Overall, white toner is presented not just as a holiday solution but as a year-round profit driver for personalization, corporate branding, events, and promotional printing.

While traditional DTF printers are the hottest trend in the short run garment decoration space, White Toner Printers (sometimes called WT printers) can be considered a form of DTF and are now being called the best “DTF Alternative” for startups and small businesses. 

To keep up with this rapid market growth and ensure unprecedented success in the DTF apparel decoration printing industry, UNINET has launched its new UNINET DTF™ Printing division, providing cutting-edge on-demand DTF (Direct-to-Film) printing solutions, including printers, consumables/supplies, software, and film transfer paper, delivering a total end-to-end complete functional solution to start or expand any garment business

While the men's grooming industry remains a niche market, men are now a multibillion-dollar growth opportunity for the personal care industry. A new generation of image-conscious male consumers focused on personal wellness is driving that growth as they aim to improve their appearance. With attitudes towards traditional male grooming shifting, men are now diversifying into skincare regiments using products such as moisturizers, face scrubs, and anti-aging creams to improve their physical appearance. 

When it comes to beauty labels, aesthetics and quality are key factors. Labels produced for this industry require a stunning look and need to be durable. For most beauty brands, labels are not going to be a one-size-fits-all solution as various product packaging and containers might require labels of different shapes and sizes.

2019 has turned out to be a short but successful maple sugaring season with Vermont leading in U.S. maple production with over 2 million gallons of syrup this season, a 7% increase from 2018.

In 2018 the legal Cannabis market grew to 10.4 billion in the United States alone and is projected to reach an estimated 20 billion in 2020. Medical marijuana is legal in 33 states, and recreational cannabis is now allowed in 10 states.

The specialty printing revolution is thriving at UniNet. The first half of 2018 has been an exciting journey. Throughout Q1 and Q2, our iColor^® global corporate sales team, and our international distribution partners have been on the road exhibiting at key trade shows in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

We have had tremendous response and enthusiasm to our iColor® line of digital transfer and label printer technology, specialty toners and transfer media. We’ve expanded significantly in all sectors compared to this same time last year (2017); increased figures in booth attendance, request for in-person demos, and overall sales.

Label Expo America

SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2018

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Donald Stephens Convention Center

Visit Us At:

UniNet iColor Booth # 6665

SGIA Expo

OCTOBER 18-20

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Las Vegas Convention Center

Visit Us At:

UniNet iColor Booth # 4502

UniNet recently unveiled its iColor^® 1-Step Speed Trans Light Transfer Media paper. This is by far, the lowest cost and easiest to use, all-in-one media paper to transfer on light and medium colored garments and textiles. Now you can produce quality images while dramatically reducing your production time.

• One step system saves time
• No adhesive pressing step
• No weeding necessary
• Print and press directly to your garment in 10 seconds!

Until recently, customers who desired high quality, opaque white underprinting results had one choice: traditional off-set printing. While the quality and cost per print were excellent, there were downsides; high set-up costs that can only be compensated by large volume production runs.

Some years ago, the executives at UniNet^® recognized a significant capability gap between digital and analog white printing that needed to change; not only for clients currently printing with off-set, but for clients with short-run printing needs whose only option had been the time-consuming, and multi-pass printing process.

Redefining Digital Transfer Printing

January 2018 marked the global launch of Uninet’s newest printer; The iColor^® 550– the world’s most versatile 8.5” x 11” / A4 transfer printing technology.

The iColor^® 550 is a game-changer in the transfer printing industry, and the digital printer our sales team has been asking for. If you haven’t had the opportunity to see the iColor^® 550 in action, you are missing out; it’s small but mighty. This 8.5” x 11” / A4 transfer printer delivers maximum versatility; full-color + spot white overprint / underprint capabilities, featuring dynamic performance that provides significant time and cost savings.