When important information needs to be added to a garment, such as washing and care instructions or constituent fibres, clothing manufacturers and their print suppliers have three choices: garment labels, heat transfer labels, and direct-to-garment prints.

Printing on ribbon involves either one or two-sided printing. For wash care labels, this usually depends on how much information needs to be printed on the label . When considering the best method for printing your labels, a combination of understanding the available printing processes and expert information from a printing professional can go a long way to helping you make an informed choice. The Flexographic Printing Process Flexographic printing is a high-speed process which can be used for printing on several types of materials. There are three types of flexographic printing: central impression, in-line and stacked. Where the printing of textile ribbon is concerned, the central impression drum press is used in order to maintain good tension control and print registration.