Among the most viable opportunities that can be capitalized on by starters who wish to venture into the business of custom apparel is the possibility of opening up a business of screen printing in 2026. The market of quality printed T-shirts, hoodie, event merchandise, and small-scale clothing brands is still in demand, specifically, local businesses, schools, and creators demand personalized products.This is a mere guide, a human and straightforward approach of dissecting all of that just in case you are unfamiliar and not even know what to buy, how much money to spend and what wrong you should avoid. How Screen printing Works (The Easy Way) Screen printing is a method of printing used to print ink that is forced through a screen of a mesh onto cloth in order to create a print. Although the technique is several decades old, it is the material of the most stable and vivid print on the clothing.You take out your screen, load your shirt and draw your squeegee and you have a clean bold print. To have that clean print though, one has to know the number of counts of the mesh, the thickness of the ink, the exposure, the curing and the pressure.The new exposure units, which are more eco-friendly and user-friendly starter presses allow amateurs to learn in 2026.