Custom Scarf Printing
Your artwork, printed onto silk. Two methods, one standard — the colour you approved is the colour that ships.
Silk Scarf Printing: Digital vs Screen
Almost every custom scarf brief can be printed one of two ways. The choice is not about quality — it is about how many colours the design uses, how many scarves you need, and how fine the detail is.
- Digital printing — no plates, no colour limit and no screen setup cost. Photographs, gradients and paintings reproduce as they are, from 100 pieces per design. Best when the design is complex or the run is short.
- Screen printing — a plate per colour, hand-pulled. Colours sit on the surface with a deeper, more opaque feel. Best when the design is flat-coloured and the run is larger.
Send the artwork and tell us the quantity. We will tell you which route is cheaper for your specific design rather than pushing the one that suits us.
Digital Scarf Printing
Digital printing puts the design onto the silk directly from a file. There is no plate to cut and no per-colour cost — which is why a run can start at 100 pieces per design and why fine detail survives.
No colour limit
Photographs, watercolours, gradients and full-colour illustration print without being reduced to a colour count.
No plate cost
You are not paying to cut a screen per colour, so short runs stay economical.
Fine detail holds
Thin lines, small type and intricate repeat patterns reproduce cleanly at scarf scale.
From 100 Pieces & Print on Demand
Small runs are how most brands start. We print short runs so a first collection can be tested in the market before a larger order is committed — and the same file can be printed again later without redoing the setup.
Short trial runs
Test a design in the market without committing to a full production quantity.
Repeat the same file
Artwork and colour settings stay on file, so a reprint matches the first run.
Mixed designs in one order
Several designs can be printed together within a single order.
Printed Scarves: What Actually Arrives
A print file is not a scarf. What you approve is the printed piece — and that is where most of the small decisions live.
The printed face
How the design sits across the full square, and what happens where the repeat meets the hem.
Size and format
From a small neck square to a full 90×90cm. The same file rarely suits every size, so the layout is shown at your size before printing.
The finished edge
A rolled hem is sewn by hand around the printed border, so the artwork has to leave room for it.
Packing
Flat, rolled or boxed, with photos of the finished printed silk scarves before they ship.
Tell us the size and the quantity, and the proof comes back for that exact format — the custom printed scarves you approve are the ones that ship.
Scarf Printing Services & Lead Time
| What you decide | Options we produce |
|---|---|
| Printing method | Digital Printing / Screen Printing |
| Fabric | 100% Silk Twill / Silk Charmeuse / Silk Habotai |
| Scarf size | 90×90cm Square / 53×53cm / 36×36cm / Neck / Bandana / Pocket Square |
| Edge finish | Hand Rolled Edges / Machine Hem |
| Minimum order | From 100 pieces per design |
| Artwork proof | A digital proof before sampling |
| Sample | A physical printed sample before bulk, so colour and hand are approved first |
| Lead time | About 3 weeks after sample approval |
| Packing | Flat, rolled or boxed, with photos of the finished goods before shipping |
Screen printing is priced per colour, so a flat design with few colours can work out cheaper at volume than digital. Digital wins on short runs and on designs with many colours. Ask us to quote both routes for your artwork.
Printed Shawls & Larger Formats
A shawl is not a bigger scarf. The format changes what the print has to do.
Larger repeats
A pattern that reads well at 65cm can look sparse at 140cm. The repeat is redrawn for the larger format, not scaled up.
Weight and drape
A shawl is worn draped, so the printed face is seen in folds and at an angle rather than flat.
Edges
On a large, light fabric the hem has more length to cover, and hand-rolling takes longer per piece.
Both methods apply
Digital for multi-colour or photographic artwork, screen for flat designs at volume.
Custom shawl printing and printed squares go through the same route: a digital proof first, then a physical printed piece before bulk.
Artwork Files & Colour Matching
What you send decides how close the print lands. Send the highest-resolution file you have, and tell us which colour matters most if the print has to compromise anywhere.
What to send
Vector files where possible, or a high-resolution raster file. A reference sample of a previous scarf also helps.
Colour references
Pantone numbers, brand guidelines or a physical colour reference. Screens and printers do not agree, so we match to references rather than to a monitor.
Layout & repeats
Scarf scale changes everything — a pattern that works on paper can be too large or too busy at 90×90cm. We show you the layout before printing.
Proof before print
You approve a digital proof, then a physical sample. Bulk printing starts only after the sample is signed off.