Products / 3D Puff
Maximum vertical lift, sharp shoulders, finished hand. 3D puff is the version of puff print you reach for when the logo is the hero of the garment: a chest piece on a heavyweight hoodie, a varsity arch, or a back hit on a tour tee. Roughly twice the height of standard puff screen print.
3D puff is the version you pick when the print is meant to be the first thing anyone sees.
Skip 3D puff when the artwork is small or detail-heavy, when the program needs metallic shine (use metallic puff), when the garment stretches (use stretch puff), or when the budget needs to spread across many colors and SKUs.
The garment carries the volume of the print. Heavy fabric helps. Stretch fabric fights it.
Less ideal for performance wear, four-way stretch, ribbed knits, coated nylon shells, or soft drapey lightweight tees. The lift looks out of place and the fabric fights the resin.
Care. Cold wash inside out, hang to dry. That is most of the durability story.
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3D puff is a sculptural ink. Thin lines below 2 mm wide, small text, and photographic imagery flatten out. It also works best with one to three colors, as complex colors compete with the visual lift.
3D puff activates between 155 and 160 °C with medium pressure. Outside that window the ink under-rises or scorches. We ship a printed setting card with every order to make press setup repeatable.
Roughly twice as tall. Standard puff screen print lifts 1.5 to 2 mm. 3D puff reaches 0.8 to 3 mm. The difference is significant in person, especially in side light.
Technically yes (each color is one screen) but the 3D effect reads strongest with one to three colors. Above that, the visual complexity competes with the sculptural lift.
No, if applied correctly. The application window is narrower (155 to 160 °C, medium pressure) so we ship a printed setting card with every order to reduce press errors.
3D puff runs roughly 25 to 35% higher per piece than standard puff screen print at the same volume, because of the heavier ink deposit and tighter application tolerance.
500 pieces per design. The screens and ink set-up are the same effort for 100 or 1,000 pieces, so we set 500 as the volume where the per-piece cost makes sense for both sides.
AI or PDF vector files only, with all type converted to outlines and spot colors named or Pantone-matched. Raster art (JPG, PNG) cannot drive a clean screen separation for 3D puff.
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