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it will be better to print n silk than a digital?
It depends on who does the work. There are silk-screen shops who's artists do excellent work. In the same way that you have to choose a good, reputable printer to handle the transfer printing.
Of course printing is better but with the price tag might cost you. And it may not be viable if you plan to do limited, low volume of shirts. It costs less to print more transfers. But the more transfers mean more shirts to use so's not to waste the transfers thus more cost to produce.
I suggest you compare the prices of silk-screen vs printing in your area versus your budget and planned number to produce so you can decide what to do.
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With a two color design like this- definitely screen (silk). (Silk screening is an out of date term because they don't use silk any more, it is man made screen material now) . To print the gradients as screen printing one would have to use the simulated process method which employs several screens and a lot more work thus more cost. The fewer screens you can get it down to, the less it should cost. Each color requires a screen, but with today's automatic presses, I have seen garments printed with as many as 13-14 colors. This also requires expert separations. But these are usually high volume commercial applications producing long runs of 500 - 1000 shirts.
There are printers that sell online that print with DTG (Direct to Garment) digital printers. Printers of this type lay the colors directly on the garment as it is conveyed under the print heads. So if you were going to keep your gradients, this would be the way to go. Transfers are not the best because they don't look as good, don't have the same "hand" or softness, nor will they last as long.