Hybrid silk screen and direct-to-garment printing machine and process

A method of printing on a substrate with a printing press system having a plurality of pallets, a direct-to-screen printing station, a screen printing station and a direct-to-garment printing station, the method comprising:

• providing a digital art file of an image;
• using a processor to create a first signal representative of a base coat from the digital art file and a second signal representative of non-base coat colors from the digital art file;
• sending the first signal to the direct-to-screen printing station to apply to a screen and creating the screen for use in applying the base coat to a substrate;
• applying the base coat to the substrate on the first one of the plurality of pallets by the screen printing station using the screen;
• moving the first one of the plurality of pallets to the direct-to-garment printing station;
• sending the second signal representative of non-base coat colors to the direct-to-garment printing station;
• and,
• applying the non-base coat colors to the substrate on the first one of the plurality of pallets by the direct-to-garment printing station.