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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: jason-23 on October 23, 2013, 12:26:30 PM
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I contacted the local church here that is gearing up for a big christmas village event and I asked if they needed any screen printing or event staff shirts. And they can back with this which is a little too big for my equipment. what would you do?
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Farm it out.
Of course, as a full bleed all-over print, along with plackets, it will also present some sizing/design issues as well as higher-than-usual costs.
How deep are their pockets?
Can you work on a compromise if needed?
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I would let them know that they won't be able to get this order done for less
than 200 pieces. If they need that many, send it out, if not, suggest an alternate
workable version.
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Get someone to sublimate them for you
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its for 500-600 pieces and I feel thats is just not feasible and I told them so and offered to do a different design that is printable.
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explain that all over is expensive first. I usually tell them about four to six times the price of a regular print. If they are still interested, contact Dave here and get a quote. If it's too much, work with them on a design they can afford.
If it's a small all over order, you might want to see about getting it done with sublimation.
pierre
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too late posting!
OK, get a quote from Dave. He can all over print those for you.
pierre
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dave who?
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Dave Garrison at Spreading Ink. with that quantity, and size, Reg screen print (oversized print) might be best, but... The dye sub will also be expensive at that size. around 16.00-$20.00 your cost per shirt even at 500 shirts (as I have recently found out by getting 4 different quotes for 500 units. Dye sub is a time eater.
Great for full color, (low quantity).
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Truthfully? I would tell them it is an undoable project. Even if someone like SI would touch it the smears and hem issues will likely cause huge problems. Customer very likely will be unhappy. Back when I had belt printers I could do this for $5.00 per side cut and sew contract print 1,00 pc min.
Someones having too much fun on the computer.
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Fade the ends off (as an artistic accommodation) to be able to print it and do it as a jumbo print. Doable. Everything is doable with some modifications.
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Dan I'm just going off my gut here but this smells like trouble. So doable with mods? Perhaps; but not as is. This would take some serious compromise and often the customer is completely disappointed with what the final product looks like based on their expectations.. I've had belts and wing pallets in many shops but would still not touch it.
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it would be expensive, but you could do this as a transfer without much issue, either sublimation or straight plastisol transfers. We would use poster frames probably and you can get transfer paper that is absolutely huge. I hate telling people no, but i often explain how expensive and technical a project will be and they either pay for it or change their mind.
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There's already a typo in the art, unless the spelling for "village" has changed.
If it's as expensive a job from what those here with experience claim, anything less than perfect might end up costing you if they balk.
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HA! It takes a village... to spell check. ;) GOOD EYE! GOOD EYE!
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I saw the spelling error too, I didnt do the art, someone from church volunteered her art skills which are 3rd grade internet bitmap hacking at best. The person in charge told me she had other quotes and they said the same thing that its almost impossible but they were ready to take the churches money as is. I hate printers that just print what ever the customer gives them, I see that a lot. I offered to redraw the originals and to make up new designs. This is the church I go to and I know what they make and what they owe and i would be pissed if some other printer took advantage of their ignorance.
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at the end of the day if you can deliver exactly what the organization wants art wise you will discover the $$ involved will bring a whole new reality to the congregation.
we recently went through this similar thing with the multicolored image of a stained glass window on black tee shirts.
They brought in an example of what they purchased previously, it was a mushy heat transfer that looked like the art was captured using a glass of water for a lens.
I talked them into taking a quality digital image of the window which they did. I quoted digital transfers for 200 adult and 100 youth shirts.
the committee came back and asked if I could do magnets instead the shirts were too much money leaving too little profit for the church.
I sent them to VISTA PRINT..............................
mooseman