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Re: Robot-Japan Tshirt
« Reply #15 on Sept 9, 2011, 2:26pm »

Just giving you a rough idea of what the total cost covers for that project,
depending on where you go to have the shirts printed:

Labor

Screen setup
(photo emulsion of the screen, from a film positive of the logo or artwork.
Some companies will charge a one-time setup screen fee, and then later on
if you're a repeat customer the fee will be reduced or discounted or waived
as a freebie setup)

Tshirt
(some companies charge for a minimum quantity of blank shirts,
and then the cost per tshirt costs less as you order more.
In most cases any given screenprint shop will not stock blank
tshirts in-house and so they only order the exact amount of
blank shirts per customer's order.
The "Gildan" brand tshirts are your best bet. Fruit-Of-The-Loom sucks.)

Ink
Some screenprint companies will include the first color ink with your order.
Additional colors cost extra per color. Shop around to find good deals on
whatever specials they're offering at the moment.
In some weird cases, price per color may vary--- hopefully not in this case
since this may be a one color print.

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So, that's just an idea of what you can expect if you haven't done this before;
And so anyone else here may know if they've never done this before and
are looking for tshirts of other print designs.

Say if someone just wants ONE shirt printed... that aint gonna fly, because
a shop can't set up a screen and the dryer for just one shirt, Seriously speaking. lol
Therefore shops charge for a Minimum order of a Dozen or more shirts.

(If someone wanted just one shirt, that would likely be the logo Heat-transfered
with the same vinyl material used on football jerseys. That's expensive, about
$30 or $40 bucks (give or take).

As for Turn-around time, it depends where you go. A local shop in your area
will turn the order around in about fourteen days or less from the time your
order was received.
The reason for That is because a shop will wait a day or two to gather as
many orders from customers so that they can go ahead and order the large
amount of stock blank tshirts they need to fill up the work-week.
(That's how my previous employer used to do things).

Quality: If the Union Ink brand screen-print inks are used on a Gildan 50/50 polyester
or 100% cotton tshirts, the print will last you a damn good long time unless you're
wearing the shirt while working on a car. lol
The same applies to Sweatshirts and other apparel (although those types of clothes
cost more to print).

Hope this helps, for everyone's need-to-know in case y'all wonder how this
process works. lol

zozo-mag