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Offline scaggsdesigns

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Event Printing * Printing Onsite VS. Transfers
« on: January 20, 2011, 08:50:00 PM »
 I have been printing event shirts for the the last 5 years with pretty good success. I print the shirts the day before the event, then take them to the event and sell them out of my trailer. The only downfall is trying to guess the amount of shirts to take. I either run out of shirts before the event is over..... Or I take home PLENTY of unsold shirts when the event is over.
 I have been thinking about printing the shirts onsite, but I am not sure which is a better route to go... PRINTING ONSITE or PRE-PRINTED PLASTISOL TRANSFERS. I see " pro's and con's to either way. Printing onsite would require LESS WORK BEFORE the event starts. But pre-printed transfers would require a lot less equipment to haul around, and be nice if the event was inside ( we sell event shirts for swim meets and wrestling events ).
 Any help on this decision would be greatly appreciated !!!!
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Re: Event Printing * Printing Onsite VS. Transfers
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 09:40:33 PM »
We print onsite for the event coordinator.

If you know it is going to be a large event you can pre-print what you are pretty sure will be gone and then just fill in as needed with you press.

Here is out setup. Printing 4 color process with a white under base, all wet on wet, no flashing. 305 mesh, 60 lpi, 22.5 degrees on all screens.

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Re: Event Printing * Printing Onsite VS. Transfers
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2011, 09:31:37 AM »
I print a lot of transfers for people that set up at Kids Wrestling events. One of the advantages of transfers is you have the ability to sell more than just the event shirts. I think we have around 30 or so stock transfers that are wrestling related and they usually are about a third of the sales at the event. Not only that but you can also sell hoodies, long sleeve, etc. With transfers you can also do more than one event if you have an extra heat press and someone willing to do the work. Hope this helps.......
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Re: Event Printing * Printing Onsite VS. Transfers
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2011, 08:01:02 AM »
Preston, You run the 4C process print with no issues wet on wet?  Doesn't the white base mix with your top colors?  Does it work well on dark shirts or only on the lighter shirts like were in your vid?   
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Re: Event Printing * Printing Onsite VS. Transfers
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2011, 08:57:34 AM »
I was wondering the same thing.  White underbase but no flash??????

How does that work?

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Re: Event Printing * Printing Onsite VS. Transfers
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2011, 09:15:51 AM »
Quote from: chubsetc on January 23, 2011, 08:01:02 AM
Preston, You run the 4C process print with no issues wet on wet?  Doesn't the white base mix with your top colors?  Does it work well on dark shirts or only on the lighter shirts like were in your vid?

The white is a halftone base on a 305 mesh screen and is a very thin deposit. It does not affect the top colors when they are printed on top of it. Because it is very thin it will not work this way on dark shirts without flashing it and then printing it again.

I use this method to print on the colors shown in the vid plus lime green, yellow, hot pink, texas orange and sport grey shirts.

The white base adds just enough to make the color pop on the shirts other than white and it works very well.

Sometimes you just have to think outside the box and try stupid stuff that the mainstream says cannot be done. You will be surprised.
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Re: Event Printing * Printing Onsite VS. Transfers
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2011, 09:40:05 PM »
Thanks for the info. I think for now I'm going to give the transfers a try. I'm sure there is a learning curve on printing transfers, but I'm willing to give it a try.
When printing the transfers, are you flashing after every color? Or are you printing a color, then send it through the dryer, print the second color, send it through the dryer, etc  etc  etc ???
Also, Can the transfers hold detail?
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