Shirt Desgin Printing??

[qasrose]

I've made a shirt using Photoshop and am now looking for a company that will print of the shirt the way I have designed it. Now I know spreadshirt is shit. and I don't know about cafeexpress.

Does anyone know any other good shirt companies????

here is the shirt preview

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c348/whitesnakeiscool/shirtpreview.jpg

any suggestions thanks in advanced

[fear and clothing]

I can do custom t-shirts but as your design is almost an all-over print and seems to have a slight translucent effect on the writing it looks like a job only possible via screen printing which isn't a technique I use and it can be rather costly if it's just for one shirt. I think you may have to simplify your design quite a bit if you don't want to be paying over £40 for a one-off shirt!

[stemcg1983]

yeah the poster above is correct for a complexdesign like that:

the company whoever it may be will have to make ascreen for every single colour you want on the shirt ie: 3 colours as per the design you have here.

i am also in theprocess of getting some t-shirts done and i am justsearching and getting quotes at the moment.

heres a price list from a company called elderfieldstudios.co.uk

Print Costs
Print costs depend on the number of garments being printed with each design as well as
the number of colours in each design.
No Of
Garments
1 2+ 5+ 10+ 20+ 50+ 100+ 200+ 500+
1 Colour £20.00 £14.00 £8.00 £4.00 £2.50 £2.00 £1.50 £1.10 £0.90
2 Colour £25.00 £18.00 £10.00 £5.00 £3.20 £2.50 £1.90 £1.70 £1.50
3 Colour £30.00 £23.00 £15.00 £6.50 £3.90 £3.10 £2.40 £2.20 £2.00
4 Colour £35.00 £28.00 £20.00 £8.00 £4.70 £3.60 £2.80 £2.70 £2.50
5 Colour £40.00 £33.00 £25.00 £10.00 £5.30 £4.20 £3.30 £3.10 £2.90
6 Colour £45.00 £38.00 £30.00 £12.00 £5.90 £4.70 £3.90 £3.50 £3.30
Back Prints and Sleeve Prints are priced as a separate design using the above table of
charges.
Changing a colour during a print run is charged at £5 per colour change.
The above prices are dependent on Print ready Artwork being supplied.
Screen Preparation
To print your garments a screen must be prepared for every colour of your design.
Screen Maximum Print area cm Cost per screen
Standard 28 x 40 cm Smaller than A3 £30.00
Medium 40 x 50 cm Smaller than A2 £40.00
Large 55 x 65 cm Larger than A2 £50.00
We do not keep screens unless specifically requested, then for a maximum 3 month
period. If you re order in this time we charge a screen reset fee not a screen preparation
fee.
Screen Reset Cost Per Screen
Standard £15.00
Medium & Large £25.00
Garment Prices
Earth Positive (organic + fair Trade)
White Colours
Quantities – same size same colour 1 - 10 10 + 1 - 10 10+
EP01 Men’s Earth Positive jersey T-shirt £4.30 £3.50 £4.50 £3.70
EP02 Women’s Earth Positive Jersey T-shirt £4.30 £3.50 £4.50 £3.70
Standard T-shirts
White & Black Colours
Quantities – same size same colour 1 - 10 10 + 1 - 10 10+
ES03 Mens Standard T-shirt £1.70 £1.50 £2.00 £1.70
ES110 Womens Standard T-shirt £2.00 £1.90 £2.20 £2.00
We also supply a range of other t-shirt brands including American Apparel, Fruit Of The
Loom, Hanes and Gilden, and can supply a variety of different garments including
hoodies, polo shirts, dresses, hats, scarves etc…
Please contact us for prices.
Design & Art Working
If you require help preparing your artwork, we offer a professional in house design
service. We can touch up and vectorise images, undertake complex colour separations
or create artwork from scratch. We charge £35 per hour for design work, however do
carry out basic preparation and simple colour separation for free.
All artwork should be supplied in one of the following file formats: JPEG, TIFF, PDF,
PSD (Photoshop), AI (Illustrator), EPS.
Non vector images should be at least 300 dpi when viewing the design at the actual size
you want it printed. Please note that the artwork must be created at minimum 300 dpi,
not created at a lower resolution and then changed to 300 dpi in Photoshop. We cannot
take responsibility for poor print quality if the file is of lower resolution than this.
Payment
We require a 50% upfront payment on all orders and accept payment by cash, cheque
or paypal.
All goods remain the property of Elderfield Studios until paid for in full.
We do not charge VAT on our invoices.


Screen printing - how does it work?
A screen is created for every colour of each print so an image is first separated
into its individual colour elements (usually using Photoshop). Once separated,
each colour element of the design is changed to black and printed out onto
separate sheets of film at actual print size.
Each screen comprises mesh stretched over a wooden or aluminium frame. The
mesh is coated with a UV-sensitive emulsion and left overnight in the dark to
dry.
The acetate is then taped to the front of a screen and the screen place facedown
onto a UV light box. The screen is then exposed to light for a short time.
Where the UV light hits the screen, the emulsion changes its composition and
crosslinks together. Where the design on the acetate prevents the UV light from
reaching the emulsion on the screen it does not crosslink. After exposure the
screen is washed and the non-exposed emulsion washes away, leaving a stencil
of the design behind.
The screens are attached to the arms of our printing carousel and garments are
attached to the platen boards underneath. A multicolour design requires multiple
screens (one for each colour) but, after careful registration, the different colour
prints from these screens should fit together perfectly to reproduce the original
design.
A squeegee is then used to press ink through the mesh stencil onto the fabric.
Prior to printing and after each colour the T-shirt must be heated under a flash
heater to permanently cure it to the fabric.
How to estimate the cost of printing your design.
If you follow the steps below, then using our price sheets you should be able to
estimate the cost of printing your design.
If you have more than one design you should treat each one as a separate job.
Usually the quote is separated into three parts:
Cost of screens
Cost of media (t-shirts / posters etc…)
Cost of printing
1 - Look at your design and decide how big you want the final print to be. This will
tell you what size screen your design will fit on to. Most designs fit a standard
size screen.
2 - How many colours does your design contain? Remember for each individual
colour we need to make a different screen therefore if your design has four
colours you will need 4 screens.
With our price sheet you will now be able to work out the cost of screens.
3 - Decide how many prints you would like to make, for instance you may want to
print your design on 50 black t-shirts.
From our price sheet you will now be able to calculate the cost of the blank tshirts.
4 - The cost of printing is dependent on the number of items being printed with
each design as well as the number of colours in each design.
For instance if you want to print a 4 colour design on to 50 black t-shirts, our
table will give you a price per garment.
Muliply the print cost by the number of items you want and now you will have the
price for printing.