The short version: we bring a working print shop to your venue and make each piece in front of the person who'll wear it, in about two minutes. For Pittsburgh, the first job is getting that shop across the country, so planning starts weeks before anyone picks up a squeegee.
In the weeks before
Your artwork comes to us first. We proof it, then burn screens or print transfers at the shop. Garments, the size split and which stations you need get settled against your run-of-show while there's still time to change them. By the time the freight leaves Fullerton, the plan is fixed.
On the day
- Build - the crew, in town since the day before, sets each station on about a 10x10 footprint. Downtown that happens inside the convention center's dock window; in an older Strip District building it may mean a freight elevator.
- Pick - each guest chooses a size, a garment, a design or a patch.
- Print - each press turns out up to 60 pieces an hour, and the standard two-press setup clears 100+.
- Wear - the piece goes on warm and walks back into the event.
What the room provides
About 10x10 per station, two standard 120V circuits, level floor and a line that stays clear of doors. The same list applies in a Downtown ballroom and in a tent on the North Shore, where the circuits may come off a generator. See venue requirements.
Picking a method
Big crowd, one design: screen printing. Fine lines, full color or names: DTF. A suite or a VIP room: the hat bar or embroidery. Read how live printing works or tell us about your Pittsburgh event.
Pittsburgh planning
What we check before the freight leaves
For this kind of job we walk the route first: which dock or door the cases use, which outlets feed the station, where the line forms and where guests pick a size. The convention center, a Downtown hotel and a North Shore lot each answer those differently.
The kit is the one we take everywhere: presses, flash dryers, heat presses, blanks, folding tables, signage and trained printers. It travels by freight from Fullerton and the crew follows, landing a day before load-in. Plan on about 10x10 ft and two 120V circuits per station.