1. How can you offer FULL COLOR printing with no screen charges at such a low price?
A. Because we aren’t screen printers. We use the newest technology in garment printing, a digital garment printer. It doesn’t require screens. It’s like a BIG ink jet printer that prints on shirts instead of paper. It costs about $25,000 and weighs almost 250 pounds, is 4′ x 3′ and uses VERY EXPENSIVE INK.
2. Why do we use Gildan, Jerzee And Anvil Shirts?
A. Because they provide the best quality at the best price. We were thinking of using Hanes but they were more expensive for the same quality shirt. We figured the extra cost must be for the Michael Jordan and Charlie Sheen salaries for the commercials. We also get better pricing if we buy in bulk in one style.
3. Why don’t we print on black shirts yet?
A. Printing light colors on dark shirts is A LOT BIGGER PROCESS than printing on white shirts. To print on a dark shirt you first have to pre-treat the shirt with a “special solution” then lay down a layer of white, dry it, then print the graphic. It triples the time and cost to make a shirt and would require a higher selling price. We also decided we don’t want to try to “sell everything under the sun to everyone in the world” and have decided to specialize in white shirts.
Another factor was the storage requirements. We don’t have the space to stock every size of every color. We could rent storage space somewhere but we would have to raise the price of the shirts to pay for the storage.
4. Are these something you print with an inkjet printer then iron on to a shirt?
A. NO. We purchased a $25,000 Digital Direct To Garment Printer that prints directly on to the shirt. This thing is big and heavy, around 200 pounds and 4′ x 3′ in size. You aren’t going to get the cheap brittle iron-ons that start to crack and fade after they get washed.
5. Why don’t you have the neat program that lets me upload a copy of my artwork to see it on a shirt?
A. Because it is expensive and we would have to raise the price of our shirts to pay for it. We would have to buy the program then get someone to edit it for our site. It takes more money to pay for the bandwidth for the program and pay a geek to fix it every time something goes wrong with it. We just don’t think it justifies the extra expense and don’t want to raise our shirt prices.
6. What type of ink is used?
A. We use an environmentally friendly waterbased ink. It is printed directly onto the shirt like an inkjet printer and cured with a heatpress at 355 degrees.
7. What if I only want 1 shirt?
A. Visit our site www.PrintOnDemandShirts.com to order shirts in lower quantities.
8. What is our shipping policy?
A. We charge a flat-rate of $9.95 shipping regardless of the size of the order. For smaller orders we try to ship in USPS Flat Rate Priority Mail shipping boxes. For larger orders we will ship Priority Mail or UPS depending on the size, weight and distance.
