Screen Printing (Custom Shirts, Team and School Apparel) in Three Rivers, TX
Inland South Texas climate.
For screen printing, the service area covers roughly 60 miles from central Three Rivers.
Common reasons to call
- A coach or team parent needs matching shirts for a full roster before the season opener
- A school club or booster group needs spirit wear the campus will approve, in the right colors
- A business needs a hundred or more crew shirts so the whole operation looks like one outfit
- A family is planning reunion or memorial shirts and wants one person handling sizes and pickup
- An organizer has an event date closing in and needs a printer who will commit to the deadline
- A group wants to run a pre-order so they collect money before any shirts get printed
Typical work
- A full team roster in printed jerseys with player names and numbers
- A few hundred school spirit shirts sized youth small through adult triple extra large
- Crew shirts for a shop or field outfit with the company mark front and back
- Reunion, quinceanera, or memorial shirts for a family gathering
- Campaign and event shirts printed to a hard date
- A group pre-order campaign printed as one run after the order window closes
Typical turnaround
About one to two weeks from approved artwork for a normal bulk run. Season kickoffs, graduation, and election weeks book up first, so an earlier order protects the date.
Materials and equipment
- Plastisol ink pushed through burned mesh screens, one screen per ink color
- Heat applied vinyl for names, numbers, and per person details
- Cotton and blend tees, plus hooded sweatshirts on cold weather runs
- Blank garments in youth through big and tall sizing
Job sizes
Minor
A single color print at the shop minimum quantity on standard tees.
Standard
A full team or school run with one or two print locations, names and numbers if the roster needs them.
Major
A multi hundred piece order with several ink colors or print locations, or a district wide run.
Replacement
A full district or company wide reorder, multiple designs and several hundred pieces printed at once.
Final pricing comes from the on-call provider after on-site assessment, with a written estimate before any work starts.
Common questions
How much does it cost to print 100 shirts?
Three things set the number: how many pieces, how many ink colors, and how many spots on the garment get printed. Quantity is the biggest lever, because screens get burned once per design no matter how long the run is. A hundred standard tees with a one color front print is the cheapest real starting point.
Is there a minimum order?
Most shops that specialize in bulk want around a hundred pieces, which is exactly where screen printing pricing starts working in your favor. Smaller counts often get handled with heat applied vinyl instead.
How far ahead should a team or school order?
Two to three weeks ahead of the date once artwork is approved. Every group in town hits the same calendar weeks at season kickoff and graduation, so early orders are the safe ones.
Can every shirt have a different name and number?
Yes. The shared design is screen printed and the per person names and numbers are applied in heat vinyl, so a forty player roster needs no extra screens.
Do I have to bring finished artwork?
No. A shop with design in house can work from a sketch, a photo of an old shirt, or just the idea, and will send a mockup before anything is printed.
What about hoodies, caps, and other garments?
Hooded sweatshirts run alongside tees on the same design regularly. Blanks cost more so they price separately inside the same quote.