Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
If you contract it out.... the contract printer may be able to get the shirts a little cheaper than you. Which would help offset shipping costs.This is a 40 hour job in most auto shops (20 hours per side).
just wondering.....light blue tee...black ink...left chest and backGuess I need an auto sooner than later...
At 10k pcs, being it's only single color front and back and black no less, I'd go for it. But I would do something like Clark did and set someone else up doing it on another press. Grab a used manual (all you need is for one head and one station to function) get the beer, find the friend who needs some cash and has nothing to do for a week and rip it out. Then put that $ in a cookie jar for the auto. The only issue I see with it is having to deal with the incessant stream of blue Ts on the dryer belt while you work on other jobs. Another take is to assemble a crew of three more people on your main press- loader, puller, catcher and you as the printer. I do this for the big jobs and it works pretty well, you can get at least 350 pcs/hour this way and probably more if you have a larger dryer than us.
Yeah i'm in ny...I talked to jay already....not sure if it will work out...he's busy...I'll keep everyone else in mind...would be helpful if I could pick up.