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<rICHARD gINN> Wrote:
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>These are the costs for me, as a shirt-printer, with no markups:
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>Shirts:
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>Delta T's (a manufacturer) at $2.35 each - white shirts, 100% cotton
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>50/50 polyester is a little cheaper = less $.25 each
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>add $.25 for colored shirts
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>
>Setup:
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>$25 per screen, if the artwork is ready to go (camera-ready) - we do the
>separations ourselves and provide the printer with paper originals. For
>screen printing the colors must be trapped (outlined) a certain amount to
>allow for registration errors in the printing. 1/32" should be
>sufficient, and we need to do that ourselves.
>
>Printing:
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>up to 144 pcs, = $1 first color & .75 ea additional color
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>over 144pcs, = .75 first& .50 ea add.
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>pocket-sized image = .75 &.50 no breaks for quantity.
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>We do have special color-change inks that can be printed on the shirts
>(that's what the company I work with specializes in) that add about .25
>to .50 per shirt depending on the printed area (basically the ink costs
>about $50/quart and covers at least 100 square feet [30 sq. meters or so].
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>This ink changes colors with changes in temperature, with the colorchange
>ink turning clear as it warms up. This makes it possible to make hidden
>messages that appear (or dissapear) and also make one color change to
>another, as in a green turn to a blue or a yellow (depending which color
>was colorchange to begin with).
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>I can explain more about the colorchange inks if anyone is interested,
>this note is about t-shirt prices =)
>
>me.
>..........................................................
>Richard Ginn rlg1@cornell.edu tel. +1 (607) 277-5058 usa
> 277-2813
>510 Utica Street, Ithaca, New York, USA 14850
>
Ahem . either a very good self advert , or a plug for the GD's to produce the FC
logos. Just think we could have at least two on each , so when you go clubbin'
or ravin ' the second logo appears !
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