Live screen printing in San Francisco is presses, ink and squeegees on your floor, pulled by our printers while guests watch. It fits one- to three-color art printed over and over: a sponsor shirt on a show day, a festival design, a company tee at an all-hands. Watching a hand pull is the part of live t-shirt printing that stops people on their way past.
We bring the presses, flash dryers, ink, blanks, tables and crew, all trucked up from La Habra the day before, and set up anywhere from a Moscone West expo floor to a Union Square flagship pop-up. A standard station runs two presses and two printers and does 100+ shirts per hour at full pace.
Why screens for a live San Francisco event
When everyone gets the same design, screens are the fastest way through a long line, and the ink sits heavy on the shirt. The trade-off is color count. Each color needs its own screen, so a detailed full-color logo belongs on a live DTF station, which fits in the same footprint.
Each station needs about 10x10 ft and two 120V/20A circuits. For a Moscone Center booth, we work inside the venue's rules; send us the exhibitor manual.