Trail Sisters Print Shop

Services

Screen

Screen Printing

The Trail Sisters Print Shop offers water based screen printing. We print apparel, tote bags, hats & more!

Truckers

Vinyl Pressed Hats

Vinyl pressed hats offer a great value for small runs of custom hats. These are best for 1 or 2 color designs with uncomplicated graphics. 

Stickers

Stickers

When you place a screen print or hat order you can add die-cut transfer stickers at a very competitive price!

Water Based Screen Printing & the Environment

Water-based screen printing inks are soft, breathable and soak into the fabric! They are the desired ink for a “soft-hand” when screen printing. This is great, especially when printing a lightweight or technical garment. 

The Trail Sisters Print Shop works hard to be friendly to the earth! Screen printing (and really all garment production) has the potential to be hazardous, but with with a lot of effort most of the impact can be mitigated. The Trail Sisters Print Shop does the following: 

  • Only prints with water based inks. 
  • We seek ways to reduce our waste. (Only mix the ink you need!) 
  • Uses Sgreen® Eco-Friendlier™ chemicals
  • Filters waste water through 6 stages down to 20 microns.
  • Offers All-Made Apparel as an option for your blanks!

        2021 – Future Projects :

  • Purchase Solar Power Credits or install our own Solar Panels (to power our dryers).
  • Identify environmental and clean water non-profit partners. 

Pricing Questions

We hope not! As a small print shop with relatively low overhead we hope to maintain competitive pricing for your project. Our warehouse is our garage and our only employees are Gina & Justin. Printing with Trail Sisters also supports Trail Sisters!

Contact us to discuss your project!

Please let us know if your company is women-owned or a non-profit! 🙂 (hint-hint)

Contact Us to Get a Quote!

Things it would be helpful to know… 

  • How many shirts are we printing? 
  • How many prints per shirt will there be? 
  • What type of garment do you want printed? 
  • Do you have a design / graphic ready? 
  • Do you know what color(s) you want your print to include?

As a small shop we’re generally a bit faster when it comes to placing an order for blanks and getting your job on the press and then shipped. Contact us to learn more.

Oh, almost forgot, we don’t charge to rush. In fact, we won’t rush. We will just act quickly, for FREE! 🙂 

Screen Printing involves a lot of specialized equipment and processes that can add up. For someone not familiar with screen printing these can be confusing. 

The most common add-on charges are Design Fees & Screen Fees. Design Fees are due to the time it may take to properly set up your graphic to be printed on a transfer. Screen Fees are based on the number of screens that may be required for your print job. 

Design Fees are based on your requirements and may vary. 

Screen Fees may be included on multi-color prints or orders under 48 total prints. 

If additional fees apply they will always be noted clearly on your order confirmation. 

The Process: 

  1. Start – Identify customer and quote order
  2. Design Work – even a well prepared vector file will take some manipulation to print on a transfer. Other types of graphics may take 15min to an hour or two. 
  3. Print Transfer – not done on a standard printer. There is special software, special printer ink and special everything.  
  4. Make a Screen – Screen printing is done with screens! You have to coat the screen with emulsion, let it dry, place your transfers on the prepared screen and then expose the screen in a special light box and the rinse it out and then re-expose or harden it. It’s a lot. 
  5. Prep/Check Garments
  6. Set up Press
  7. Print Test
  8. Print Garments
  9. Inspect
  10. Clean Up
  11. Fold & Ship

Chasing down payments on completed and already shipped orders is time-consuming and costly. In order to offer competitive pricing we:

  • Will ask for you to pre-pay a portion of your order before we order garments for you.
  • Remaining Payment will be due on receipt. 
  • Offer a pre-pay discount for customs who pay in full prior to production. 

Payment is accepted by Credit Card, Wire Transfer or Check.

Order Process, Production & Shipping

Generally a screen printer will have a 24 unit minimum for a 1 color print and an additional 24 units for each additional color added to the print. (3 color print = 72 units). 

As a small shop. We can be a bit more flexible (to an extent). Contact Us to discuss. 

Additionally, is your job really big!? Also, Contact Us! 🙂 

The Trail Sisters Print Ship currently has a 4 color press.

  • On a light garment we can print 4 colors with no under-base. 
  • On a dark garment with an under-base we are limited to 3 colors. 

We hope with your support to invest in a 6 or 8 color press in the near future. 

Not sure how many colors your print needs? Contact Us to discuss!

The Trail Sisters Print Shop wants to complete your order on-time (or faster)! Generally once pre-payment is received it will take 3-5 days to receive blanks and then 3-5 days to prep, print and ship your order. 

Contact us to discuss your project and get a quote. We will act quickly and will always keep you in the loop.

We will let you know when:

  1. Pre-payment is received & garments are ordered
  2. Garments are received and confirmed correct
  3. Order is prepared for printing
  4. Order is complete and shipped

Note: Trail Sisters may visit our Local Groups and do other TS projects that require travel in 2021. We may intermittently shut down our print shop for a few weeks at a time. Contact Us early to plan your project and be sure we can get it done before we go traveling. 🙂

We will ship your order UPS Ground unless otherwise instructed. 

Heat Transfer Vinyl - Hats

Vinyl Heat Transfers are an awesome simple way to add a graphic or logo to a hat. Typically these are best in 1 color designs although it is possible to do 2 or 3 color graphics. They work best for simple artwork that does not require too many small or tiny features. 

We generally use Otto Trucker hats. They come in a variety of colors and offer both a Standard and Petite (youth) size. Additionally we like pressing vinyl on some of the more technical Richardson Hats. Contact Us to discuss options!

Vinyl is great for low minimums. While we would like orders of 12 units or more we may be able to do less. Orders under 12 will be limited to vinyl colors on hand (we have a lot) and may require a set-up fee for the graphic.

Vinyls come in a variety of colors. We have about 30 colors on hand and, depending on the size of your order are happy to order any speciality color available. Once we know a color or pantone to match we will let you know the best available option. 

The Trail Sisters Print Shop wants to complete your order on-time (or faster)! Generally once pre-payment is received it will take 3-5 days to receive blanks and then 3-5 days to produce your hats. Contact us to discuss your project and get a quote. We will act quickly and will always keep you in the loop. We will let you know when:
  1. Pre-payment is received & garments are ordered
  2. Materials / Hats are received and confirmed correct
  3. Order is prepared for printing
  4. Order is complete and shipped
Note: Trail Sisters may visit our Local Groups and do other TS projects that require travel in 2021. We may intermittently shut down our print shop for a few weeks at a time. Contact Us early to plan your project and be sure we can get it done before we go traveling. 🙂

We will ship your order UPS Ground unless otherwise instructed. 

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