MarkMan

Hi folks...

I went to a local printer today and here's what happened.

My design has 4 colors: red, black, white and yellow. He said that my design is only three colors, because if we use a black shirt, that would cover the black in my design. Okay, 3 color it shall be!

For 36 shirts, it is $8.62 per shirt, plus screen setup fees of 75.00 and a 30 minute art charge of 25.00 to change my design from bitmap to vector. So the total is about 410.00 dollars.

Including screen fees and art charge, it's about 11.38 per shirt.

Oh, and the brand of shirt is Jerzees.

Any opinions on this quote?

Thanks again, folks.
Mark

 

ambitious

I'm not a screen printer but that seems like a lot of money being charged for 36 shirts.

 

Nolan Wheeler

The more shirts you get printed the less it becomes. You are printing a very small amount of shirts so it is going to be expensive.

 

spankthafunk

I'm a screen printer who is still trying to figure out the pricing structure. I would say that sounds normal to a little on the high side because of the amount of shirts and colors you are ordering.

 

out da box

it's an ok price- fair actually, printing on black is hard!

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Rodney

Quote: Originally Posted by MarkMan Hi folks... I went to a local printer today and here's what happened. My design has 4 colors: red, black, white and yellow. He said that my design is only three colors, because if we use a black shirt, that would cover the black in my design. Okay, 3 color it shall be! For 36 shirts, it is $8.62 per shirt, plus screen setup fees of 75.00 and a 30 minute art charge of 25.00 to change my design from bitmap to vector. So the total is about 410.00 dollars. Including screen fees and art charge, it's about 11.38 per shirt. Oh, and the brand of shirt is Jerzees. Any opinions on this quote? Thanks again, folks. Mark

Rather than have a bunch of threads that ask "is this quote OK", I think it would be more informative to teach people how to find out themselves if their quote is OK.

I'd hate for this forum to be the "other guy" that said he could do it for cheaper So that people go back to the printer and second guess the pricing that he is charging saying that they "heard" that it should be cheaper.

What that printer is charging is what that printer charges based on his costs and overhead. Other printers may charge more or less based on their costs and overhead.

In general, if you want to check to see if the pricing you're getting is competitive, you should take the same exact job, with the same exact design and printing specs to about 3 different printers (either locally or by searching online) and then compare and contrast both the quotes and your overall impression of their quality of service. Keeping in mind that price along shouldn't be the deciding factor when deciding on someone who will be printing for you.

That way you'll have real numbers that you can actually use, and real printers that you are ready to give your business to.

Please contact me directly if you have any questions about this.

Nothing wrong with your post, per se You didn't mess up or anything

I'm just noticing a trend of people asking here if the pricing they got quoted is OK, and I want to make sure we're being fair to both our members who are printers and getting the right information to our members who are trying to figure out if their own pricing quote they received from their printer is OK.

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