Washington, DC · District of Columbia
Custom t-shirt printing for Washington, DC
Association conference tees, nonprofit volunteer shirts, campaign merch and staff polos — printed by people you can actually get on the phone.
- 12-piece minimum
- Free digital proof
- PMS color matching
- Printed in the DMV
Quote Request
Tell us what you need printed
Send the details and you will get a written quote back — usually within one business day — with the garment cost, setup and per-location printing broken out. No account to create, nothing charged, and no obligation to order.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 786-302-9144.
01 — The difference
A printer that answers, not a checkout that guesses
An online bulk uploader
- — Price quoted before anyone has looked at your artwork
- — No proof, or a proof you cannot change
- — Color "close enough" to your brand guide
- — Support is a ticket queue in another time zone
- — Reorder next year does not match this year
Boring Tees
- — A human reviews your art before quoting it
- — Digital proof, revised until you approve it
- — Pantone matched to your actual brand values
- — 786-302-9144 reaches someone who knows your job
- — Artwork, inks and garments documented for the reorder
- — We will point you to the cheaper method, even when it earns us less
02 — Serving DC
Why DC orders look the way they do
No city in the country buys more branded apparel per capita than Washington. The reason is structural: DC runs on organizations that gather people. Trade associations hold annual meetings, advocacy groups run days of action, universities graduate cohorts, agencies onboard contractors, and campaigns spin up field teams that need shirts by the weekend. Every one of those moments ends with somebody hunting for a printer.
What makes DC orders different is the approval chain. A shirt for a member association has to survive a communications director, a brand guide with locked Pantone values, and often a board. That is why we lead with a digital proof and PMS matching rather than "we'll get close." It is also why we quote setup costs per design and per location up front — so when the scope changes from a one-color left chest to a two-color full front, nobody is surprised by the invoice.
We print in College Park and ship to every quadrant. There is no storefront to visit and no parking to find in Dupont, which for most DC clients turns out to be the point.
We ship across DC
- Capitol Hill
- Navy Yard
- Downtown & Penn Quarter
- Dupont Circle
- Georgetown
- Shaw
- NoMa
- Columbia Heights
- H Street NE
- Petworth
- Anacostia
- Foggy Bottom
Printed in College Park, Maryland — about 25 minutes from DC — and shipped to your address, your office or your venue. We are appointment-only and do not run a walk-in counter, so there is nothing to drive to and no showroom hours to work around.
03 — How it works
Four steps. You do two of them.
Turnaround is measured from proof approval, not from your first email — which means getting final artwork to us early is the single biggest thing you control.
- 01
Tell us what you need
Quantity, garment, artwork and your date. If you do not know which print method fits, say so — recommending one is part of the quote, not an upsell.
- 02
You get a real quote
A written number, broken out so you can see what the garments cost, what the setup costs and what each print location adds. Not a range, and not "starting at."
- 03
Approve the digital proof
We send a proof showing exact placement, dimensions and colors on the garment color you picked. Nothing goes to press until you sign off. The production clock starts here.
- 04
It prints and ships to you
Screen printing and embroidery run 10–14 business days, DTF 5–7. A 5-day rush is available for 20% more. Shipping is quoted with the job, not tacked on at the end.
04 — Who we print for
Built for how DC actually orders
Trade associations & member groups
Annual meeting tees, volunteer polos and board retreat quarter-zips. Locked brand guides are normal here — send the PMS values and the logo lockup and we will match them rather than approximate them.
Advocacy groups & nonprofits
Day-of-action shirts, canvasser tees, 5K and gala merch. One-color screen prints on a 12-piece minimum keep unit costs low enough that the shirts do not eat the program budget.
Universities & student organizations
Georgetown, GW, Howard, American, Catholic and UDC groups order in bursts — rush week, homecoming, orientation, capstone. We keep the art on file so the reorder is a phone call, not a fresh setup.
Federal contractors & consultancies
Embroidered polos and softshells for onboarding kits, plus booth staff apparel for conferences at the Convention Center. Embroidery holds up to a badge lanyard better than a print does.
Restaurants, bars & hospitality
Front-of-house tees and back-of-house work shirts across H Street, Shaw and the Wharf. Reorders in the same colorway matter more than novelty, so we keep screens and thread colors documented.
Churches & community organizations
Youth group shirts, mission trip apparel, mutual aid and community day tees. Straightforward one- and two-color jobs that need to land on a date, not a "soon."
05 — Methods
Three ways to put your logo on a garment
Screen Printing
14" × 17" max imprint · 10–14 business days
Ink pushed through a stencil, one screen per color. Cheapest per piece at volume on one- and two-color designs, and the most durable finish we offer. Setup is charged per color per location.
More on Screen Printing→Embroidery
Digitized once per logo · 10–14 business days
Stitched directly into the garment. The right choice for polos, quarter-zips, caps and anything worn to work — it survives industrial laundering that would crack a print. Cannot render gradients or hairline type.
More on Embroidery→DTF Printing
13" × 19" max imprint · 5–7 business days
Full-color transfer heat-pressed onto the garment. No per-color setup, so photographs, gradients and complex artwork cost the same as a one-color logo. Usually the cheapest option under 100 pieces.
More on DTF Printing→06 — What drives your price
No per-shirt price list, because it would be a lie
Anyone quoting you a flat per-shirt number before seeing your artwork is guessing, and the guess is usually low. Four things set the price, and we will show you all four broken out on your quote.
- Quantity
- Setup is a fixed cost spread across the run, so the per-piece price falls sharply as the order grows. Minimum is 12 pieces, mixed across sizes.
- Ink colors
- Screen printing charges a setup per color per location. DTF charges none — which is why full-color designs often come out cheaper as DTF below about 100 pieces.
- Print locations
- Front, back and sleeve are three locations, each its own setup and press pass. The same artwork reused at the same size and colors is charged setup once, not three times.
- Garment
- The blank is often the largest line on the invoice, especially on fleece and outerwear. We will show you two or three options at different price points rather than picking for you.
12 piecesMinimum order, mixed freely across sizes.
+20%5-business-day rush, when the calendar requires it.
$35Art change fee, if the design moves after approval.
07 — Questions
Custom T-Shirt Printing in DC, answered
08 — We also serve
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Get a quote for your DC order
Twelve-piece minimum, a digital proof before anything goes to press, and a written quote with nothing hidden in it. Or call 786-302-9144 and talk to someone.