Guests at a live station don't just get a shirt. They choose it, stand at the press while it's made, and walk off wearing it a couple of minutes later. Here is everything that happens at a Sacramento job to make that moment work.
Weeks before
Your artwork comes to us, we send a proof back, and once it's approved we make the screens, transfers or patches in Fullerton. Blank styles and sizes get confirmed, and we match the stations to your schedule. Then it all goes into the truck for the drive north, with the crew arriving the day before you open.
Event day
- Set up: each station takes roughly a ten-foot square and its own power.
- Pick: the guest chooses the garment, the size and the design. That choice is why they end up caring about it.
- Press: one press handles up to 60 an hour, and two presses side by side get past 100.
- Put it on: it leaves the platen warm and most people wear it straight out.
From the venue
A roughly ten-foot square per station, two 120V circuits, a flat floor and a line that stays clear of the exits. Inside or outside can both work with some planning. More on venue requirements.
Which station
For volume, screen printing. For full-color art, DTF. For a piece that feels like a gift, the hat bar or embroidery. Read how live printing works or tell us about your Sacramento event.
Sacramento planning
How the gear gets through the door
In Sacramento the load-in is what varies most. Downtown's convention hall schedules the dock and wants power ordered early. Old Sacramento's historic storefronts have narrow entries and aging wiring. A Midtown loft depends on the freight lift and a place to park.
Give us the venue before anything else, and the load-in plan is done before we pack.