Live screen printing at a Minneapolis event looks like this: two manual presses, a squeegee, a flash dryer, and a printer pulling ink through the same screen over and over while people crowd in to watch. This is live t-shirt printing the old way, and it earns its place when one to three colors need to go on a lot of tees, say a sponsor mark repeated across an entire Convention Center show. Our presses travel from Fullerton on a freight truck, and the printers fly up the day before.
Along with the presses we bring the dryers, ink, blanks, folding tables and trained hands, and we set up anywhere with floor and power, from a skyway ballroom downtown to a storefront in Uptown. With two presses and two printers working, expect 100+ shirts per hour at pace, which is what a crowded booth aisle needs.
Why a screen press suits big Minneapolis crowds
Nothing puts one design onto a large group faster, so it's our pick for an HQ all-hands or a crowd arriving at U.S. Bank Stadium. Add a live DTF station alongside it if some guests want full color or their own name.
We burn the screens at the shop before anything is loaded on the truck, which is why your art has to be final roughly seven days ahead. Keep it to three ink colors and nobody waits long.