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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> Well, the problem with that is the insanely high cost of doing screen
> setups. Most of the production cost of the shirt (which I've been putting
> off for ages) is really the cost of getting films made of the camera ready
> art, then getting those films transferred to screens for printing. It's a
> sunk cost up front that only gets cheaper if you do more runs. It's about
> $40 per colour, so if you multiple the front (two colours, red and white)
> and the back (usually three, maybe less this outing) it gets REAL expensive.
> Then you need to factor in two preflashes of white ink for the darker
> shirts. That's why you need to do one shirt many many times to make it cheap.
You MAY have a great source of shirts already lined up, but I did want to
mention that John Neal, being a LEGO fan, may be able to give you a bit of a
break on pricing/setup. He does low volume shirts all the time since he runs
a silk screen business. Sometimes he does one offs to make gag gifts etc (he
did Tom McD a "brickenrocker" shirt on a lark) so he must not be paying much
for raw screen material
The downside of course is that there is shipping from the US (and possible
duty??) to contend with. I don't know if you can bring your own screens to a
shirt vendor but that's another idea too...
Just something to consider, hope it is helpful.
++Lar
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