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DTF transfers, Vernon California

One garment, one name, one price

A printed film heat-pressed onto the garment. No minimum and no color count, which makes it the only sensible way to put a different name on every jacket in a crew without the price collapsing into a short-run surcharge.

No minimum

Unlimited colors

Max 15 × 18 in

487 garments

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Canvas work coveralls laid flat on a steel bench

Workwear

A work jacket hanging on a steel hook

Jackets

A cotton drill work shirt on a hanger against concrete

Work shirts

A stack of structured caps on a steel shelf

Headwear

Folded heavyweight t-shirts stacked on a concrete ledge

T-shirts

Use cases

Where DTF earns its place

A blank stitched name panel on the chest of a work garment

Most requested

Names and numbers

Every garment in the run different. One name on one jacket costs the same to set up as fifty of them, because there are no screens to make and no color count to price.

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A small stack of six folded garments on a steel bench

Short runs

Under twelve pieces

Below the screen-print minimum, DTF is usually the cheapest way to get a full-color mark onto a garment without paying setup on a run of six.

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An open heat press with a transfer film on the platen

Full color

Artwork a screen cannot separate

Photographic detail, gradients and dozens of colors all price the same, because the film is printed rather than separated. Max size is 15 × 18 inches.

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Three different folded garments side by side on concrete

Mixed garments

One design, many fabrics

The same transfer presses onto cotton, polyester and blends, so a crew ordering work shirts, hi-vis tees and jackets gets one consistent mark across all three.

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When something else is the better answer

DTF is the most flexible method here, which is not the same as being the right one. Four cases where we will point you somewhere else.

Volume, all identical

A squeegee pulling ink across a silkscreen on a press

Past about a dozen identical garments, screen printing gets cheaper per piece and does not stop getting cheaper. If the whole crew wears the same mark, that is the run to screen print.

Industrial laundry

Deep shelving stacked with folded blank garments

A transfer is bonded to the surface of the fabric. On a garment washed hot every week for years, embroidery or a cured screen print will outlast it. Tell us the wash regime and we will say which.

Caps and heavy seams

A stack of structured caps on a steel shelf

A heat press needs a flat panel. Cap fronts, pocket edges, thick seams and zips are embroidery’s territory, not a transfer’s.

Reflective and texture

Reflective banding on a dark garment lit by a single beam

3M reflective, puff, high-density and metallic are screen-print inks. A transfer can print a picture of texture but cannot create one, and it cannot reflect light at all.

Garments that take DTF

487 of the 493 garments in the catalog take a DTF transfer, which is the widest coverage of any method we run. This is a live slice of them.

FAQ

Questions we get asked

Is there really no minimum?

None. One garment is a normal order, and because there are no screens to make, one piece is not carrying a setup cost that only makes sense spread across fifty.

Can every garment carry a different name?

Yes, and it is what DTF is best at. Send the name and number list alongside the size run and the order comes back sorted per person. There is no per-name setup charge.

How many colors can it print?

Unlimited. The film is printed rather than separated into screens, so a two-color logo and a photograph cost the same to produce. Maximum size is 15 × 18 inches.

What file format do you need?

PNG is preferred, at 300 DPI scaled to final size with a transparent background. PSD, AI, PDF, EPS and JPG all work too. Avoid gradient shading right at the edge of the artwork — it does not cut cleanly.

Will it hold up on a work garment?

For normal wear, yes. For a garment going through industrial laundry every week for years, a cured screen print or embroidery will outlast it — a transfer is bonded to the surface rather than into the fibers. Tell us the wash regime and we will recommend against ourselves if that is the honest answer.

Send the name list

Send the garment, the size run and the names. It comes back sorted per person, with garments, decoration and freight priced as separate lines.

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