Station starting point
A staffed live-printing station for a local Southern California company event typically starts around $5,000. That covers the setup, the equipment, and a working crew for the block of time you book.
Budgeting
What corporate merch printing actually costs.
Every company event is quoted, because the number depends on real inputs — how many people, how many hours, which pieces, and where. Here is exactly what goes into it so you can build a realistic budget line.
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The building blocks
What shapes your quote.
Staffing
Trained operators are billed at $250 per hour, counting setup and teardown — not just the moment guests are in line. More stations for a bigger headcount means more operator hours.
Blanks & goods
Tees, hoodies, caps, and hard goods each carry their own unit cost. A premium hoodie program budgets differently than a basic-tee giveaway.
Art prep
Preparing press-ready files and proofs from your brand assets is a one-time flat item, not a per-color surcharge.
Travel
Events outside Orange County, LA, and San Diego add a $900 travel fee. Local events in that core area carry no travel charge.
Event length & throughput
How long the station runs and how fast the line needs to move together decide how many stations and operators we staff.
A worked example
A 150-person holiday party.
Say you want branded hoodies pressed live for about 150 employees over a three-hour window in Irvine. That is typically two stations and a small crew so nobody waits more than a few minutes, plus the hoodie blanks, art prep, and setup/teardown time.
Because it is local, there is no travel fee. Send us the real headcount and pieces and we will turn that into an itemized number — no surprise line items at the end.
Compared to pre-ordering
Why live often costs less than a bulk run.
Bulk pre-orders look cheap per unit until you count the pieces nobody claims. A 250-shirt order for a 150-person event means 100 shirts sitting in a supply closet, plus rush fees when you guessed the size mix wrong. Printing to demand means you pay for what people actually take, in the size they actually wear. For most company events under a few hundred people, that math lands close to — and often below — a pre-ordered run, and the experience is far better.
Straight answers
Questions we hear a lot
Do you have a flat price list?
No, and that is on purpose. A generic price sheet would either overcharge a small retreat or under-scope a thousand-person all-hands. We quote from your real headcount, hours, pieces, and location so the number is honest.
Is there a minimum?
There is a practical minimum tied to the station starting point rather than a piece count. A small team is welcome — you would just book a single station for a shorter window.
What is the travel fee?
Events inside Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego carry no travel fee. Anything beyond that core service area — Las Vegas, or a nationwide program — adds a $900 travel line, and we will flag it up front.
When is payment due?
We confirm the booking with a deposit once the plan and date are locked, with the balance settled around the event. Your planner will lay out the exact terms in your quote.
Start a quote
Tell us about the event once.
Share the date, city, headcount, and the pieces you have in mind. We come back with a station plan, staffing, and a real number — not a fill-in-the-blank price sheet.
Prefer to talk it through? Call (562) 614-4800.