Return-Path: Received: from maps.cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28829; 5 Jul 91 13:24:38 EDT Received: from maps.cs.cmu.edu by MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25975; 5 Jul 91 13:24:24 EDT To: bovik@K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU cc: js@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: t-shirt info Date: Fri, 05 Jul 91 13:24:22 EDT Message-ID: <25973.678734662@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU> From: Jefferey.Shufelt@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU Harry, Here are the results of a post I made to general asking about t-shirt printing. I ended up going with Apple, who did a shirt for our project once, and which turned out great (3 colors on the front, 2 on the back). It was a bit expensive, however; if I remember correctly, it came out to $14 per shirt (factoring in the $25 per screen, of which there were 5 in this case). It was for a small number of shirts, though (20?). I decided that Apple was the right way to go, despite the cost, due to the quality of the shirts and its convenient location (Sq. Hill). It took about two weeks to have the shirts done, and I was quite satisfied with the results. Again, it was a bit expensive; close to $14 per shirt for 12 shirts. I believe the reason Apple is more expensive is because they charge more per t-shirt than the other places; 8 or 9 dollars a shirt as opposed to 5 at some of the places listed below. The prices for each screen seem to be about the same at all of the places. Here are the other opinions I received. -js ################ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 10:39:15 EDT From: Sean.Smith@THEORY.CS.CMU.EDU Just about one year ago exactly I had to get some shirts made up, and posted a query on general. Several people sent replies; I ended up going with Apple in SqHill, and was quite pleased. --Sean Here are the replies: ----------- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 90 10:59:12 EDT From: Christopher.Maeda@A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU the t-shirt guys is Mike Lynch, 322-8492 ----------- Date: Mon, 02 Jul 90 11:08:53 EDT From: Chuck Weinstock Sean, I've had my t-shirts made at Apple T-Shirts in Squirrel Hill. For a one color shirt figure on $25 for the screen, and about $5 per shirt. They probably have a minimum of 36 shirts. Ask for Jeff Dunn when you call, and tell him I sent you. Chuck ----------- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 90 11:24:36 EDT From: Thomas.Sullivan@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU Sharon Serbin did the shirts for our soccer team this year. She'll do multiple colors and everything, and any number. Send her mail at sjs@speech1 --Tom ----------- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 1990 16:34-EDT From: Clark.McDonald@CIVE.RI.CMU.EDU There is a tuxedo rental/cleaner/tshirt/cap place on Wood St. in Wilkinsburg. I forget the actual name of the place, but the owner/operator is Mrs. Sapienza-Donnelly and she is cool. Her son is in charge of the t-shirt/cap business. good prices good work. I bet you could locate the phone # by looking up tuxedo rental in wilkinsburg. --mack Clark (Mack) McDonald ARPA: mack@frc.ri.cmu.edu Field Robotics Center Carnegie Mellon University (412) 268-6555 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 ------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jul 90 10:08:43 EDT From: Alex.Franz@F.WORD.CS.CMU.EDU I once had some T-shirts and sweatshirts printed up for a conference and was very happy with the timeliness and friendliness of the following place: Apple T-shirt Company Murray Ave, a little further down from Mineo's Pizza Place (I think) They seemed to know what they were doing, and they will work on your artwork to improve the quality of the print (if necessary, and of course not for free). If you need some inspiration (or want to see the quality of some of their past work) ask them to take you onto their "shopfloor" -- the walls of the area where they actually print the shirts are lined with shirts from previous orders. --Alex ------------ ################ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 10:54:33 EDT From: Dale.James@LADON.RESDOC.CS.CMU.EDU The Carnegie-Mellon Riding Club (or biker scum) just went through this. Here is the info that Mark Andy assembled. I take no credit or blame. This is fairly recent; within a week or two, anyway. --Dale ------------ First, for those of you who don't know about the process, it works kinda like this. There's a cost for the t-shirt and printing on the shirt. Then there's a screen charge for making the screen. There's an artwork charge if artwork is needed. You need one screen per color and/or different design (ie. a shirt with 1 color pocket and 2 color back needs three screens.). Here are the prices. (quoted for 4 doz shirts) Classical Impressions: They do a lot of CMU business (according to the guy) and have the lowest prices. 5.00 per shirt for one color. addl. colors .50 per. 20.00 for the first screen, 15.00 addl. screens. free artwork if it can be done on computer. Guy Norelli Graphics: 5.00 per shirt for one color. two color 6.00 (single side print) 20.00 pre screen. specific quote: 1 color front, 2 color back would be 7.00 per shirt plus screen charges. Barth Thomas Formals: 5.50 per shirt one color add 1.00 per color/screening 25.00 per screen 10-20 per hour for artwork. I didn't get in touch with Apple, but I've heard their prices are kinda high. Pocket shirts, extra heavy shirts, etc. add .50 to 1.00 per shirt So, for a one color front and back shirt from Classical Impressions, in a 4 doz order it'd be: 5.50 * 48 = 264 <-- extra .50 for addl. screening $35 for screens totl = $300 for 48 shirts. add .5 * 48 + 15 for 2 color back to get $339 4 color back, 1 color front is $417 ################ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 91 09:49:00 EDT From: Barry Brumitt Apple T-shirts is overpriced, but they do good work. They're in squirrel hill, on Murray, about 3 places down from bagelland. Barry ################ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 11:12-EDT From: Douglas.Reece@IUS4.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU I have gotten a few orders printed by Dewal's. They are a pain to get to, but they have good prices, are friendly, and can do nice artwork. Doug ################ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 14:12:18 EDT From: Thomas.Sullivan@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU I was looking for silkscreeners a few weeks ago and I would MOST HIGHLY recommend Kress Shirts in Highland park (on Bryant St.). Ask for Fran Kress. Their # is easily found in the white pages. He got my job done very fast, was friendly, and his price was very competitive. --Tom ################ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 15:19:07 EDT From: "Binay J. George" We printed this year's ECE tshirts at ANG Graphics run by Angelo Norelli ( 566-1714) and it's by Mercy Hospital on Forbes Avenue. He did an excellent job with a 2 day turnaround time to print 72 shirts after we'd ordered them. There is no art department but he gives good advice and he's now got a Mac to help with the silk screening so his process is probably even better. An art department generally charges about $40+ an hour and they usually don't come up with the idea you had conceptualized. That's what we noticed. It's better to work with somebody around with artistic talent and get somebody like Angelo to smooth out the edges. Binay ################ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 17:55:54 EDT From: Howard C Read Try ANG Graphics on Forbes Avenue: 566-1714. It's basically just one guy and a helper. Cheap, quality work and a friendly dude (Angelo, the owner.) He's been good to the ECE department and I'd recommend him. -howard read, ECE. ################ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 91 20:50:28 EDT From: Bill.Chiles@CHILES.SLISP.CS.CMU.EDU I'm told Apple Shirts (or something like that) on Murray Ave. in Sq. Hill uses good shirts, takes CMU purchase orders, and does good work. Bill ################ Date: Thu, 20 Jun 91 10:16:48 EDT From: Phyllis Lewis Jeffrey, I work for the Master of Software Engineering (MSE) program. We've had t-shirts made at a place in Washington, PA. VERY, VERY high quality. We took our art work; they can probably do art work for you. Best prices in the Pittsburgh area; I know, I called every company listed in the Pittsburgh phone book. You'll be happy with the results. If you want to see an example, come to my office (SEI 4125). The place is: Skirpan Company 2800 North Main Street Washington, PA 15301 222-2384 Ask for Cindy Brookman; you can tell her that I referred you. Last year we paid $3.75 pre shirt; I understand that they've gone up to either $4.00 or $4.25 per shirt. They can give you directions; it's a 60 mile (approx.) round trip, but well worth it when you consider quality, price, and delivery. Phyllis Lewis