Live event printing makes the merch part of the event. A guest picks a design, watches it printed, and leaves wearing it, usually about two minutes later. A Charlotte event adds one stage up front: getting the kit from our Fullerton shop, 2,100 miles away as the crow flies, to your venue.
Before the trip
You send the logo or artwork, we proof it, and screens or transfers get prepped at the shop. We confirm garments, the size split and which stations fit your run-of-show. Because the gear ships freight to Charlotte, those calls get made early and nothing is improvised on the day.
On the day in Charlotte
- Load-in and setup - the crew, in town since the day before, builds each station on about a 10x10 footprint. At Charlotte Convention Center that happens inside your dock window.
- Guests choose - a size, a garment, a design or a patch. The choice is what makes people care about the piece.
- We print live - each press turns out up to 60 pieces an hour, and the standard two-press setup clears 100+.
- They wear it out - a finished piece, still warm off the platen, back onto the show floor or out into Uptown.
What the venue provides
About a 10x10 area per station, two standard 120V circuits, a level floor and a queue path that stays clear of doors. That holds in a Ballantyne ballroom or a covered tent on a race weekend, where the power usually comes from a generator. See venue requirements.
Picking a method
Volume favors screen printing, full color and names favor DTF, and a hat bar or embroidery suits an Uptown gala or a client night. Read how live printing works or tell us about your Charlotte event.
Charlotte planning
What we check before the freight ships
Before any freight leaves Fullerton, we check the load-in route, the power at the station, the line path and where guests choose a garment. Those answers look different at a Charlotte Convention Center hall, a private event in Uptown and a small activation near Spectrum Center.
Everything comes from our Fullerton shop: presses, flash dryers, heat presses, blanks, tables, signage and the printers. It ships freight to Charlotte and the crew lands a day early. A standard station needs about 10x10 ft and two 120V circuits, and two presses clear 100+ shirts an hour with a simple design menu.