Twelve Shirts Is a Real Order not a favor
Plenty of shops in Anderson County quote a dozen shirts like it is a nuisance. We print twelve the same way we print twelve hundred, with DTF and embroidery pricing that does not punish you for ordering what you actually need.
Custom T-Shirt Printing in Iva, SC for Orders That Start at Twelve
The call most people are afraid to make sounds like this. You need eleven or twelve shirts for a small crew, a Sunday class, a family business, a team that fits in one van, and you expect to hear that the run is too small to bother with. That is not the answer here. Printed Essentials runs DTF printing from twelve pieces and embroidery from twelve pieces, and those numbers are the actual floor, not a polite way of steering you toward a hundred. If you are searching custom t-shirt printing Iva SC and bracing for a lecture about volume, you can stop bracing.
The reason a dozen works comes down to method. DTF printing lays the artwork on film and heats it into the fabric, so there is no screen to burn and no per color charge stacking up before the first shirt exists. That is why full color art on twelve custom hoodies costs what it should. Embroidery works the same way for small counts, since the design gets digitized once and the machine stitches hats, polos and jackets on demand. Screen printing is the exception, and we are honest about it. It earns its keep from about forty eight pieces up, where the press time spreads out and the per shirt number drops hard.
Small orders come from everywhere around Iva and the rest of Anderson County. A two truck grading outfit orders a dozen work tees and a dozen embroidered caps. A church group needs twelve shirts for a weekend trip. A booster club wants sideline hoodies for the coaching staff only. A restaurant refreshes the front of house polos. A nonprofit prints tees for the volunteers working one Saturday. None of these people need five hundred garments stacked in a closet, and none of them should have to buy that many to get company shirts with a clean logo on the chest. They order what they will actually wear.
Here is the practical part. A twelve piece run gets a proof, the same file prep and the same press attention a large job gets, and it lands in five to seven days after you approve it. You are not put at the back of the line. If the group grows later, we still have the artwork, and reordering twelve more is a short email rather than starting over from a blank screen.
The Things People Worry About Before Calling
Most of the hesitation around a small order comes down to four things, so here they are answered plainly instead of buried in fine print.
Is a dozen shirts too small?
No. Twelve is the minimum for DTF and for embroidery, and a twelve piece job is a normal day here. It gets the same proof, the same setup care and the same turnaround window as anything larger. Nobody is going to talk you out of it.
Will the per shirt price be brutal?
Small runs cost more per piece than big ones, that is just math. But DTF avoids the screen charges that make tiny screen print orders painful, so a dozen full color tees stays reasonable. Send the count and the art and you get a real number, not a range.
Can I mix sizes and styles?
Yes. The twelve counts across the order, not per size. Run a few smalls, a stack of larges and a couple of 2XLs. Mixing shirt colors is usually fine with DTF too, and we will tell you up front if a combination does not work.
What if my logo file is bad?
Send whatever you have, including a photo of an old shirt or a screenshot. Most files can be cleaned up or redrawn before printing. You see a proof with the art placed on the garment, and nothing runs until you say it looks right.
What a Dozen Can Get You
Every item below can be ordered at twelve pieces unless we say otherwise, and every one of them can carry your logo, a name, or a full color design.
Custom T-Shirts
Twelve tees, one artwork file, done. DTF handles gradients, photos and thin lettering without a color surcharge, so a small run looks as sharp as a job ten times the size. Mix sizes freely across the twelve.
Hoodies and Crewnecks
Cold weather orders are usually the smallest ones, a crew of a dozen who work outside. Custom hoodies print from twelve pieces, front, back or sleeve, and heavier blends take the ink well.
Embroidered Hats
Hats are where a dozen goes furthest. Stitched logos on caps, beanies and trucker styles hold up through sun, sweat and washing, and the digitizing is done once so future dozens run straight off the same file.
Polos and Workwear
Twelve embroidered polos will dress a whole small office or shop floor. Same for jackets, button downs and hi vis work shirts, with names on the chest if you want each person to have their own.
Bulk Screen Printing
When a dozen turns into fifty or five hundred, screen printing takes over. It usually starts around forty eight pieces and it is the cheapest way to put a simple one or two color design on a large pile of shirts.
Event and Fundraiser Apparel
One day events rarely need hundreds of shirts. A dozen for the volunteers, a dozen for the sellers, a reprint if the first batch moves. Small batches let you test a design before you commit money to it.
From a Dozen Shirts to Delivery
Tell Us the Count
Send the quantity, the garment you have in mind and your artwork. Twelve is enough to start. We come back with pricing, not a sales pitch.
Pick the Method
We recommend DTF, embroidery or screen printing based on your count and design, and we say plainly which one gives you the better price.
Approve the Proof
You get a digital proof showing placement and size on the actual garment. Ask for changes as many times as you need. Production waits on your yes.
Print and Deliver
Most orders finish in five to seven days after approval. Shirts ship to you or get delivered locally, sorted by size.
Rated 5.0 Across 21 Reviews
"Ordered 10 shirts and a hoodie. Excellent quality and service. Will definitely be using again in the future. A++"
Johnny"Extremely responsive, friendly and can get things done for you in a crunch! Needed them for something last minute and they came through."
Dustin Littrell"Where I get all the embroidery and printing done for my company. Love the quality! Unbeatable prices too."
Elias AcevedoSmall Order Questions
Twelve pieces for DTF printing on tees and hoodies, and twelve for embroidery on hats, polos and jackets. Screen printing usually needs about forty eight before it makes sense financially. If your group sits under twelve, the usual move is to add a few spares in common sizes and get to the minimum that way.
Yes. Printed Essentials works out of the Greenville, SC Upstate and takes orders from Iva and the surrounding Anderson County area regularly. There is no public storefront to visit. Everything runs by phone, email and proof, then the finished order ships to you or is delivered.
Typically five to seven days once the proof is approved. A small run does not automatically jump the line, but it also does not sit behind every large job either. If you have a hard date, say so when you first reach out so it can be planned around rather than squeezed in later.
Yes, and that is where small orders get easier. The artwork and the embroidery digitizing are already prepared after the first job, so a repeat run of twelve is mostly a matter of confirming sizes and garment colors. Reorders are common with crews that add people through the year.
Depends on the garment. DTF is the right call for t-shirts and hoodies, especially with detailed or multicolor art. Embroidery is the right call for hats, polos, jackets and anything you want to look more finished. Plenty of small orders use both, twelve shirts printed and twelve caps stitched with the same logo.
Get a Price on Your Dozen
Tell us the quantity, the garment and what goes on it. You get a straight number back, and twelve is a perfectly good place to start.