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Customer Reviews
Wow, the shirts look fantastic!! You never cease to amaze me...they look so much better than what I imagined. Just know, you have a loyal customer in The Girls Gone Green, thank you so much!!
Julie Watkins
President
The Girls Gone Green
I wanted to let you know the shirts came on time and are wonderful! I
appreciate how hard you worked to get them to us on time, and your
suggestions for design were perfect. I am sending my other programs your
way for t shirts for their groups.
Leslie Byers
Women's and Gender Studies
Georgetown University
Thank you for the fantastic shirts! Working with Contempl8 has been such an easy process, from ordering to receiving the shirts, it has gone flawlessly. Myself, the staff and our tenants would like to thank you for the 300+ shirts you've printed. We can't wait to work with you again and will be recommending you to anyone interested I really appreciate everything.
Leigh Schneider
Ebenezer Tower Apartments
The shirts are great! We are
really happy with the way they look and feel. Thank you so much for
everything. I will definitely recommend your t-shirt company to
others. We hope to order shirts from Contempl8 again! :)
Amanda Javaly
Good Shepherd Volunteers
Just wanted to say thanks for getting our shirts here on time! We love
them! Thanks for doing what you do the way you do it!
Grateful,
Becca Griffin
SIFAT
(Servants in Faith and Technology)
he shirts are AWESOME! They are just perfect: no surprises. I was having a panic attack opening the box (as I always do with these things) but everything was perfect! All of your double checking and proofing really paid off. The shirts are also great quality! Thanks again and we look forward to working with you in the future
Elena Tuttle
Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
Hi Chris, I wanted to let you know how great the shirts turned out and how great they looked on everyone. The birthday boy was surprised so all was good.
Thanks again for your great product and service, really appreciate all that.
Sincerely,
Mary Jo Scanlan
We needed 200 tote bags screened on both sides. CONTEMPL8 came through on time for our event. We will definitely use this service again and spread the word of their excellent work and customer service.
Laurie Paulsen
Intelligent Nutrients
Working with CONTEMPL8 printing has been flawless!!!!!! Since my first contact with CONTEMPL8 t-shirts, Chris has been very professional, listened to what I wanted in a design and provided excellent customer oriented feedback. The shirts turned about much better than I had hoped for and it is so nice to find a printing company that is concerned with the environment and ethics. I will use CONTEMPL8 again and I have already recommended CONTEMPL8 to others.
Christopher A Boles
Seagate
I would like to let you know that our shirts arrived safely.
They look fantastic! Thank you so much for making the beautifully printed our very first original T-shirts. We are thinking to order, with the same design, our next batch hopefully soon.
Kozue Watanabe
Choices for Tomorrow
We need to order more shirts. We've gotten lots of compliments on how well the shirts we ordered last year have held up- The ink hasn't cracked or faded at all! Thanks for all the quality work :)
Chelsea K.
Momentum Photo
Hey Chris, just wanted to let you know the shirts got here today and they look awesome! Thanks so much for getting it done in such a short time. Everyone thinks they’re great.
Joseph C. Grano
Marketing Director
Ecological LLC
We at D5 Threads are new to the clothing game and Contempl8 helped get our
feet off the ground. Christopher was super responsive and gave us all the
feedback we needed to have our ideas become reality. Our shirts were
printed very quickly and the finished product was heads above the standard
printed shirt. We also were drawn to Contempl8's ethic of only using water
based inks. We look forward to doing business again and would recommend
Contempl8 to anyone looking for a good screen printer! Thanks!
Jenny Mulvey Scherer and Troy Scherer, Design 5, LLC
Our ECS shirts just arrived today! Early! Love love love the feel of the organic cotton and the design turned out just as we imagined! Everything about this is so aligned with our Maryland Green School status! Thanks for everything you did for us every step along the way. The shirts are GREAT!
Vicki Dabrowka
Eagle Cove School, MD
Unbelievable service!! Placed an order... agreed on style and size...
CONTEMPL8 cranked them out that afternoon and had them at Fed Ex by 10:00pm that night!!
Wow...impressive!!THEY GET ALL MY BUSINESS!
chriss@ RMS Dev Co..Bethesda MD
The shirts are fantastic! Just what I pictured, and a good deal for my
wallet and my eco-ethics! Great job and I look forward to doing more
business with you in the future!
Gerrie of The S&S Takeout in Fort Pierce, FL
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CUSTOM T-SHIRT PRINTING POLICIES & FAQS ECO-FRIENDLY T-SHIRT PRINTING FACTS
GETTING QUOTES AND PLACING ORDERS
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TURN AROUND TIME AND SHIPPING
ARTWORK
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How is CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS, LLC eco-friendly ? Secondly, CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS, LLC uses 100% WIND POWER for our electricity needs. We don't use much electricity in the first place since our press is 100% muscle powered. Most other shops use a ton of electricity for their automatic presses and other equipment. So, CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS, LLC has a very small carbon foot print compared to 99% of other printers. Thirdly, for clean up mostly we just use water since our inks are water-based. But any chemicals that we use to clean our equipment are biodegradable and made of eco-friendly soy-based or citrus-based compounds. Fourth, even though our inks and chemicals are eco-friendly, we still filter the wash water from cleaning our screens using a high tech filtration device that triple filters the wash water before it goes down the drain. Finally, we do all the big things like using water-based ink and wind power to make us green, but don't underestimate the additional impact of all the little things we also do. Our strong eco-mindedness results in us always looking at every task, no matter how minor, from the perspective of is this green? or how can it be greener? Whether it's re-using tape several times or dropping off shirts via bicycle on a nice day, this comprehensive green approach adds up folks, and its quite rare in the printing industry. Why is water-based ink more eco-friendly than other ink? At CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS, LLC we have been using water-based ink since 2001, unlike others who just recently started using water-based ink when the green movement became big news. Many of the johnny come lately's to the water-based printing world actually still print primarily with plastisol inks, and some don't use water-based ink at all in reality even though they falsely claim to do so. That's called green washing, and there is a lot of it out there now that being green is so marketable. You don't have to worry about that with us at CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS, LLC because we have always used only water-based ink, and we are "approved for people and planet" by Green America. More on water-based ink... It does not have pthalates or the other harsh ingredients that are found in PVC-based inks. So, it is much better for you and the environment! Water-based ink is also a lot more difficult to print since it can dry in the screen easier than the PVC junk that would stay wet forever if it were not heat cured. But, our nearly ten years of experience using water based ink means that we know what we're doing and you can count on us to get your job done right and looking great. We do all the extra work that water based ink entails happily since we know we're not going to get cancer working with it. We work harder than the other guys for your benefit and our own. But, we do not charge you more even though we do more work. Does water-based ink wash out in the washing machine? Is your ink Phthalate Free and PVC Free? Quotes Details needed to get a Quote 1.) How many different Areas to be Printed? (ie. Front, Back, etc.) Price Breaks / Quantity Discounts / Bulk Pricing 24 shirts is where you get your first price reduction, and then 48 shirts, 100 shirts, 150 shirts, 200 shirts, 300 shirts and finally 500+ shirts. For fewer than 12 shirts you are going to pay a much higher price per shirt than if you get 12 or more. Pricing given by our Quick Quoter or the online T-shirt Designer or other methods assumes that all shirts are printed identically. Individual NAMES & NUMBERS FOR ATHLETICS that are different on each shirt can actually be quoted via our online t-shirt designer if you take the time to enter the names and/or numbers there. But, other than that you must request a quote for orders of mix-matched shirts and/or mix-matched ink color printing where the printing is not the same on all shirts by calling or emailing us and telling us exactly what you need. Number of Ink Colors and Print Areas affects Pricing also Printing the same design on more than one shirt color or type Printing all shirt fronts but only some backs of shirts etc. How to Initiate Orders for Custom T-Shirts, Hoodies, etc. However, placing an order cannot be done entirely over the phone or via the designer, as we need to make sure we have documenation of your order details etc. You can initate the order on the phone or designer, but some email correspondence will be required to fully place your order. How do I Finalize or Place my T-Shirt Order? Payment
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Around Time So this all means that the overall time it takes to get an order printed and completed is usually around three weeks from the time the order is fully placed. It can sometimes be less, but its good to budget for this amount of time if possible. Additionally, factors such as where you are located, what type of garments you are having printed, if it is a busy time of year (like spring through fall), etc. can affect how long your order takes. We will be able to give you a more specific lead time for your own particular order during the process of giving you a price quote. Be sure to let us know if you need the order by a particular date and time of day when you request your quote. Local Orders If you live in the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro area of Minnesota, then your custom order might be done in as little as one to two weeks from the order placement date (again this can vary). Non-Local Orders If you do not live in the metro area then add up to a weeks time for shipping. Generally orders that need to be shipped will take around three weeks from the order placement date until they are delivered to you (again this can vary). Delays Due to Weather or Other Factors Outside of Our Control Rush Orders Shipping Ground Shipping
is Free in the continental USA! Artwork Please submit your pre-done artwork via email to CUSTOM@CONTEMPL8.NET. ONE COLOR ARTWORK SPECIFICATIONS ARTWORK WITH MORE THAN ONE COLOR INK SPECIFICATIONS Below is an example of a two color job that was printed in red and white ink on black t-shirts for a bookstore in Minneapolis. The three screen shots below demonstrate what is meant (above) by having each color on a separate layer. The first shot shows when all of the layers are turned on (visible). Adobe Illustrator (.ai or .eps) is our preferred format for artwork files. Please have your artwork in CMYK format, not RGB. And please save your file as version CS2 if you are using a more recent version of Adobe Illustrator. Finally please "create outlines" for all text before sending by choosing "select all" from the "edit" menu and then choosing "create outlines" from the "type" menu and then saving your file. Adobe Photoshop please save your file to version CS2 and make sure that it is 300 dpi or higher resolution. Make sure that your file is set to print at the actual print size that you want the image to be on the shirts (see "image" menu and choose "image size" and then look at at "document size", or just print the image on to paper and confirm that is the correct size). And make sure that it is still 300 dpi when it is at your desired print size, or else it may end up looking fuzzy around the edges. Please preserve all layers rather than flattening them! But, please flatten all fonts by doing the following: 1) turn off the little eyeball on all layers except layers with fonts on them, 2) if there is only one layer with a font on it then create a new blank layer 3) choose "merge visible" on "layer" menu (at the top of computer screen next to the "edit" menu). Other File Formats You can also send us your artwork as a PDF, GIF, TIF or JPEG at 300 dpi. Please make sure to print out your file onto paper before sending it to make sure that its at the print size that you want it to be printed on the shirts and that it looks good and not fuzzy around the edges. Fonts / Text If you need a specific font used please tell me the name of the font and take the following steps as appropriate. If you are sending an Illustrator file, please send me a version of the design with "outlines" created. If Photoshop please see here. If you are sending a PDF file, then please send me the font in a separate attachment (it is best to compress the font in a winzip file). Fonts reside in the "fonts" folder on the C drive in the Windows/WINNT/WinXP/etc. directory on PC's running Windows operating systems. Color Matching and Full Color Printing We do not guarantee perfect color matching with solid color printing (aka normal printing) nor with full color printing (aka four color process printing). However, it is easier to control the ink colors and get a closer color match using solid color printing. Submitting Pantone color numbers for designs that will be printed using normal solid color printing can help us achieve better color matches (please only use actual paper Pantone cards rather than using a computer monitor). But, we do not guarantee Pantone color matches or any other color matches under any circumstances. We do try our best to get as close as we can though. Most printing is done with normal solid colors that do not move in and out of hues or shades of colors. But we also do full color printing. Images with a lot of color variation and gradients such as full color photos need to be printed with full color printing. WARNING: Full color printing will only achieve a likeness of your image, NOT a perfect color match. Colors can be unpredictable when using full color printing. In fact colors can be significantly off compared to the original image when using full color printing. If you need more precision in color matching, then you should use solid colors in your design and have normal printing done rather than full color printing. But, again we do not guarantee color matches under any circumstances. What You See is what You Get / Graphic Design Work Please print out your artwork onto paper from a computer printer before you submit it. Make sure it is the exact size you want it to be and that it doesn't look fuzzy. Or if it does look fuzzy, make sure you are comfortable with the level of fuzziness. By and large, the way the artwork looks when you print it out from a computer printer onto paper is the way it will look on the shirts, as far as fuzziness or smoothness of edges etc. Do not assume that some how we will be able to take your fuzzy image and make it crisp and smooth. Low resolution images from the internet or elsewhere cannot be corrected in most cases. Some times corrections may be possible. We will attempt corrections at your request.The first half hour of corrections work is free, but corrections that require more time will be billed at $35 per hour. Below is an example of a two color job that was printed in red and white ink on black t-shirts for Arise! Bookstore, a collectively run radical bookstore in Minneapolis. The three screen shots below demonstrate what is meant (above) by having each color on a separate layer. The first shot shows when all of the layers are turned on (visible). |
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The second shows when the white layer has been turned off, and only the red layer is visible. Again, it is necessary that what will be printed in red ink on the shirts is actually 100% black in the artwork that is used to create the screen. This would be printed onto a transparency and used as film for creating the the red screen. |
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| The third screen shot is the opposite. The white layer (which is 100% black) is visible, but the red layer is turned off. This would be printed onto a transparency and used as film for creating the the white screen. Notice that the registration targets remain visible when printing out both the red and the white screens. These target marks are used to align the two screens precisely on the printing press, so that the red and the white will print in exactly the right area on the t-shirts. | ||||||||||
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Will you print designs that are not mine? Hours of Operation Our Guarantee and Refunds and Returns Policy However we will not re-print garments or orders due to customer errors, miscommunications, or incorrect ordering by the customer or other parties working with/for the customer (unless the customer pays for the re-printing). We also will not refund such orders. To avoid problems, please take care to provide all order details to us completely and accurately. We do not spell check. Make sure to spell check your artwork and ensure that it looks correct in every way and that it is at the correct print size before submitting it to us. See above for more information on artwork. The nature of producing custom products (as opposed to off the shelf products) necessitates the following return and refund policies. Once an order is placed it is considered final and it cannot be cancelled, returned, refunded or changed. Last minute changes submitted after the order was already placed are not possible because actions are taken immediately upon receipt of your order that are irreversible. Privacy Policy
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