Live printing in San Antonio,
with a Fiesta pulse
From a gala terrace on the River Walk to a booth at the Henry B. González to a celebration on base, we set up live printing at your San Antonio venue, with DTF, a hat bar, embroidery and screen presses, and make custom merch as the crowd watches it happen.
Nobody has to teach San Antonio how to celebrate. This is the city that throws itself a two-week party every April. A live print station fits right in: roll it into a convention booth, a Pearl courtyard, or a riverside reception and the press becomes part of the show. Guests choose a design, watch it made in about two minutes, and wear it for the rest of the night.
How it works
Four steps from booking
to fresh prints
Tell us about it
Date, venue and headcount. The itemized quote, travel included, comes back within 24 hours.
We dial in the art
Your logo is set up for screens or DTF film. Final art about a week out locks the blank order.
We roll in & set up
Presses ship ahead as freight, the crew flies in, and the station is built and tested before doors.
We print it live
Each guest picks a size and design and wears it about two minutes later.
Live stations
Ways we print
live in San Antonio
Any live event printing job we fly in for is built from these five stations. Live screen printing in San Antonio takes the convention-floor volume, and the others handle names, caps and the River Walk reception crowd.
Live Screen Printing
One bold design for a convention aisle or game-day crowd.
ExploreLive DTF Printing
Full-color art and names, printed in any order.
ExploreLive Hat Bar
Caps and patches, pressed while guests watch.
ExploreLive Embroidery
Stitched monograms for galas and VIP gifts.
ExplorePromo & Hard Goods
Totes and drinkware customized on site.
ExploreOccasions
San Antonio events we
print live for
Why live
Merch is forgettable.
Watching it get made isn't.
A folded shirt in a goodie bag gets left in the hotel room. A shirt a guest watched come off the press at a River Walk gala, with their name on it, goes home and gets worn.
San Antonio already loves a party with something to take home. The press gives guests a reason to stop, a reason to stay, and a piece they picked themselves.
Plan your San Antonio activationAcross San Antonio
We print where
San Antonio gathers
Riverside terraces, Southtown studios, King William courtyards, Alamo Heights garden parties and the halls out by the bases. Wherever San Antonio celebrates, we can build a station.
- Henry B. González Convention Center
- Frost Bank Center
- Tobin Center
- The Espee
- Boeing Center at Tech Port
- Freeman Coliseum
Questions
Good to know
Most San Antonio events land between $5K and $15K all-in. Headcount, printing hours and garments move the number most, and flights and freight sit on one flat travel line. The itemized quote comes back within 24 hours.
Each guest waits about two minutes for theirs. One press prints up to about 60 an hour, and our standard station of two presses and two printers passes 100+ an hour when the line keeps moving. Here's how to plan live printing pace for a San Antonio crowd.
About 10×10 ft per station and two dedicated 120V/20A circuits, plus a way in for heavy cases. At the Henry B. González Convention Center the electrical is ordered through the venue. We bring presses, ink, blanks, tables and crew.
Six to eight weeks is comfortable for San Antonio. The gear rides a freight truck from Fullerton and the crew flies in, so earlier is easier. Closer dates are sometimes possible with simple art, so ask.
No. Live t-shirt printing is where most San Antonio setups start, but we also run live DTF, a hat bar with pressed patches, on-site embroidery, and totes and drinkware alongside screen printing. Most bookings pair a core shirt with one extra station.
Yes. We're based in Fullerton, CA, so every San Antonio job is a fly-out: the presses ship ahead as freight and the crew flies in. Travel and lodging sit on one flat line in the quote.
Yes. A convention booth is one of the best places for a live press. We fit the station into your booth at the Henry B. González Convention Center, work with the hall's electrical order, and print for attendees while the aisle watches.
Crew, presses and gear, blanks from XS to 4XL, setup and teardown, every print, and travel. It's all on one itemized quote, whether it's a convention booth, a sponsor lounge or a private party.
Venues of every size: the Henry B. González Convention Center, Frost Bank Center, the Alamodome, The Pearl, hotel ballrooms and private courtyards. We print at conventions, corporate events, festivals and brand activations downtown, along the River Walk and in Southtown. Fiesta and outdoor stages have their own page: live printing for San Antonio festivals. Company meetings, kickoffs and conferences are on live printing for San Antonio corporate events.
Merch Troop overview
See the live-printing setup before it hits your event.
Start your San Antonio quote
Tell us about
your San Antonio event
A date, a headcount, and a rough idea of the venue is all we need to start. Within 24 hours you'll get one itemized quote for a live-print setup built around your San Antonio event.
- One number for crew, presses, blanks, flights, lodging and freight
- Every print included, nothing billed per shirt later
- Six to eight weeks is the comfortable booking window