When the press is in the room, same-day is the default. A guest orders a shirt and is wearing it a few minutes later. The part that isn't same-day is getting the station to Baltimore in the first place.
Printed during the event
There's no production queue between the order and the finished piece, because production is happening at the table. Each guest waits about two minutes. At a Convention Center reception or a Federal Hill pop-up, guests leave holding the piece, not a pickup ticket.
What we can make on the spot
- Tees & hoodies through screen printing or DTF, sized XS to 4XL at the table.
- Caps with a patch pressed at the hat bar while the guest watches.
- Totes & small goods for a gift table where not everyone wants apparel.
Where same-day matters most in Baltimore
Pop-ups that get approved late, sponsor tents on a Ravens home game, a launch on the Inner Harbor whose date keeps moving: those are the events where a shipped order is a gamble. With the press on site there's no box to track. What still takes time is freight from Fullerton, so the earlier you ask, the more dates stay open.
Short on time? Send the date and headcount anyway. We’ll tell you quickly whether the freight can still make it to Baltimore.
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Baltimore timing
Same-day at the table, planned weeks ahead
The six-to-ten-week window for Baltimore is mostly shipping. Presses, heat presses and blanks leave Fullerton by freight, and the printers fly in the day before load-in. Once that's done, everything on show day happens in real time.
What makes a rush date possible is simple art and standard blanks. A one-color logo on a stock tee is ready sooner than a four-design menu on premium hoodies. Date changes are easiest with two weeks' notice because of the freight.