New York City, Bronx County
DTF Transfers for Bronx, NY Community Groups, Youth Programs and New Brands
Long Island DTF Printing ships DTF transfers to Bronx, NY for community organizations, youth programs and apparel brands that are still finding their footing. Standard transfers are $0.06 per square inch of the design with no minimum order. Anything placed by 3 PM Eastern on a business day is handed to the carrier the same business day.
What a youth program or community group actually orders
Community organizations and youth programs order in bursts, not on a schedule. A season roster, a volunteer crew, a weekend program, a fundraiser. The order is usually 20 to 80 shirts in mixed sizes, one or two designs, and it is needed before a date that is already on a flyer. Standard DTF transfers have no minimum, so nobody is forced to buy 72 pieces to reach a price break. A 4 x 4 inch left chest logo is 16 square inches at $0.06, so $0.96 each. Forty of them is $38.40. A 10 x 12 inch full front is 120 square inches, $7.20 each. Order what the roster needs and nothing more.
The arithmetic on a 60-shirt event run
Take a 60 shirt run with a 10 x 12 inch front and a 3 x 8 inch sleeve strip. The front is 120 square inches at $0.06, so $7.20. The strip is 24 square inches, so $1.44. That is $8.64 per shirt in transfers, $518.40 for 60, before blanks. Add pre-cut contour cutting at $0.29 per transfer if you want volunteers peeling shapes instead of trimming them, which is $34.80 across 120 pieces. Anything over $99 ships free in the contiguous US. If you miscount a size, reprint that one size the next day at the same per square inch price, with no setup charge to repeat.
Gang sheet or individual transfers: run both numbers
DTF gang sheets are 14 inches wide and priced at $0.06 per square inch of sheet area. A 14 x 18 is $15.12, a 14 x 36 is $30.24, a 14 x 72 is $60.48. Individual transfers are $0.06 per square inch of the design bounding box. Same rate, different area. A 14 x 36 sheet holds about 27 logos at 3.5 inches square once you allow the required 0.25 inch spacing, which is $1.12 each. The same logos ordered individually are 12.25 square inches, $0.74 each. Sheets earn their keep when you are mixing many different designs and sizes in one run and want a single sheet to cut from. Use the calculator and the gang sheet builder before you commit.
When the logo arrives as a JPG off someone's phone
A lot of community and youth artwork shows up as a JPG a volunteer exported from a phone, or a logo with a white box behind it. What presses correctly is a 300 DPI PNG with a transparent background, saved at the actual print size. The background knockout tool on the site runs in the browser and strips the white box without a Photoshop license. The drag-and-drop gang sheet builder and the auto-build packer handle layout and hold the 0.25 inch spacing for you. If the source file is small, print it smaller rather than scaling it up. A crisp 8 inch front beats a soft 12 inch one, and it costs less.
Getting it to the Bronx, or coming to Huntington
Bronx addresses are served by shipping. Our only facility is 205 E Main St, Ste 2-1, Huntington, NY 11743, and there is no drop off point in Bronx County. An order placed by 3 PM Eastern on a business day is printed, inspected, packed and handed to the carrier that same business day. That is the standard service on standard DTF, UV DTF and gang sheets, not an upgrade and not a fee. After 3 PM, on a weekend or on a federal holiday, it ships the next business day. Transit is separate: 2 to 5 business days standard, 1 to 3 expedited, free over $99. Pickup in Huntington is available by appointment the same business day after production.
Press settings for a shared or borrowed heat press
A press that several people take turns on needs the settings written down and taped to the wall. Cotton runs 300 to 325 F, polyester 285 to 300 F, 10 to 15 seconds, medium-firm pressure. Polyester sits lower because the dye migrates when you cook it, which is how white ink on a navy poly jersey turns pink two days later. Applied to spec, these transfers hold up to 50 or more commercial wash cycles at 104 F, which matters when a program washes the same set of shirts every week. Production defects are reprinted. Report a defective or incorrect order within 7 days of delivery with photos.
Who orders from Bronx
Youth program coordinators
Rosters change up to the week of. No minimum means you order 18 transfers now and 6 more when three kids join, both at $0.06 per square inch, with the second batch shipping the same business day if it is placed by 3 PM Eastern.
Community organizations running events
Fundraisers, cleanups and volunteer days need shirts by a fixed date, not a fixed quantity. A 10 x 10 inch front is 100 square inches, $6.00 per shirt in transfers, and the whole order ships free once it passes $99.
Emerging apparel brands
Test a drop before you fund it. One 12 x 16 inch front transfer is 192 square inches, $11.52, with no minimum, so a ten piece sample run is $115.20 in transfers and you learn what sells before printing 200.
Brands pressing their own garments
You press, we print. Order pre-cut contour transfers at $0.29 per piece so a helper peels and presses instead of trimming by hand, and keep cotton at 300 to 325 F for 10 to 15 seconds at medium-firm pressure.
Bronx questions
- Do you deliver DTF transfers to the Bronx?
- We ship to Bronx, NY and to all 50 states. We do not have a location in Bronx County. Our only facility is in Huntington, NY. An order placed by 3 PM Eastern on a business day goes to the carrier that same business day, then transit is 2 to 5 business days standard or 1 to 3 expedited. Free shipping over $99.
- Is there a minimum order for a youth program with 22 kids?
- No minimum on standard DTF transfers. Twenty two left chest transfers at 4 x 4 inches are 16 square inches each at $0.06, so $0.96 apiece and $21.12 for the set. Add more later at the same rate. The exceptions are puff DTF at 10 units, custom UV DTF at a $35 order minimum, and leatherette patches at 10 per shape and color.
- Can I pick up instead of shipping to the Bronx?
- Yes. Pickup is at 205 E Main St, Ste 2-1, Huntington, NY 11743, by appointment, the same business day after production. There is no pickup or drop off point in the Bronx, so it is only worth it if someone is already willing to travel. Otherwise shipping is free over $99 and expedited transit runs 1 to 3 business days.
- How fast can a Bronx community group get shirts for an event?
- Standard DTF, UV DTF and gang sheets placed by 3 PM Eastern on a business day ship that same business day. Transit is 2 to 5 business days standard, 1 to 3 expedited, so plan backwards from the event date and pick the service accordingly. Specialty items run longer: raised UV, dimensional UV and fauxbroidery are 48 hours, leatherette patches and puff DTF are 72 hours.
- Our logo is a JPG with a white background. Can you still print it?
- Run it through the free browser-based knockout tool on the site to remove the white background, then submit a 300 DPI PNG with transparency at final print size. If the original file is low resolution, print it at a smaller size rather than scaling it up. There is also a catalog of 2,434 ready-to-print designs if you need artwork to build around.
Talk to someone about a Bronx order
Call 631.458.3842 or email [email protected]. Pickup is by appointment at our Huntington shop.
Serving Bronx
- Township and county
- New York City, Bronx County
- Local courier
- Not available, ships by carrier
- Pickup
- By appointment at 205 E Main St, Huntington