Hotronix professional heat presses
Every order is produced on Hotronix commercial-grade heat presses — the industry standard for clean, durable transfers. The result is sharper detail, more vibrant color, and longer wear life than traditional screen printing.
Multi-placement designs
Front logo, back design, sleeve print, hat logo — we handle multi-placement jobs with consistent alignment and color across every piece. Recent projects include 40+ t-shirts with three design locations each.
Quantity orders, not one-offs
Heat press setup and pricing are built for batch orders: 12+ t-shirts for a team, 25 polos for a business, 50 koozies for a wedding. Per-piece pricing improves with volume. Single-item requests are better served by our embroidery services.
We source the blanks, too
Let us handle the garments and the printing in one turnkey order. We source t-shirts, polos, hats, and koozies from quality wholesale suppliers — better per-piece pricing than retail, and one less thing for you to coordinate.
Pricing & turnaround
Pricing is per piece and depends on the blank garment, the number of print locations (front, back, sleeves, etc.), design complexity, and total quantity. Larger orders earn better per-piece pricing. Most batch orders take 2–4 weeks from approved proof to pickup. Rush orders may be available depending on the studio schedule — ask when you reach out.
Clever Orchid offers professional heat press transfer printing at our Devine Street studio in Columbia, SC — a higher-quality alternative to traditional screen printing for the batch sizes that local teams, businesses, and organizations actually need.
Why heat press instead of screen printing?
Most Columbia, SC businesses, teams, and event organizers need 12–100 custom-printed items — not the 500+ run sizes where screen printing's per-unit economics kick in. At these real-world quantities, heat press transfers on a Hotronix commercial press deliver sharper detail, more vibrant full-color output, and better wash durability than screen printing, often at comparable or lower cost per piece.
Multi-placement, full-color capability
Need a front logo, a full back design, and a sleeve print on every shirt? Heat press handles multi-placement jobs with consistent alignment and color fidelity across the entire run. Recent projects include 40-piece t-shirt orders with designs in three locations, and custom firefighter battalion shirts with department-designed graphics — all produced in-house on Devine Street.
Turnkey orders: blanks + printing in one stop
We source t-shirts, polos, hats, koozies, and other blank apparel from quality wholesale suppliers — so you get one order, one point of contact, and better per-piece pricing than buying retail and bringing garments in separately. Bring your own blanks if you prefer; we press either way.
Who uses this service
Youth sports teams ordering season jerseys. Local fire departments printing custom battalion shirts. Businesses branding polos for a golf tournament. Brides ordering koozies for the wedding. Churches, nonprofits, and school groups printing event shirts. If you need a batch of matching, custom-printed items in the Columbia, SC area, this is the service.
Don't have t-shirts, polos, hats, koozies, and other blank apparel yet? We can source them.
Clever Orchid holds a South Carolina retail license and works with wholesale apparel suppliers, so we can source t-shirts, polos, hats, koozies, and other blank apparelfor your order alongside the embroidery — one invoice, one pickup, one point of contact. Sourcing works best for small-batch and team orders; for a single one-off item we'll usually point you toward the best direct-to-consumer option instead so shipping doesn't outweigh the savings. Tell us what you need and we'll quote sourcing + embroidery together.
Ready to start your embroidery project?
Call or text (803) 205-0844 or request an appointment online. Shirly will follow up to confirm details, pricing, and timing.
