I'm in the process of working out the finances to purchase a "DTG" (Direct To Garment) T-shirt printer. That's the only cost effective way that I've found for me to print in small quantities or to print as they're ordered for clients. All the local printers don't like to do less than 24 or 25 at a time or you end up paying like $60 or $70 for one shirt. From what I've seen so far it's looking like I can print one-off shirts for about $20-$25 retail price including set-ups and the cost of the shirt. The price would go down if you ordered more than one at a time since the set up charges would be divided across a few shirts instead of one. I'll give more details as I get the machine and get up and running. I'll check on the mug thing, I think again that most companies have a minimum order or they're way expensive. The machine I'm getting comes with a golf ball printing attachment, I'll find out if there's a mug one too.
Any art I do or print I keep on file for future printing purposes. When I'm set up you'll even be able to send me photos that I can print on a shirt as this is a full color process type deal.
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