MotorsportFanWear.net is a China-based supplier that charges $2 per piece for name and number printing, applied by heat press. The $2 covers up to 20 characters plus the number, listed as its own line on the Proforma Invoice. Send the roster to +86 181 7757 2115.
What does the $2 per piece printing charge cover?
It covers one name and one number applied to one garment, on top of the base garment price. Name and number printing is +$2 per piece, and it is listed as its own line on the Proforma Invoice rather than folded into the unit price.
What it does not cover: crests, sleeve badges or embroidery, which are quoted per piece from your artwork. A printed shirt and a stitched shirt are two different jobs with two different numbers, and blending them into one figure makes the invoice unauditable. Ask on +86 181 7757 2115 what your own mark would be quoted at.
How many characters fit in a printed name?
Up to 20 characters, plus the number. That is the capacity of the printed block rather than an arbitrary rule - past roughly twenty characters the letters have to shrink to fit the back panel, and the name stops being readable from any distance, which defeats the purpose of putting it there.
Long surnames get shortened rather than squeezed. If your roster contains one, decide the short form once and use it for every shirt in the order, because re-setting a single garment after production has started is a new print job on a finished article.
How is the name and number actually applied?
By heat press. The cut material is positioned on the garment and bonded under heat and pressure, which is why the process is priced per piece rather than per colour - you are paying for a pressing operation, not for ink coverage.
Heat press also explains the practical limits. Very small type, hairline strokes and soft gradients do not survive the process, so a number font that looks good on a screen may not work on a shirt. Send the actual font file or the actual name list rather than a design mock, and it is checked before the press runs rather than after.
Is the $2 charged on sample orders too?
Yes. A printed sample is a printed garment - the press has no minimum volume - so it is priced per piece like any other printed shirt, with the sample freight on its own small-parcel line.
That is worth using. Sample orders start from 1 piece, so for the $2 plus one garment you can see the print quality, the placement of the number on the back panel, and how the letters sit against the fabric before committing 100 pieces to the same treatment. Ask for the exact style you intend to order, not a stand-in.
What information do you need to send for printing?
Three things: the roster with the exact name and number for each piece, the size split, and the artwork or font file. Send them to +86 181 7757 2115.
Give the roster keyed to sizes, because a 100-piece printed order is really 100 individual print decisions and a mismatched list produces mismatched shirts. Blank stock runs about 7-10 days and anything carrying custom printing runs 10-15 days, so the schedule follows the print list rather than the garment list.