Matching your t-shirt booth to guest count and run time

The most common question we get is a math question: "We have 500 people — can one booth handle it?" The answer is almost always yes, once you plan around two numbers: how fast a press goes, and how many guests will actually want a shirt.

Throughput first. A single press does about 30 to 45 shirts per hour. Over a four-hour run window, that's roughly 120 to 180 shirts from one press. So a single-press booth suits a smaller event or a longer run where demand is spread out. When the crowd is bigger or the window is tighter, you add presses — two or three running in parallel simply multiply that number, with a shared pickup station keeping the finished shirts organized.

Now demand. At most events, not every attendee prints a shirt — a healthy planning figure is somewhere between half and three-quarters of your headcount, higher when the booth is the marquee attraction and lower when it's one of several activities. We help you land on a realistic number so you're not over-buying presses or under-serving the line.

Run time ties it together. A short, high-energy window (say a two-hour reception) concentrates demand and usually wants more presses; a long festival day spreads it out and can run leaner per hour. When you send us your guest count and run window, we translate it into a press count and garment allotment that keeps the wait short without paying for capacity you won't use.