The adage is normally Good, Cheap, and Fast: pick two. We got three.
We wanted T-shirts for the fundraiser walk on Sunday. Last year we tried to print our T-shirt design onto transfer paper which then ironed onto T-shirts. The paper shredded itself as the weather made things damp. We needed another solution by Sunday.
I worked up a design two days ago, learning some things about GIMP like how to bend text in an arc, and yesterday I started calling around to see who could print it on 14 shirts by Sunday. I got two takers. One offered to do the job for $15 a shirt using a higher-end transfer paper process.
Buckeye Promotions in Lancaster uses a printer that deposits the ink directly on the shirt, which is then ironed to set the ink. Seeing that the shirt logo would suffer some pixelation when scaled up to the T-shirt, she offered to rebuild the logo at no extra cost. I visited the store on Thursday morning to bless the logo, and we made some last minute changes. The 14 shirts were done and picked up Thursday afternoon, for two-thirds the cost.
Looking around the store, it seemed they could print almost anything: mugs, tile coasters, canvas faux-paintings, posters, etc. If Chris Rosebrough needs a second car wrap, I think they could do it. 
We’ll put the shirts through their paces Sunday. But they look good. We hope Buckeye will stick around a while.
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I am wearing mine at work today and the quality of the shirt is great! Thanks, BUCKEYE PROMOTIONS for all of your hard work. The shirts are wonderful and what Nana doesn’t like a shirt with her grandbaby’s pix on it???!!