Trade shows & expos
A press line is the best booth magnet on the floor
Attendees walk past a thousand banner stands. They stop for a machine doing something — and they stay for a shirt with their pick of designs pressed while they watch.
Why it works
Dwell time you can measure
A shirt takes about two minutes from menu choice to peel. That's two minutes your booth staff spends qualifying a lead who isn't edging toward the aisle — and the finished shirt walks the floor advertising your booth number for the rest of the show.
- Badge scan or form fill as the “ticket” for a press — your qualified-conversation count climbs with the garment count.
- Design menus sized to the show: three to five graphics keeps choice fast and the line moving.
- Overage transfers mean day three looks as sharp as day one.
Logistics
Convention floors are our home turf
We exhibit-hall regularly at Anaheim Convention Center, the Los Angeles Convention Center, San Diego Convention Center, and the Las Vegas halls — which means the unglamorous parts are already solved.
In-booth fit
A single press tucks into a 10×10 without crowding your demo. In a 20×20 island, a two-press line becomes the centerpiece with its own queue path.
Power & drayage
We order the right drops on your booth's power form (one 120V/20A circuit per press), pack for marshaling-yard schedules, and arrive inside your target move-in window.
Show-hours staffing
Crews are scheduled to exhibit hours plus setup and strike, so your team never babysits equipment. Staffing runs $250/hr; full cost anchors here.
A note on garment strategy for shows
Exhibitors often over-order XL and under-order M — then run out of the sizes engineers and buyers actually wear by lunch. We stage garments on a size curve built from attendance data, and because DTF presses cleanly onto cotton, poly, and blends, you can run a premium tee like the Bella+Canvas 3001 for prospects and a budget-friendly Gildan for general traffic without changing anything at the press.
Want the deeper math on line speed? Read how many shirts a DTF station really presses per hour.
Booth number booked?
Send the show name, booth size, and expected traffic — we'll spec the press line and handle the power forms.
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