Step 1 : The Graphics Team

The first people to see your design are the graphics team. They will transfer your text or graphic onto their software, finding the correct font and sizes to suit your order.

They make orders to your exact specification, or as is often the case, if there are no special instructions they will make a custom slogan in the way in which they judge looks best.

They have access to thousands of fonts and clipart images to create that perfect slogan t-shirt.

Step 2 : The Cutting Team

The next stage is to cut the slogan. The machinery can cut around 30 slogans in just under 2 minutes. The blade travels nearly one mile across the vinyl before it needs replacing. We have a huge range of vinyls from standard primary colours to fluorescent colours for that t-shirt that really needs to stand out.

Step 3 : The Picking Team

It's a fiddly job, but someone has to do it! The picking team have to do just that, pick all the spare pieces of vinyl from between letters and inside logos.

The job requires a good eye, a steady hand....and just a little bit of patience!

Step 4 : Collating the order

Just a selection of the items we have to choose from when selecting the right colour and size t-shirts for an order!

There are over 300 different colour and size combinations for our clothes and someone is responsible for keeping all the shelves stocked full ready for an order. A simple enough job, except on stock audit days!

Step 5 : Making The T-shirt

Finally the T-shirt is ready to be made! Making sure the right t-shirt is married to the right slogan and in the right place on the shirt is the job of the pressing team.

Each press runs at a working temperature of 140 degrees celsius, or 280 degrees farenheit !

Step 6 : The Packing Team

Finally the item has reached the end of the Print What You Think journey. All that is left is for the invoice to be printed and the order to be packed up, addressed, stamped and placed in the hands of Royal Mail!

The end of another hard days work at Print What You Think.