Large-Volume Screen Printing Capabilities

Mallory Print is a four-generation Mallory family business in Joshua, TX, built to handle large-volume custom screen printing for organizations across the DFW Metroplex and nationwide. With three M&R automatic carousel presses, an in-house screen and ink department, and a 16-person production team, we run bulk orders at a scale most print shops can’t match — while keeping the personal attention and color consistency that comes from a family-owned shop that’s been in the apparel business since 1961. Whether your order is 72 shirts or 7,200, we’re built for it.

We Love a 72-Piece to 100-Piece Screen Print Orders

A lot of shops treat mid-volume orders as afterthoughts and reserve their best work for their biggest accounts. That’s not how we operate. Our equipment, our process, and our team are built to deliver the same color accuracy, stitch quality, and turnaround on a 72-piece club order as we do on a multi-thousand-piece corporate rollout.

Volume pricing starts at 24 pieces, hits a strong value range around 72 and 100 pieces, and scales up from there without a ceiling. The reason we can say that honestly is the production floor backing it up.

Who We Print For at Volume

We run bulk custom screen printing and apparel decoration for a wide range of organizations across the DFW Metroplex and the 48 continental states:

If your order is 24 pieces or more and you need it to look right, arrive on time, and match across every unit, you’re our customer.

Our Production Capacity

Here’s what actually sits behind the quote we send you.

Three M&R Automatic Carousel Presses

The heart of our production floor. Three full M&R automatic carousel-type screen printing presses running in parallel, which means we can run multiple large jobs simultaneously without bottlenecking your order behind someone else’s. Automatic presses deliver registration and ink deposit consistency that manual presses can’t touch at volume — critical when you’re producing thousands of identical pieces and every single one needs to look the same.

Three M&R Automatic Carousel Presses

Dedicated Ink Room with Pantone Matching

Color consistency across a large order is non-negotiable, and it’s where most shops fail. Our ink room uses One Stroke Ink’s custom mixing software, a gram scale, and a dedicated ink mixer built specifically for the job. That means we can match Pantone numbers in-house — not “pretty close,” but matched on a scale — and reproduce the exact same color on a reorder six months from now.

M&R Sprint Gas Dryer

After printing, garments run through an M&R Sprint gas dryer with temperature tuned to the specific fabric and ink combination in the job. Proper curing is what makes a screen printed shirt last through hundreds of washes instead of cracking on the third cycle. At volume, this is the difference between a reorder and a complaint.

Full Shipping & Receiving Department

Large orders move through a dedicated shipping and receiving department — not a folding table in the corner. Incoming blanks are checked in, inspected, and staged in a holding area before moving to the production room. Finished orders are folded and boxed, or bagged and tagged per recipient when the job calls for individual fulfillment. Local customers pick up in Joshua. Everyone else ships UPS to the 48 continental states.

Built for Complex, Large-Scale Orders

Big orders aren’t just bigger — they’re usually more complicated. Multiple sizes, multiple designs, multiple shipping destinations, recipient-level fulfillment. Our workflow is built for it.

Multi-size and multi-design runs — different designs by location, by team, or by department, produced and tracked in a single coordinated job
Bag-and-tag per recipient — individual packaging with name, size, or location labels for multi-site corporate rollouts, school district deliveries, or event fulfillment
Online company store integration — ongoing apparel programs where employees or members place their own orders and we fulfill per-person
Rush turnaround when you need it — delivery can be arranged in a time crunch; talk to us early and we'll tell you honestly what's possible
Pantone color consistency across reorders — your brand colors stay locked in whether we print 500 shirts this month or 5,000 next quarter

Why Large Organizations Choose Mallory Print

Four generations of the Mallory family have produced apparel in Texas since 1961. The business you’re working with today has:

We’re not a print-on-demand site, and we’re not a garage operation running one manual press in the back. We’re a commercial screen printing shop with the equipment, the team, and the four-generation track record to handle your order — from the first 72-piece booster club run to the 10,000-piece corporate rollout.

Volume Pricing Starts at 24 Pieces

The best pricing in custom screen printing kicks in at volume, and our pricing structure reflects that. Orders of 24 pieces and up unlock our volume pricing. Orders in the 72 and 100 piece range — a sweet spot for club teams, small business staff apparel, church groups, and event organizers — hit strong value while still getting full commercial-grade production. From there, pricing scales down per piece as the quantity goes up, with no ceiling on order size.

For smaller quantities or complex multi-color artwork under 24 pieces, we also offer DTF (Direct to Film) as a complementary service — no minimums, same in-house quality standards.

Why Large-Volume Buyers Choose Screen Printing

When your order hits 24 pieces and climbs from there, screen printing becomes the clear best method — and it’s worth understanding why, because the right method decision protects your budget, your timeline, and the lifespan of the apparel.

Durability That Lasts the Life of the Garment

Screen printed ink is pushed through a mesh stencil and cured at high temperature, bonding it into the fabric rather than sitting on top of it. Properly cured screen prints hold up through hundreds of wash cycles without cracking, fading, or peeling. For uniforms worn daily, spirit wear that gets washed every week, or corporate apparel meant to look sharp for years, that durability is the single biggest reason buyers choose screen printing over other methods.

Lower Cost Per Unit at Volume

Screen printing has an upfront setup cost — screens have to be burned for each color in the design. Once those screens are made, the per-piece printing cost drops dramatically as the quantity goes up. That's why screen printing beats every other method on cost-per-unit at 24+ pieces, and the savings only widen at 72, 100, and into the thousands. For budget-conscious large-volume buyers — schools, nonprofits, corporate procurement teams — this is where real money is saved.

Production Speed at Scale

Automatic carousel presses print multiple garments simultaneously in a continuous rotation, which is why our three M&R presses can move through thousands of pieces per day. Alternative methods like DTF or heat application print one piece at a time, which is fine for small runs but becomes a throughput bottleneck at volume. For a 500-piece order on a tight deadline, automatic screen printing is the only method that realistically gets the job done on time.

Color Consistency Across the Full Run

At volume, every piece needs to match every other piece — across sizes, across garment styles, across reorders six months later. Screen printing with in-house Pantone ink mixing delivers that consistency because the same mixed ink runs through the same screens on the same calibrated press for the entire job. For brand apparel programs and multi-location rollouts, this consistency is non-negotiable.

When DTF Is the Better Call

Screen printing isn't the right answer for every order. For runs under 24 pieces, photo-realistic artwork with unlimited colors and gradients, or one-off custom pieces, DTF (Direct to Film) is the better method — and we offer it in-house with no minimums. A common pattern: a corporate customer orders 500 screen printed staff shirts for a rollout, then uses DTF for a handful of executive one-offs or a 12-piece specialty run later. Same shop, same quality standards, method matched to the job.

How to Request a Large-Order Quote

We turn around free estimates within 24 hours. To get the fastest, most accurate quote:

Send your artwork (vector files like .AI, .EPS, or .PDF are ideal — we can also work from high-resolution raster files)

Tell us the garment type and brand preference if you have one, or ask us to recommend

Give us the total quantity and size breakdown

Note any Pantone colors that need to be matched

Tell us your target in-hands date and shipping destination(s)

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the largest screen printing order Mallory Print can handle?

There’s no fixed ceiling. With three M&R automatic carousel presses running in parallel and a dedicated shipping department, we regularly produce orders in the thousands of pieces and can scale up from there. For very large orders or tight timelines, we recommend contacting us early so we can map out production capacity against your in-hands date.

Do you handle mid-volume orders like 72 or 100 pieces?

Yes — and we love those orders. Our volume pricing starts at 24 pieces, and 72 and 100 piece runs hit a strong value range for club teams, small businesses, churches, and event organizers. The same presses and ink-matching process that produce our largest corporate orders produce your mid-volume order.

Can you match Pantone colors across a large screen printing order?

Yes. Our in-house ink room uses One Stroke Ink’s custom mixing software, a gram scale, and a dedicated ink mixer to match Pantone numbers precisely. That matching holds across the full run and is reproducible on reorders, which matters for brand consistency across ongoing apparel programs.

Do you ship bulk screen printing orders nationwide?

Yes. Our shipping department ships UPS to the 48 continental states. Local DFW Metroplex customers can also pick up at our Joshua, TX location. For multi-location orders, we handle bag-and-tag fulfillment per recipient or per destination.

How fast can you turn around a large screen printing order?

Standard turnaround depends on quantity, garment availability, and current production schedule. Rush delivery can be arranged in a time crunch — contact us as early as possible with your in-hands date and we’ll tell you honestly what’s achievable. Free estimates come back within 24 hours.

Do you offer online company stores for ongoing large-volume apparel programs?

Yes. For organizations that need ongoing apparel fulfillment — employee uniforms, franchise apparel, recurring spirit wear — we set up online company stores with per-recipient bag-and-tag fulfillment so orders ship individually to end users.

Screen printing vs DTF — which is better for large orders?

For orders of 24 pieces or more, screen printing is almost always the better choice. It delivers lower cost per unit at volume, longer-lasting durability through hundreds of wash cycles, faster production speed on automatic presses, and tighter color consistency across the full run. DTF is the better method for runs under 24 pieces, for photo-realistic artwork with unlimited colors, or for one-off custom pieces — and we offer both in-house so we can recommend the right method for your specific order.

Is Mallory Print the same as Mallory Printing?

Our business name is Mallory Print. The Mallory family has been in business in the Joshua, TX area since 1961, and the business you’re working with today is the four-generation continuation of that family legacy.

Ready to Quote Your Next Large Order?

Send us your project. We’ll turn around a free, detailed estimate within 24 hours — no pressure, no sales hassle, just honest pricing and an honest production timeline from a four-generation Mallory family business that’s been printing Texas apparel since 1961.