CafePress Any Good?

**TheJadedDog** · 09-14-2007, 05:40 PM

I have seen that a bunch of members have put stuff up on cafepress and I was just wondering how the product quality is; not the printing quality, but the actually shirts ect...

**olllllo** · 09-14-2007, 05:51 PM

It varies. Some of it depends upon having good image contrast in your source.
The black tshirt spec can be especially tricky if you don't have the skills,

If an image is obviously messed up via their fault or yours, they will let you keep the product and send you a new one.

**Yuri_Rage** · 09-14-2007, 06:38 PM

Agreed 100% olllllo, the black t-shirt with my design is particularly poor. I need to revamp the image for dark t-shirts. The white ones look pretty sharp, though, and the coasters rock! The shirts are decent quality - nothing special, but not terribly cheap.

aekdbbop · 09-14-2007, 06:50 PM

I got a mug from there.. (revision 1)

it turned out pretty well..

also got a sticker.. which was very nice...

**TheJadedDog** · 09-14-2007, 07:12 PM

What's the main issue with the black t-shirts? Basically I just want my logo (which is my avatar) and maybe some funny verbiage if I can come up with something.

**olllllo** · 09-14-2007, 07:23 PM

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/learn/blackshirts/
You need to know how to make the background transparent and avoid halos around your image. If you already know how to do this then you should be OK.

If not then follow thier tutorials if you can.

IMO most people have difficulty with these types of graphic programs anyways.
This is not the easiest thing for a noob to do.

howlinowl · 09-15-2007, 02:13 AM

I had a cafepress store I used to put family crests on coffee mugs a few years back. The ones my parents got, the image washed away after a few washings.....(mind you, my dad used the cups everyday and they were washed in a dishwasher, YMMV depending on how often and how you wash them. Gave my brother a set, not sure if they did the same thing. I got the beer stein with it on, but since I don't drink out of it, just use it as a display in the china cabinet, it obviously is still in brand new shape.

Allan

aekdbbop · 09-15-2007, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by howlinowl

I had a cafepress store I used to put family crests on coffee mugs a few years back. The ones my parents got, the image washed away after a few washings.....(mind you, my dad used the cups everyday and they were washed in a dishwasher, YMMV depending on how often and how you wash them. Gave my brother a set, not sure if they did the same thing. I got the beer stein with it on, but since I don't drink out of it, just use it as a display in the china cabinet, it obviously is still in brand new shape.

Allan

you never closed your parentheses.... are you still talking rhetorically? maybe you should close that...

**Dude** · 09-15-2007, 02:57 AM

I haven't that that great of luck, to be honest. I've ordered quite a few shirts recently, and I've had problems with logos being upside down, colors not lining up together (shadowing), etc. The cool part is that cafepress has a pretty good satisfaction policy, so all it took was a quick phone call and they would reship the defective items--however I had to wait additional time for my order.

Better than nothing though. Now if they could only do pint glasses.....

**Yuri_Rage** · 09-15-2007, 05:06 AM

My black t-shirts had pretty sub-par logos on them. They looked like a bad spraypaint job - blotchy and uneven (on two different shirts from different orders). The white shirts and other items all look pretty good, though.