Short runs, real screens
We are set up for 12 to 200 pieces. That is the range where hand printing still beats a contract printer on quality and on how much ink actually ends up on the shirt.
About the studio
A print shop that acts like one
VatInk Studio started with one press, a box of misprinted band shirts and a stubborn belief that merch should look like the person who designed it. Today we pull short runs for labels, teams, cafés and anyone with an idea and a deadline.
1,400+
Screens burned
48 pcs
Avg. run
A lot
Ink gallons
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What we believe
Three things we will not compromise
Everything else is negotiable — including how long you want to talk about mesh counts.
Artwork stays yours
You keep the art. We keep the screens for two years so reorders are a one-line email instead of a new setup fee.
Honest about materials
Water-based inks, ring-spun cotton and hats that survive a glovebox. If a fabric will not hold your design well, we will say so before you pay.
The shop floor
Small enough to care, equipped enough to deliver
One flatbed press, a conveyor dryer, and a wall of screens. Orders are printed in batches, cured, folded and packed by the same people who answered your email.
- Artwork proofed digitally before a screen is burned — no surprise ink.
- Eco water-based inks that sit in the fabric instead of on top of it.
- Reorders pull from the same screens for a consistent look, run after run.