How production is scheduled

What "DTF in 24 hours" really means

You have to tell production and shipping apart. Production is the time we take to print your DTF and get it ready; shipping is the trip to your door. When someone promises "24 hours" with no nuance, they usually blend both, and that is where the asterisks come from.

Dispatch requires confirmed payment and all files approved before 12:00, subject to the workshop calendar and capacity. Carrier transit starts after dispatch.

Production and shipping are different lead times.
Same-day dispatch, not same-day delivery.
Real delivery of 24 to 72 h by destination.

How production is scheduled

Dispatch requires confirmed payment and all files approved before 12:00, subject to the workshop calendar and capacity. Carrier transit starts after dispatch.

Starting the order at 11:59 and uploading the design in the afternoon is not enough: the file must be available and validated before the cut-off. That is why it pays to prepare the PNG in advance and have it ready to upload.

Cut-off: 12:00 (midday).
Order paid and file uploaded before the cut-off.
After the cutoff, we confirm the next available dispatch; next-day dispatch is not automatically guaranteed.

Shipping lead times by zone

Transport varies by destination. Mainland delivery is the fastest; Portugal falls into a similar range. The Balearic Islands and, above all, the Canary Islands add time due to the route and logistics formalities.

As a reference, once your DTF leaves production, delivery runs from 24 to 72 h. Mainland and Portugal at the low end, the Balearics in the middle and the Canaries at the high end. These are estimated transit times, not exact-hour promises.

Mainland and Portugal: 24-72 h.
Balearic Islands: 48-72 h.
Canary Islands: 72 h or more due to island logistics.

What you need ready so it ships today

For the order to enter production cleanly, the file rules. Work in PNG with a transparent background, at good resolution and with colours in the right profile: design with CMYK in mind even if you export in RGB, because printing is CMYK and very saturated tones can shift.

Also check the real design size and the repeats you want on the sheet. The usable width is 60 cm; if your artwork fits within that width and the file is well prepared, there is no need to stop production to fix anything.

PNG with transparent background and good resolution.
Colour planned in CMYK, not just RGB.
Design within the 60 cm usable width.

How production is scheduled

Producing today is not magic: it is flow. We print by the metre on PET film at a flat price of €7/m ex VAT, so we waste no time on custom quotes or back-and-forth. The order comes in, the file is validated and it goes straight to the print queue.

Dispatch requires confirmed payment and all files approved before 12:00, subject to the workshop calendar and capacity. Carrier transit starts after dispatch.