On the floor

Live printing in action

Real setups from Chicago and beyond — the presses, the crew, and the merch coming off them. Most of these were shot on floors like McCormick Place and at activations around The Loop.

Two screen-printing press stations set up on a Chicago event floor with a table of folded custom event shirts and guests browsing under blue lighting
Presses rolling at the event
A Merch Troop printer working a manual screen-printing press, with freshly printed event tees hanging on the lattice wall behind
Fresh prints off the platen
Guests lined up behind a stanchion at a live-printing booth with folded shirts on the table and printed tees on the display wall
Guests gather at the press
A printer lifting a screen off the press, the printed burst design glowing on the platen, with a crowd gathered at the activation behind
A screen comes off the platen
A Merch Troop crew member at an embroidery machine stitching a custom tote bag on site, finished totes hanging on the rail behind
Stitched on site
A live-printing booth at a corporate event with a press, a table of folded blank shirts, and printed samples displayed on the wall
The booth, built
A live screen-printing station running at a packed nighttime brand activation, a printer at the manual press while a crowd fills the room
A working press station
Two Merch Troop crew members setting up a live-printing station, unpacking blank shirts with printed samples displayed on the wall
Crew, loading in

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