Blue Ridge Screen Products is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Our facility includes a showroom, warehouse, equipment demonstration area, and service support for screen printing and digital printing businesses.

Visit our contact page for our address, business hours, and directions.

Yes. Blue Ridge stocks a wide range of inks, films, powders, emulsions, chemicals, maintenance supplies, and replacement parts for many of the equipment brands we sell.

Browse our screen printing supplies, digital printing supplies, or contact technical service for help locating a specific part.

Yes, local pickup is available for eligible orders from our Charlotte, North Carolina location. Orders should be confirmed as ready before arriving for pickup.

Yes. Blue Ridge Screen Products operates a retail store at our Charlotte, North Carolina location. Customers are welcome to visit Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to browse available products, place an order in person, or pick up an existing order.

For large orders or specific products, we recommend calling before visiting to confirm availability.

Financing may be available for qualifying equipment purchases. Available terms, approval requirements, down payments, and payment options depend on the equipment package and financing provider.

Visit our financing page to see current financing options.

The amount of floor space required depends heavily on the press model, station count, and whether the press uses a circular or oval configuration. In addition to the machine’s listed dimensions, shops should generally allow at least 3–4 feet of working and maintenance clearance around the press.

Our DCC presses offer some of the smallest footprints in the industry. We have a wide range from presses that are 13 feet in diameter for a compact press to more than 60 feet in length for a large oval production system.

The required space depends on the size of the press, dryer, exposure unit, washout area, screen storage, and workflow. You also need room for operators to load garments, move screens, mix ink, stage orders, and safely access the equipment.

Before purchasing equipment, measure:

• Floor space
• Ceiling height
• Door and hallway clearances
• Loading access
• Electrical access
• Ventilation options
• Compressed-air access, when required

Our equipment specialists can help review your available footprint.

A manual press requires an operator to move the print heads and rotate the garments through each station. It is a practical choice for new shops, lower production volumes, specialty work, and businesses with limited space.

An automatic screen printing press automates much of the printing cycle. Automatic presses can improve production speed, consistency, and operator efficiency for growing shops.

A basic screen printing shop typically needs:

• A manual screen printing press
• A flash dryer
• A conveyor dryer or another suitable curing system
• Screen exposure equipment
• A washout area
• Screens and frames
• Squeegees and scoop coaters
• Emulsion, ink, chemicals, and other shop supplies

The ideal setup depends on your available space, expected production volume, garment types, and budget.

Yes! A practical ROI estimate should consider:

• Current manual output
• Labor costs
• Average order size
• Number of production days
• Selling price
• Gross margin
• Setup time
• Dryer capacity
• Additional orders the shop could accept

Our consulting and equipment team can help evaluate whether an automatic press makes financial and operational sense for your business.

Yes, Blue Ridge can coordinate installation and operator training for automatic press purchases. Training would cover press operation, setup, registration, basic maintenance, safety, and production workflow.

Contact our equipment team to discuss the installation and training available for your location.

The dryer must be able to cure the ink at the production speed of the press. Consider belt width, chamber length, airflow, ink type, garment material, print dimensions, and expected impressions per hour.

An undersized dryer can become the primary bottleneck in an automatic shop. Browse our conveyor dryers or request a complete production recommendation.

Production speed depends on the press configuration, number of colors, artwork, ink, flash requirements, garment type, operator experience, loading speed, and dryer capacity.

Here's the real deal, manufacturer speed ratings are useful for comparison, but real production output is often lower because jobs require loading, unloading, ink management, quality checks, and setup time.

So to know how many shirts an hour an auto can do is very dependent on the shop and shop labor.

A shop should consider an automatic press when manual production can no longer keep up with demand, labor is limiting growth, print consistency is difficult to maintain, or large orders are taking too long to complete.

Before upgrading, consider order volume, number of colors, dryer capacity, available space, electrical service, compressed air, staffing, and expected return on investment.

Explore our automatic screen printing presses.