The booth is the entertainment

A live printing booth where guests watch their merch get made.

Merch Troop rolls in a glowing, staffed booth, guests pick a shirt or cap and a design, and a few minutes later they walk off wearing something that did not exist when they got in line.

10x10 footprintOne 110V circuit40–70 pieces/hrStaffed by us

Product sourcing, artwork prep, staffing, travel, setup, and a clean guest handoff — all run by our live-event crew.

Glowing live printing booth with heat-press stations running after dark at an event

Booked as the main attraction at

Corporateholiday & kickoff nights
Festivalsartist & sponsor tents
Weddingsafter-party favors
Grand opensretail & brand pop-ups

Inside the booth

One station, five things it can make live.

The booth is modular — we set the stations your crowd will actually line up for. Everything is pressed and finished on site, no pre-printing, no leftover boxes.

Full-color shirts

Bella+Canvas 3001 and Gildan blanks printed with DTF transfers — photo-quality art, unlimited colors, soft hand, and washable straight out of the booth.

Caps & hat bar

Richardson 112 and Flexfit caps get a heat-pressed front hit or an embroidered patch chosen from the wall, styled at the booth in under two minutes.

Patches on anything

Guests pick a patch and we press it onto totes, denim, or jackets — the same made-in-front-of-you moment on the piece they already own.

Totes & hard goods

Canvas totes and UV-DTF tumblers round out the menu for eco-favors and premium giveaways guests actually keep.

Team & name drops

Numbers, rosters, and personalized name menus pressed on show for tournaments, leagues, and squad events.

live printing boothmade on the spotstaffed & glowingguests take it homefull-color DTFcaps & patches

How a guest moves through it

Pick a blank. Pick a design. Watch it press.

Choose

Guests step up to a tidy menu of blanks and designs. A booth host keeps the queue moving so nobody crowds the presses.

Match

The right transfer is aligned and staged on the garment while the guest watches from the safe side of the counter.

Press

Heat and timing are dialed in advance, so the piece presses cleanly and hits the cool rack in seconds.

Wear it out

Each piece is checked and handed back — no pileup, no mix-ups, just a fresh custom item they wear the rest of the event.

From the floor

The booth, lit up and running.

Wide view of the Merch Troop live printing booth set up at an indoor event
Guests lined up at the live printing booth waiting for their custom pieces
Freshly printed shirt samples displayed on the front of the booth
Hat bar station inside the booth with caps and patches to choose from

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Quick answers

What planners ask first.

What is a live printing booth?

A compact, staffed station where guests choose a blank shirt, cap, or tote plus a design, then watch it get printed and pressed in front of them. The finished piece is handed back in a couple of minutes so they wear it for the rest of the night.

How much room and power does it need?

A single booth is about a 10x10 area on one standard 110V circuit. Larger events get a wider frontage with parallel presses. We confirm exact space and power for your venue before the date.

How many guests can it serve?

A staffed booth finishes roughly 40 to 70 pieces an hour depending on the product and how personalized each one is. For high-traffic activations we stage multiple presses and a design menu to keep the line moving.

Reserve your date

Tell us about your event.

Share the date, city, venue, guest count, and what you want guests making at the booth. We'll come back with a booth plan and a real number.

Prefer to talk it through? Call (562) 614-4800.

We'll review the details and follow up with a live printing booth plan for your date.