01 / Talk To Us
Tell Us What You Need
Not sure which shirt, how many, or whether your art will print well? Send it over and someone here will walk you through it. No pressure and no obligation.
Send My DetailsCustom Screen Printing In Los Angeles
Tees, hoodies and crew gear printed on our own presses in South El Monte. Thirty-six piece minimum, a free mockup back within 24 hours, and most orders finished in about 7 business days.
You see the mockup before anything gets printed.
Rather talk it through? Call (626) 461-5010
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★★★★★5.0 On Google
80Google Reviews
36Piece Minimum
24 hrFree Mockup Back
7 DayTypical Turnaround
Send Us Your Art
A few quick questions about your shirts, your art and your deadline. We send back a real price and a free mockup, usually the same business day.
Free Mockup IncludedNo Payment Until You ApproveWe Reply Fast
Prefer to talk it out? Call (626) 461-5010 or email sales@bluecactusprinting.com
Three Ways To Start Your Order
Pick whichever one matches how far along you already are. Every one of them ends up on the same press floor.
02 / Instant Estimate
See The Price Yourself
Know your garment, your colors and your count? Run it through the pricing calculator and watch your price per shirt drop as the quantity climbs.
Price My Run03 / Design Lab
Build It On Screen
Drop your art onto a real shirt, move it, size it, pick your colors, and send the finished layout straight to our floor.
Open The Design LabWhy Order From A Real Shop
Order shirts from a big online printer and you are an order number in a queue. Order here and one shop owns the job from your first message to the day you pick it up.
Your Order Never Leaves The Building
Your shirts are printed on our presses in South El Monte. Nothing gets brokered out to a third shop three states away, so nobody has to guess where your order actually is.
You Approve A Mockup First
We send a free mockup back within 24 hours. You see the art, the placement and the garment before a single shirt runs. If it is not right, we change it and send it again.
No Charges Appear Later
Screens, colors, extra placements, whatever the run needs is itemized before you approve it. Nothing gets added between your approval and your invoice.
If We Get It Wrong, We Fix It
Love it or we reprint it. That is the whole policy. It is easy to offer when the presses are twenty feet from the person who answers the phone.
If Your Crew Wears It, We Can Print It
From job-site tees to event hoodies, we screen print on practically any garment. Tell us what your team needs and we will match it to the right blank.
T-Shirts & Tanks
Soft cotton, blends and performance tees. A one-color front hit or a full-color front and back, printed to stay bright wash after wash.
Hoodies & Crewnecks
Fleece takes ink differently than a tee. Chest hits, full backs and sleeve prints that stay soft on heavyweight fleece.
Spirit & School Gear
Spirit wear, fundraiser tees and club shirts for schools across LA County. Mascots, rosters and multi-color art are routine here.
Work & Crew Shirts
Company tees and job-site shirts your crew will actually keep wearing. Printed heavy, on blanks picked to survive a real week.
Event & Fundraiser Runs
Race day, festival, church group, band merch. Bulk runs priced to make sense and scheduled to land before your event, not after.
Team & League Apparel
Fan gear, warmups and league shirts. Same art on file every season, so next year matches the batch you already have.
The Part Most Shops Leave Out
Your Colors, Mixed On Site
Our ink wall is in the building, so your brand colors get mixed here and checked against the actual garment color before the run goes. The blue on your shirts should be the blue on your sign and your truck, not close enough.
- Ink mixed and checked on the real garment color
- One to six spot colors in a single run
- Your mix stays with your order for reorders
Nothing Prints Until You Say So
The most expensive mistake in this business is a run nobody looked at. You get a free mockup within 24 hours showing your art on the actual garment, at the actual size and placement. Change it as many times as you need. The press does not move until you approve it.
- Free mockup back within one business day
- Art, placement and garment color all shown
- Revisions before approval cost you nothing
Your Deadline Is The Job
Most orders finish in about 7 business days once you approve the mockup. If your date is tighter than that, say so up front and you will get a straight answer on whether we can hit it, not a maybe that turns into a no the week of your event.
- About 7 business days standard once approved
- Rush orders available, ask when you send your art
- Pickup in South El Monte or we ship
Order Once, Reorder In A Call
Your art, your colors and your placement stay on file. Hire four people in the spring and one message runs the same shirts again, matched to the batch already hanging in the closet. Bigger runs also drop your price per piece, so it pays to plan the year in one order.
- Art and specs kept on file for reorders
- Price per piece drops as the count climbs
- Bring your own blanks or use ours
Art File To Finished Shirts
Every order runs the same way, and you can reach the shop at any point along it.
Send Your Art
Art, garment, quantity and your deadline. Not sure yet? Describe it and we will help.
We Mock It Up
Your design placed on the real garment and color, sized to scale, back within 24 hours.
You Approve
Nothing prints until it looks right to you. Change it until it does.
We Print
Your run goes on our presses in South El Monte, checked against your approved mockup.
Boxed Up
Swing by Santa Anita Avenue to collect it, or tell us where to send it.
Printed On Our Floor
A slice of recent runs. Every one of these came off our presses in South El Monte.
What LA Teams Say
5.0
★★★★★
80 reviews on Google
★★★★★
We recently worked with Blue Cactus Printing to pull together a very last minute t-shirt order for a youth summit for our organization. They were able to deliver 300 tshirts with our organization logo on them on a very tight turnaround. The tshirts were great quality, they were responsive, thoughtful and supportive on this rush order.
Magdalena Mireles
4 months ago
Google Review
★★★★★
Daniel and Blue Cactus are the best! I ordered shirts for our middle school wrestling program and the process was super easy. They came up with a great design and printed on high quality shirts. I would recommend Blue Cactus to anybody in the area looking for great apparel at a great price with great service!
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a year ago
Google Review
★★★★★
We recently placed an order with Dan for custom hoodies with a short deadline. They were able to accommodate the timing, including a few edits on the design, with no problem. The order was 100% accurate and reasonably priced. Our employees loved the hoodies. I would reach back out to Blue Cactus in a heartbeat.
Amy Zanlungo
6 months ago
Google Review
★★★★★
Thank you Blue Cactus Printing for the fair pricing, amazing communication and the super quick turnaround time! Our team loved the shirts.
Samantha Gonzales
2 years ago
Google Review
★★★★★
Impressive service! We ordered numerous shirts for our school, and the quality is outstanding. The customer service was excellent throughout.
Heidi West
2 years ago
Google Review
★★★★★
Daniel and Blue Cactus are seriously the BEST! I've ordered through him multiple times for different teams, and every single order has come out perfect.
Katrina Hernandez
2 months ago
Google Review
Every review here is real and public on our Google listing. Read them all on Google
The Shop Behind The Shirts
Blue Cactus Printing is Daniel Ortega's shop on Santa Anita Avenue in South El Monte. Screen printing, embroidery, DTF and team stores all run under one roof, which is why the person who quotes your job is the person who can actually walk over and look at it. Dial the number below and it rings in the building where your shirts get printed.
- Shop2028 Santa Anita Ave, Ste B, South El Monte, CA 91733
- Phone(626) 461-5010
- Emailsales@bluecactusprinting.com
- Under one roofScreen printing, embroidery, DTF and team stores
Built For Working Teams
Most of what leaves these presses goes to a business, a school or a team, not to one person buying one shirt.
Contractors & Trades
Job-site tees and work shirts that survive a real week, printed on blanks picked to hold up.
Offices & Companies
Branded tees, polos and company gear for the people your customers stand in front of.
Schools & Programs
Spirit wear, club shirts and staff gear. We run these all year, not only in August.
Teams & Leagues
Fan gear, warmups and league apparel, with your art on file season to season.
Events & Fundraisers
Bulk runs scheduled around your date, priced so a fundraiser still makes money.
Shops & Brands
Retail-ready tees and hoodies with sizing and finishing that make sense when you are selling them.
Screen Printing Across LA County
Every run is printed at our shop in South El Monte, which means there is an address you can drive to and a press you can stand next to. Collect your order in person or have it shipped.
South El MonteEl MonteLos AngelesPasadenaAlhambraArcadiaMonterey ParkRosemeadSan GabrielTemple CityBaldwin ParkWest CovinaCovinaWhittierMontebelloPico RiveraLa PuenteCity of IndustryMonroviaDuarteAzusaGlendoraSan DimasWalnutDiamond BarHacienda HeightsRowland HeightsSouth PasadenaSan MarinoSierra MadreIrwindaleLa VernePomonaClaremont
Common Questions About Screen Printing
What is the minimum order for screen printing?
Thirty-six pieces, and you can mix sizes within the run. Your price per shirt improves as the count climbs, so 36 is the floor rather than the sweet spot. Need fewer than that? Call the shop and we will point you at the better option, which is usually DTF.
How much does screen printing cost in Los Angeles?
It comes down to the garment, the number of ink colors and how many you need. The pricing calculator on this page gives you a real number in about a minute, or send your art and you will get an itemized quote back with a free mockup.
Is there a setup fee for screen printing?
Anything your order needs is quoted up front, before you approve it. Nothing gets added after the fact. Once your art is on file, reorders of the same design skip that work entirely.
How long does a screen printing order take?
Most orders are finished in about 7 business days once you approve the mockup. Rush is often possible, especially if the job starts early in the week. Tell us your hard date when you send your art and you will get a straight answer.
How many ink colors can you print?
One to six spot colors in a single run. Front, back and sleeve locations can all go on the same garment in the same run and show up on one quote. If your art is photographic rather than solid color, ask about DTF instead.
Can I bring my own shirts to be printed?
Yes. Bring the garments in and we will check the fabric first so the ink is matched to what you actually bought, then print them with the same care as our own blanks.
Do you print for schools, teams and nonprofits?
Constantly. Spirit wear, club shirts, fundraiser runs, staff gear and team apparel are a large share of what these presses do. Your art stays on file so next season matches this one.
What happens if the print comes out wrong?
We reprint it. You approve a mockup before anything runs, which catches most problems before they exist, but if something leaves here wrong then fixing it is on us.
Price Your Run
Pick your garment, your ink colors and your quantity. The calculator uses our real pricing, so the number you see is the number you would be quoted.
- Choose your garment and color.
- Set how many ink colors your art uses.
- Enter your quantity and watch the per-shirt price drop.
Your Art, Printed To Last
Tell us the garment, how many and when you need it. You get a real price and a free mockup back, usually the same business day.
Or pick up the phone. (626) 461-5010
Come By The Shop
Blue Cactus Printing2028 Santa Anita Ave, Ste B
South El Monte, CA 91733
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What We Do
Screen printing, embroidery, DTF transfers and online team stores, all in house in South El Monte.
Need logos stitched instead of printed? See custom embroidery. Want a number before you talk to anyone? Run the pricing calculator.