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Gang sheet sizing basics

What size to make each design, and roughly how much sheet a pile of designs needs.

What a gang sheet is

One sheet, many designs. You place all your designs on a single sheet, we print it, and you cut the designs apart and press each one. There is no minimum per design, so you can mix sizes freely. Build the sheet in the gang sheet builder on our secure store.

Always crop and size your artwork first. The sheet prints exactly as loaded.

Recommended design size by garment

These are the sizes recommended on our gang sheet page. They are the width of the design on the shirt.

Recommended design width by garment size
Garment sizeDesign widthVisual
Adult S to 2X11 inches
Adult 3X12 inches
Adult 4X13 inches
Adult 5X13 inches
Youth S to XL8 inches
Toddler6.5 inches

Source: "Recommended Sizing" on our Build a Gang Sheet page. Bars are drawn to scale against each other.

Estimator

How much sheet do I need?

Add your designs. We pack them in rows across the sheet width and tell you roughly how long the sheet runs. No prices, math only.

22 is the common DTF roll width.
Our assumption. The builder sets the real spacing.
Designs to fit on the sheet
DesignWidth (in)Height (in)How manyRemove

Estimated sheet length

Add a design

Fill in a width, a height, and how many.

22 inches wide. Illustrative, not drawn from the builder.

Estimate only. The final length and price come from the builder. Designs are packed without rotating them.

Sheet lengths and other makers

  • 22 inches wide is the common DTF roll width. Common lengths other shops list are 12, 24, 36, 60, and 120 inches. (Source: Gelato's batch guide, seen through a search summary.)
  • Other widths exist, like 24 and 30 inches. A few shops build sheets up to 22 x 240 inches.
  • Makers do not always agree. Stahl's UltraColor MAX gang sheets top out at 22 x 22 on its product page, and its 2024 guide says up to 22 x 24.

The graphic above is an illustration. Sheet sizes and presets are chosen in our gang sheet builder.

Simple tips

  • Group designs of the same size so they pack in tidy rows.
  • Keep a little space between designs so they cut apart cleanly.
  • Cut or peel off the colored stripe line on the side of the sheet before pressing (Transfer Express guide, for UltraColor MAX gang sheets).
  • Check your art with the file checklist before you load it.
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