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DTF Transfers

Pre-Cut DTF Transfers

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Skip the trimming, transfers arrive individually cut and ready to press

Pre-Cut DTF Transfers — Golden DTF sample
Save up to 50% today

4 x 4

$0.96

$0.48

8 x 8

$3.84

$1.92

11 x 11

$7.26

$3.63

14 x 12

$10.08

$5.04

Prices shown at the deepest volume tier ($0.030/sq in). Base wholesale $0.06/sq in.

About This Product

Skip the trimming and speed up your production workflow. Your transfers arrive individually cut around each design, ready to press the moment they land on your table. Add to any DTF transfer order for $0.29 per transfer.

Golden Reprint Guarantee

If we mis-produce your order, we reprint free. No forms, no back and forth. Same production line, same quality target, every time.

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$49
$0.055
8% off
$99
$0.053
12% off
$150
$0.050
17% off
$250
$0.047
22% off
$500
$0.044
27% off
$1,000
$0.040
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$1,750
$0.035
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$3,800
$0.030
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Order by 1 PM ET for same-day print. VIP members get the 3 PM ET cutoff.

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Ships in 24 hours

Same-day print by 1 PM

Free Shipping $49+

US ground, tracked on every order

Reprint Promise

We mis-produce it, we reprint it, free

No Minimums
No Setup Fees
Commercial Quality
Ships in 24 Hours
Free Automated File Check
1 PM Eastern Cutoff
How It Works

From upload to finished garment in three steps.

No account setup, no minimums, no waiting on a quote email. Every order runs the same production line at the same wholesale rate.

1

Upload Your Design

Upload a PNG, JPG, or PDF. The configurator auto-detects the print area and quotes the wholesale rate on the spot.

2

We Print in the USA

Commercial DTF printers, calibrated daily. Same color match on run 1 or run 100. Orders placed by cutoff ship the same business day.

3

Press Onto Fabric

Standard heat press at 300 to 325°F, 10 to 15 seconds, medium firm pressure. Rated 50+ wash cycles at 40°C (104°F).

How to Press

Standard heat press settings, every fabric family.

Every Golden DTF transfer is calibrated to press on a standard commercial heat press. If you can press a screen-printed transfer, you can press a Golden DTF.

Temp

300 to 325°F

Time

10 to 15 sec

Pressure

Medium firm

Peel

Warm

Perfect For

Built for the shops actually pressing at volume.

Every decorator category below runs Golden DTF on their production floor. Same wholesale rate, same 24 hour ship, no minimums.

Common Applications

  • T-Shirts
  • Hoodies
  • Polos
  • Tote Bags
  • Onesies
  • Sweatshirts

Industries That Order This

  • Apparel Brands
  • Print Shops
  • Screen Printers
  • Team Merch
  • Etsy Sellers
  • Corporate Uniforms
  • Restaurants
  • Schools
Real Prints, Real Customers

Every image below came off a Golden DTF sheet ordered through this same configurator.

White t-shirt with mountain sunset DTF transfer print
Mountain sunset tee
Hoodie with vibrant floral DTF print
Floral hoodie run
Canvas tote bag with red and gold mandala DTF print
Mandala canvas tote
Ceramic coffee mug with pet portrait DTF wrap
Pet portrait mug
Baby onesie with rainbow DTF print
Baby onesie drop
Stack of professional polos with team logo DTF prints
Team polos, 200 units
Technical Specifications

The full spec sheet.

Nothing hidden, nothing padded. This is exactly what ships when you check out.

Print Method
DTF (direct-to-film transfer)
Compatible Substrates
Cotton, polyester, poly blends, tri-blends, nylon, canvas, denim, most fabrics
Press Temperature
305°F
Press Time
12s
Pressure
Medium firm (40 to 60 psi)
Peel Type
Hot peel
Max Print Size
22 inches wide
Wash Durability
50+ commercial wash cycles at 40°C (104°F)
Production Turnaround
24 Hours from cutoff (1 PM Eastern)
Minimum Order
No minimums, order 1 or 10,000
Country of Origin
Printed in the USA

Need a spec confirmed for your press? Email [email protected] and we will send you a validated sample.

Sadie the golden retriever inspecting a transfer print in the Golden DTF production bay
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The Golden Standard

Four promises we ship on every order.

Sadie has been quality-checking every print run since day one. If a sheet does not meet the mark, it never leaves the door. If somehow one does, we reprint it free, no forms, no fine print.

  • Ships in 24 Hours

    Every order printed and dropped with the carrier the same business day it enters production. Free ground shipping over $49.

  • Golden Standard Color

    Commercial USA-made inks calibrated daily. Order 10 or 10,000, the color matches the last run.

  • Volume Tiers Built In

    Rate steps down at $49, $99, $150, $250, $500, $1,000, $1,750, and $3,800 of transfer subtotal. Deepest tier is 50% off the $0.06 wholesale base.

  • Reprint Promise

    If a transfer fails to lay flat, cracks in the wash, or ships with a defect, send us a photo. We reprint it free within 24 hours.

Who This Is For

The shop or brand that should hit order.

Every product on Golden is opinionated. If your work matches one of the descriptions below, this is the right pick. If not, keep reading and we will point you to the right one.

  • Production shops running sessions of 24 plus pieces where trimming every transfer eats a full hour off the day.

  • Multi-station press operations where each seat needs a stack of ready-to-press transfers, no scissors on the table.

  • Fulfillment operations doing one design per shirt across large orders, where handling time dwarfs press time.

  • Live event and pop-up decorators pressing on demand where there is no cutting station available.

  • New decorators who cut transfers unevenly and want the production-grade edge without buying a vinyl cutter.

Who Should Skip This

When another product will serve you better.

We would rather lose the sale than ship you the wrong product. Every case below is real, from customer service calls. If any of them describes your job, click through to the alternative before you order.

You are ordering fewer than a dozen transfers.

The 29 cent per transfer add-on adds up. On small orders the trimming time saved is not worth the extra spend. Order the base transfers and trim by hand.

Custom DTF Transfers by Size

You want maximum film utilization at the lowest per-transfer cost.

Pre-cut is a trim service, not a print discount. Gang sheets pack more art per film sheet and cost less per transfer if you are willing to trim.

DTF Auto-Build Gang Sheet

Your design has intricate detail smaller than 1 inch.

The contour cutter follows the outer edge of the artwork with a light offset. Very fine internal detail (tiny type, hairline logos) risks the carrier film flexing during cut and misregistering by a hair. Order base transfers and hand-trim for max detail.

You are decorating hard goods.

Pre-cut is a DTF (fabric) add-on. If you are doing tumblers, glass, or leather, order UV DTF instead. UV DTF ships with a peel-away transfer sheet, no cutting required.

Custom UV DTF Transfers
Fabric Compatibility

What we have actually pressed this on.

Pre-cut is an add-on service, not a separate print product. The underlying transfer is identical to the base DTF or crystal-white transfer you ordered. Every fabric your base transfer works on, the pre-cut version works on. Below is the base fabric matrix, unchanged.

  • 100% cotton

    Excellent

    Same 310 to 320 F, 12 seconds press cycle as base DTF. Pre-cut has no effect on adhesion or wash durability.

  • 50/50 cotton-poly blend

    Excellent

    Identical performance to base transfer. Pre-cut just removes the trim step for the operator.

  • 100% polyester

    Good

    Base transfer settings apply. Pre-cut is often most valuable here because polyester tees frequently run in high-volume team orders.

  • Tri-blend

    Excellent

    Same as base. Pre-cut removes the risk of nicking the fabric during a scissor trim.

  • Fleece and hoodies

    Excellent

    Base transfer settings. The pre-cut edge is especially clean on the plush pile because there is no carrier film flapping past the design.

  • Canvas and duck

    Excellent

    Same as base. Pre-cut is common on tote bag and apron orders where volume runs high.

  • Nylon

    Workable

    Base low-temp press cycle. Pre-cut still applies, just check the low-temp adhesive on a test scrap first.

Material and Feel

What is actually on the film, and how it wears.

What actually changes when you add pre-cut

The print, the ink, the adhesive powder, the carrier film, all identical to a base DTF transfer. What changes is a contour-cut step during production. Each transfer is individually cut on a commercial-grade contour plotter following the outer edge of the artwork with a small offset. What you receive is a stack of individually trimmed transfers, ready to grab and press. Wash durability, bond strength, stretch tolerance, none of it changes.

How it changes your production floor

For a 50-piece order, pre-cut saves roughly 30 to 45 minutes of trim work that would otherwise happen at the press station. For a 500-piece fulfillment run, that is a full production shift. The invisible win is consistency: production-grade contour cutting is more precise than any scissor or rotary trimmer, and the outlines look intentional. The catch is that on very small orders the labor savings do not offset the 29 cent per transfer add-on. Break-even runs around 24 pieces for most shops.

Real-World Uses

Where this product actually goes to work.

Not a marketing list. These are the jobs decorators, brands, and shops order this product for every week.

  • 50-plus piece production runs where trim time matters

  • Multi-station press setups feeding transfers to multiple operators

  • Live event pressing at pop-ups, festivals, and pro shops

  • Name and number kits for team uniforms

  • High-mix low-volume fulfillment for print-on-demand sellers

  • Onboarding kit assembly at scale (corporate)

  • Camp and school-store fulfillment (many designs, low count each)

  • Contract decoration jobs where trim labor is billed to the shop

Artwork Requirements

Prep your file right the first time.

Ninety percent of print quality issues trace back to the file. These are the specs our production floor wants to see when the job hits the queue.

File types

Any file that works for the underlying base transfer works for pre-cut. PNG with transparent background is cleanest because the contour follows the visible edge. AI, EPS, SVG, PDF, and JPG accepted (JPG will contour-cut to the entire rectangle unless the background is removed at upload).

Resolution

Same 300 DPI standard as base DTF. Pre-cut does not change the print resolution requirement.

Color and profile

Identical to base. RGB files convert to a calibrated CMYK profile on our side. If you need a specific Pantone match on a production run, flag it in checkout notes.

Sizing and cropping

The contour cut follows the outer visible edge of your artwork with a small offset (roughly 1.5 mm). If you want the transfer cut to a specific shape (a circle, a badge outline) rather than the artwork bounding box, include a cut path in your file or note it at checkout.

Frequently Bought Together

The three most shops always keep on hand

Whatever brought you to this page, these three should be in your first order. We ship them together every day.

DTF Gang Sheet
Pick 1DTF Gang Sheet

$15.12

The workhorse. Anyone printing shirts should have a gang sheet in the drawer.

Custom DTF Transfers by Size
Pick 2Custom DTF Transfers by Size

from $0.06/sq in

For the one-off logos that never fit a sheet layout. No minimums, priced by square inch.

Free. Send it with any first order and the reorder rate jumps.

Combined total

from $16.62

Priced-by-size items open in their own page so you can size the art.

Reprint Guarantee

If we mis-produce it, we reprint it free.

Every Golden DTF order carries the same written guarantee. Email us within 14 days with your order number and a photo, a production lead reviews it within one business day, and approved reprints ship free with tracking. You never re-upload and never re-pay.

Color off the file you sent

If the printed transfer does not reproduce the file you uploaded, allowing for the difference between a backlit screen and printed ink, we reprint it. We calibrate our press against the same target ICC every day and keep a press log for every run.

Missing ink or dropout

White ink dropouts, thin black lines that did not lay down, or missing detail from a small text run: if it left our shop that way, we reprint it.

Film delamination before press

If the PET film separates before you press the transfer, that is a materials defect, not user error. We track film lot numbers per production run.

Wrong size or wrong file

If our team packed the wrong artwork or produced at the wrong size, we cover the reprint plus the reship.

Printed in-house before you press itReprint promise on every order
Common Questions

Everything you need to know about dtf transfers.

What does pre-cut mean for DTF transfers?
Pre-cut means each transfer is individually contour-cut around your design at our production facility before shipping. The carrier film is trimmed to the boundary of the artwork so you can grab a transfer, place it on the garment, and press without any scissor work on your end.
How much does the pre-cut option add to my order?
$0.29 per individual transfer. The fee covers the contour-cut step and the additional handling time during production. For a 50-piece order, the pre-cut add-on is $14.50 on top of the base transfer pricing.
Why use pre-cut instead of cutting transfers myself?
Three reasons. First, time. A decorator pressing 50 garments saves 30 to 45 minutes of trim work. Second, cut accuracy. Production-grade contour cutting is more precise than scissor trimming, especially on intricate shapes. Third, no scissors required at the press station.
Can I add pre-cut to a gang sheet order?
Yes. Pre-cut on a gang sheet means each individual design on the sheet is contour-cut so you receive separate, ready-to-press transfers instead of a single tiled sheet. The $0.29 per transfer rate applies to each design on the sheet.
Does pre-cut affect transfer quality or durability?
No. The print, film, and adhesive are identical to standard non-cut transfers. Pre-cut only changes the trim. Wash durability, press settings, and bond strength are unchanged.

Ready to press?

Upload your design, see your price by the square inch, and get your transfers on the truck the same business day.