Automate quotes, production schedules, proofs, and 0% commission merch stores without per-user seat fees or manual busywork. Engineered from the ground up for modern screen printing, embroidery, and DTF shops.
Credit Card Required for Trial • 30-Day Free Trial • Built for Scale
Live Margin Floor
62.4% Enforced
Auto Press Run
#Q-8492 • 1h 45m
Front Chest • Center Chest (10x12) • 250 Units
Customer Proof File
Production Separations File
Precision engineering for specialized print shops, including Contract Decorating, School Spirit Wear, and Commercial Uniforms.
Screen Print Matrix Builder
Formulas & Press Schedules
$15.00
$0.10
4.0 secs
6.0 secs
True Gross Margin & Auto Press Math
The best screen print management software should handle the heavy lifting. Automate your screen setup fees, ink impression costs, flash dwell delays, and automatic press cycle times.
Embroidery Matrix Builder
Stitch Tiers & Machine Cycles
1.2 min
3.0 min / pc
$35.00
$0.40 / pc
Multi-Head Machine Cycles
Stop guessing your stitch times. Our embroidery management module uses multi-head machine batching, hooping, and trimming labor to ensure every polo and jacket is profitable.
DTF Area Matrix Builder
Square Inch Math & Gang Sheets
$0.02 / sq in
$0.015 / sq in
45 sec / pc
22" Roll Width
Area-Based Material Math & Gang Sheets
Manage your high-volume DTF fulfillment with precision. Calculate film, powder, and white ink costs based on square-inch area, heat press dwell cycles, and live gang sheet nesting.
Stop paying for 8 separate subscriptions and re-keying data across spreadsheets. The Print Life unifies your entire shop workflow into one clean, automated command center.
Excel / Google Sheets
Manual math, broken formulas & underpriced jobs
Auto-calculates blanks, setup fees, and machine labor into guaranteed profitable quotes.
Separate Invoicing Apps
Double data entry, no proof attachments & high fees
Visual customer quotes for Stripe & Square with optional 3% card fee surcharge recovery.
Website Estimator Plugins
Clunky forms that don't match shop floor pricing
Embed self-service quoting on your site so buyers configure garments & print locations 24/7.
Standalone Client Portals
'Where is my order?' calls, lost vector files & email tag
Dedicated client hub where buyers track live milestones, approve proofs & download invoices.
Standalone Gang Sheet Tools
Expensive monthly add-ons & manual nesting headaches
Layout, auto-nest, and export high-res gang sheet rolls directly inside quotes and customer storefronts.
Third-Party Store Platforms
High tier monthly costs & 1–5% platform sales commissions
Launch unlimited online stores for schools, teams & corporate clients with 0 platform commissions.
Email Tag & Proof Chains
Lost email attachments, conflicting feedback & delay
Send digital mockup links that automatically advance job statuses the second clients approve.
Trello & Dry-Erase Boards
Manual ticket moves, no press math & lost travelers
Moves jobs automatically with 18+ event triggers, digital travelers, and calendar sync.
Cancel standalone merch store apps, gang sheet tools, and invoicing software. One unified subscription for your whole team.
Copying competitor prices is a trap. Real, smart businesses price on True Gross Margin—and we make the math stupidly simple.
Undercutting local quotes by 5% or 10% feels like a shortcut to winning jobs. But it is a financial race to the bottom. Your competitors might have automatic presses printing 6 times faster than your manual setups, cheaper rent, or zero debt. Copying their numbers means you are pricing below your actual shop expenses.
You don't share their rent, machine debt, or staff costs. Pricing must start from your actual cost basis.
If they run an auto press (600 garments/hr) and you print manual (100/hr), undercutting them guarantees lost cash.
Many competitors guess their own rates and operate at a loss. Copying them means copying a failing model.
Studio calculates your exact True Gross Margin automatically. Know your exact profit floor before you send a single quote.
How Smart Shops Price
Formula: $5.70 ÷ (1 - 0.45). Exactly 45% of the final selling price stays in your business.
Self-select your role to see how Print Life optimizes your daily workflow tasks.
Stop guessing your profitability. Track monthly shop overhead, calculate your True Shop Hourly Rate, and lock in profit margins across every decoration method.
$8,450.00
$120.00 / hr
The most comprehensive toolset ever built for the garment decoration industry.
Enter your monthly bills once. We'll find your True Shop Hourly Rate and build matrices that guarantee a profit on every screen, stitch, and digital transfer.
Send secure mockup links to customers. They approve or request changes with one click. Your dashboard updates instantly. No more email tag.
A production board that actually works. Custom columns, automation rules, and real-time status updates that keep your team in sync and your customers informed.
Direct API integration with SanMar, S&S, and more. Pull live pricing and real-time inventory levels directly into your project quotes with zero data entry.
Launch professional Merch Stores for schools, teams, and corporate clients in minutes. Collect orders, manage buyer/sponsor splits, and fulfill with our scan-to-verify sorting system.
Stop chasing checks. Our aging reports show exactly who owes you money. Integrated Stripe and Square payments mean you get paid before you pull the squeegee.
Merchants are switching to Print Life. Read the direct comparison reports.
Switching from Printavo? Get unlimited users and custom mockups with zero tier gates.
Frustrated by YoPrint user caps? Scale your staff seats on our flat $49/mo plan.
Avoid InkSoft setup fees and annual contracts. Spin up client stores in minutes.
No tiers. No limits. Just the operating system your shop deserves.
Start with a 30-day full access free trial.
Stop paying per-user seat taxes, order limits, and high-percentage store commissions.
Everything you need to know about switching your shop to The Print Life.
Have a specialized shop workflow question? Check our full Knowledge Base & FAQ Hub or reach out to our team anytime.