Rush job.

No surprise there, we do rush jobs all the time. However, usually not to go to life and death situations. We got asked on the weekend to source vests for Doctors to wear for Partners in Health in Haiti. Their shirts were getting dirty and better to have a vest and then they could be changing shirts but still be identified.

So, find “safari vests” and get them here in time to decorate and deliver an hour away on Tuesday.

My ASI Distributor (Promotional Products guy extraordinaire for Geiger) David Kenneally found some vest sources.
On Monday I hit the ground running and by noon had 300 vests at a reasonable price that could be delivered by Tuesday AM.
However, nothing like getting something you have never seen before and having to print it immediately.
The vests arrived, immediately we took measurements. We also immediately saw how big the pockets were, not something to be ascertained by looking at a photo in a catalog.

Production manager Pete to the rescue. After realizing we could not embroider them in time (our Plan B ahead of time, you always have to have Plan B and in fact should also have plan C.)

Pete figured out that we could print them sideways on a sleeve pallet. If we had tried to print them the other way, the pockets would have messed up the squeegee travel going in either up or down direction. However, sideways worked fine.

The result are vests printed front and back in a serious hurry, even with a “problem” and delivered as needed same day.

Pockets. Useful but in the way!

Sideways printing, with pocket out of the way on sleeve platen.

The finished vests are going to hard working Docs in Haiti, ordered, printed and shipped out in 24 hours.