DTF Printing Software: From Gang Sheet to Invoice
DTF printing software that runs the whole flow: embeddable gang-sheet ordering, auto-nesting, per-inch pricing on your Stripe, and every order into your CRM.
DTF exploded because it is fast, flexible, and forgiving on small runs. But the ordering side is often a mess: customers email folders of PNGs, someone nests them by hand, measures the used length, quotes back, and re-keys the whole thing into an invoice.
DTF printing software should collapse that into one flow, from the customer building a gang sheet to a job that lands already costed in your shop. Here is how PrintShopCRM handles it end to end.
An embeddable builder on your own site
Instead of sending customers to a marketplace, PrintShopCRM gives you a gang-sheet builder you embed on your own website in an iframe. Customers upload art, it auto-nests to the roll, and pricing updates live by the linear inch used. They never leave your domain or see another brand.
- One snippet drops the builder onto a page you already control.
- Uploaded art auto-nests to the fixed-width roll, usually 22 inches.
- Live per-inch pricing as designs are added to the sheet.
- Your branding, your domain, no third-party marketplace in the middle.
Checkout on your Stripe, order in your CRM
Payment runs on your own Stripe key, so money lands in your account and PrintShopCRM is never the merchant of record. Every completed order becomes a customer record and an estimate inside your CRM, with the nested sheet attached and the size already known. If you have not connected Stripe, orders arrive as quotes to review.
- Your Stripe key, your payout, on your normal schedule.
- Each order creates or matches a customer automatically.
- An estimate is generated with used inches and price pre-filled.
- No Stripe key connected means orders arrive as quotes to invoice.
Straight to a RIP-ready job
The reason to run DTF through real shop software rather than a standalone widget is what happens after the sale. The approved layout flows toward production as a RIP-ready package, and blank purchasing consolidates automatically when the order includes garments. It is a job ready to print, not an inbox thread to decode.
- Approved art and spec packaged for the RIP and hot folder.
- Consolidated blank POs from S&S Activewear and SanMar when needed.
- Full order history kept in the CRM instead of scattered emails.
Common Questions
Do customers need an account to order a gang sheet?
No. They land on your page, upload art, arrange it, and check out. The customer record is created behind the scenes from the order, so there is no signup wall slowing the sale.
What roll width does the builder assume?
It defaults to the standard fixed-width DTF roll, typically 22 inches, and nests designs to fit. Pricing is based on the linear inches of roll each order consumes.
Can I still charge for gang sheets if I have not set up Stripe?
Yes. Orders come through as quotes rather than paid checkouts, so you can review and invoice them manually, then connect your Stripe key later to turn on instant payment.