Two numbers run every Nitro DTF order: up to 24 hours to print (business days), then 1–3 business days on UPS Express. No posted cut-off, no promised delivery date: UPS transit is the carrier's estimate, and weather or carrier trouble can stretch it. What you get from us is a plan.
A business day is a weekday that isn't a holiday. Weekends and holidays don't count toward either number.
| Stage | Timing | What to know | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your order + file | At checkout | An upload on the product page, before checkout: the builder, the uploader or the upload button puts the file on the order. No printable file, no clock. | |||
| Printing | Up to 24 hours, business days | Monday to Friday, holidays excluded. Saturday's order starts Monday. | |||
| Handover to UPS | After printing | Label made, tracking emailed. | |||
| UPS Express transit | 1–3 business days in the US | The carrier's estimate, not a promise. No PO boxes, no APO/FPO/DPO. | |||
| Pressing | Your time | Trim every design, then 10–12 seconds a press at 275–300°F plus a 3–5 second seal. Budget it for the whole run. |
Rush My Order changes your place in line for the press. It doesn't touch UPS transit. More below.
Count back from the day you press, not the event. Trimming, pressing, folding and bagging a big run eat hours.
Both numbers run on business days only. A Saturday order waits for Monday's press.
A printable file is the green flag: the 24-hour clock (business days) starts there. Specs: 300 DPI, nothing behind the art, and 22" across for gang sheets. A file that won't open parks the order until a working one arrives.
Pad the plan with spare business days beyond UPS's 1–3. The pad absorbs a weather delay, a customs hold or an address fix.
Latest sensible order day = press day − your buffer − up to 3 business days (UPS) − 1 business day (printing).
Count business days only. This is planning math, not a delivery promise: it lines up our print time with the UPS estimate and keeps your buffer on top. Example: press day Friday, a 2-day buffer. Friday − 2 = Wednesday. Back 3 for UPS: the Friday before. Back 1 for printing: Thursday, eight days ahead of the press.
Rush My Order: $9.90, charged once. Switch it on in the cart and the whole order goes to press before the standard orders in line. Ten sheets or one transfer, it's still one $9.90.
What it leaves alone:
There isn't one. No posted cut-off, no countdown timer. Printing takes up to 24 hours on business days from a printable file, whatever time you check out.
We can't promise that. Our print time is published; the UPS 1–3 business days is the carrier's estimate. Run the count-back above, add a buffer, and you're planning on numbers.
It can shorten the wait before printing, not the trip. A rushed order goes to press before the standard orders in line; once UPS has the package it's the same 1–3 business days in the US.
As soon as the UPS label is created, by email.
Please do. Send info@nitrodtf.com the products, quantities and your press day, and we'll tell you what our standard timing means for that date. A delivery promise isn't something we give.
You hear from us first: an email before the stated time with a new date. If you'd rather not wait, cancel, and anything not yet shipped is refunded in full. The shipping policy has the exact wording.
