Comfort Colors® Heavyweight Ring Spun Tee. 1717

Custom Printed Comfort Colors 1717 Heavyweight Ring Spun Tee

The Comfort Colors 1717 is a 6.1-ounce, 100% US ring spun cotton T-shirt in soft-washed, garment-dyed fabric with a relaxed, seamless body. It is the tee that gets resold rather than given away - college towns, breweries, coastal shops, boutique brands, reunion merchandise. Wholesale Caps and Embroidery prints and embroiders it in-house at our Houston, TX facility, where we have been decorating apparel since 1979.

DTF (direct-to-film) printing is the workhorse method here, handling full-color and photographic art on the soft-washed 6.1-ounce body with a vintage, slightly muted look that suits these colors, and with no minimum order. One note from experience: white ink on garment-dyed cotton needs special consideration, so we adjust the underbase and cure settings for it rather than running a standard job. Left chest embroidery is available too, at a 6-piece minimum, on the heavy body.

Product Features

• 6.1-ounce, 100% US ring spun cotton
• Soft-washed, garment-dyed fabric - broken in before it ships
• Relaxed fit, seamless body
• Top-stitched, classic width rib collar with twill-taped neck and shoulders
• Twill label and double-needle collar and bottom hems
• 68 garment-dyed colors, S through 4XL

Why Buyers Pick It

This is the only shirt here that sells at retail price. Garment dyeing gives every piece slight variation and a lived-in hand that new cotton cannot fake, which is why gift shops, breweries and campus stores stock it and sell it as a retail garment rather than a giveaway. Decorated in-house, the margin math works. The 68-color garment-dyed palette - Yam, Butter, Ivory, Citrus and the rest - is a large part of what buyers are actually paying for, so pick the color as carefully as the print.

Sizing

Sizes run S through 4XL, with extended 2XL, 3XL and 4XL available on the same order. The fit is relaxed with a seamless body, so it wears roomier than a standard tee - retail buyers often stock heavier in medium and large for that reason. DTF printing has no minimum, so testing two or three colors as single pieces before committing to a retail run is a sensible way to buy here; embroidery needs at least 6 pieces total. More options in 100% cotton tees and custom T-shirts.

How to Order

DTF printing has no minimum on this shirt - order a single piece if that is all you need, or a few hundred for a full staff rollout, with the price per piece the only thing that changes. Embroidery requires a 6-piece minimum. Send your logo in any format you have and we return a free digital mockup showing size, placement and ink or thread colors. Nothing goes to production until you approve it. Production runs 7-10 business days from proof approval, rush is available on request, and ground shipping is free on most orders.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are custom Comfort Colors 1717 T-shirts?
They are 6.1-ounce, 100% US ring spun cotton garment-dyed tees decorated with your design by Wholesale Caps and Embroidery. We are the decorator - DTF printing and embroidery are done in-house at our Houston, TX facility, and the company has been decorating apparel since 1979.

Is there a minimum order on the Comfort Colors 1717?
DTF printing has no minimum - you can order one piece: a single shirt for a sample, a replacement for a new hire, or one shirt to check the fit before you commit to a size run. Embroidery is different: it requires a 6-piece minimum. The only other exception in our catalog is headwear: embroidered caps carry a 12-cap minimum.

Why do garment-dyed shirts vary in color?
The garment-dying process infuses each piece with unique character, so slight color variation in production and after washing is normal and expected - it is what buyers want from this style, not a defect. Sizes run S through 4XL and the fit is relaxed with a seamless body.

Are there any printing considerations on garment-dyed cotton?
Yes - white ink in particular requires special consideration on garment-dyed cotton, and we handle it with an adjusted underbase rather than a standard print. Soft-washed fabric also takes ink with a slightly vintage finish, which most buyers of this shirt are after. We show the effect on your free digital mockup.

Do you keep my artwork on file for reorders?
Yes. Once your logo is digitized for embroidery or set up as a DTF file, we keep it on file at our Houston facility. Reorders skip setup entirely - you tell us the style, colors and size run, and we print from the file we already have. That keeps a second run cheaper and keeps your logo identical from the first shirt to the five hundredth.

Can the same logo go on other styles?
Yes, and it is a common request. Retail shops often run this tee as the flagship piece and put the same mark on a lower-priced cotton tee for volume. Mixing categories is fine on one order too - shirts, polos and embroidered caps can all carry the same mark. Just note that DTF-printed shirts have no minimum and can be ordered one at a time, embroidered shirts need at least 6 pieces, and caps are ordered in multiples of 12.

How long does production take?
Production is 7-10 business days from the moment you approve the digital mockup, and ground shipping on most orders is free. Rush production is available on request - tell us your event date when you send the artwork and we will confirm what is possible before you pay. Reorders from artwork already on file usually move faster because there is no setup step.

Send your design for a free digital mockup on the Comfort Colors 1717. DTF print starts at a single piece to sample a color, embroidery starts at 6 for a retail run - browse 100% cotton tees and all custom T-shirts.