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Custom fabric printing,
from 5 yards

Your design, printed on the fabric you choose, by the factory that takes your order. This page covers what you can order, what it takes to get started, and how to check the result before you commit to a full run.

Custom fabric printing means the fabric is made for your order: one design, one base cloth, the length you asked for.

Nothing here is printed in advance and held in stock. You upload a pattern or pick one from our pattern library, choose a base fabric, set the scale and the quantity, and we print it.

Because we print digitally there are no screens to engrave and no set-up charge per colour, which is why a 5-yard order is practical for us and not only a 1,500-yard one. If you want to know how the printing itself works, we explain it on our digital fabric printing page.

NBPrintex is the factory, not an agent. Colour profiling, printing, washing, inspection and dispatch all happen in our own facility in Shaoxing.

Made for short runs
and long ones

Clothing brands and designers

Print a few yards to sample a collection, then reorder the same design on the same fabric when it sells. The price per yard falls as the quantity rises, so a design can grow from a sample run to production without changing supplier.

Pre-order groups and resellers

Collect orders first and print exactly what was sold. Several designs can share one order on the same fabric, so a round with many prints does not need a large quantity of each.

Interiors and home textiles

Cushions, curtains, table linen and upholstery projects usually need a specific cloth as much as a specific print. Order the swatch pack to compare weights and textures before you choose.

Sewists and makers

A single project is a normal order here. Five yards is the minimum, and with your own artwork you can divide it between more than one design.

What you need
to know first

Minimum order
5 yards of one fabric. With your own artwork, as little as 1 yard per design within those 5 yards. Designs from the pattern library start at 5 yards each.
Price
One price per yard that includes the fabric and the printing. It drops in steps as the quantity increases, and each fabric page shows the full scale.
Artwork files
JPG, PNG, TIFF, PSD or PDF, up to 50 MB, at 150 DPI or more. For a repeating pattern a single repeat tile is enough.
Production time
Usually 7 to 10 days for orders under 200 yards, and around 10 to 15 days above that. The cart shows an estimate for your order.
Delivery
Worldwide, mostly by DHL or UPS, typically 5 to 7 days in transit. For bulk orders we agree the method with you: express, air, sea or your own forwarder.
Finishing
Every fabric is washed after printing and inspected before it leaves. Small orders are folded and bagged or boxed; larger ones ship on the roll.

The cloth matters
as much as the print

The same design looks and behaves differently on different fabrics. Colour, sharpness, drape and stretch all come from the base cloth, so it is worth choosing it before you finalise the artwork.

Natural and plant-based fibres

Cotton, linen, silk, viscose, Tencel, bamboo and ramie, on their own and in blends. These take a soft, matt print and suit shirting, dresses, quilting and home textiles.

Synthetics and stretch

Polyester, nylon and blends with spandex. These give the brightest colour and suit activewear, swimwear, linings and anything that needs to stretch and recover.

Each fabric page lists the width, weight, composition, shrinkage and care instructions. Browse all fabrics.

See it on fabric
first

A screen cannot show you how a colour sits on linen or how fine a line holds on chiffon. Two things can.

Free pattern samples

We print your own design as a test sample on cotton or polyester. The sample is free and you pay only the shipping. Order pattern samples.

Swatch pack

Around 30 of our most ordered fabrics in one pack, so you can compare weight, texture and handle side by side. Order the swatch pack.

If exact colour matching matters for your project, ask us about printing your own colour map on the fabric you plan to use.

NBPrintex fabric swatch pack

Five steps, all
online

01

Upload your design or choose one

Upload your own file, or pick a pattern from the library. You decide whether an uploaded design is private or public.

02

Choose the fabric

Use the filters on the fabrics page to narrow the range. If you are unsure, the swatch pack and the details on each fabric page are the quickest way to decide.

03

Set the scale and preview it

Adjust the size of the repeat and see the result on screen. How far you can enlarge a design depends on the resolution of the file you uploaded.

04

Enter the quantity and check out

The price per yard updates as you change the quantity, and the cart shows the shipping cost and an estimated production time for your address.

05

We print, wash, inspect and ship

You receive a tracking number when the order leaves the factory. If anything falls short of our standard, we reprint it.

Ordering custom
printed fabric

What is the minimum order for custom fabric printing?

An order starts at 5 yards of one fabric. With your own artwork those 5 yards can be split across several designs, down to 1 yard per design. Designs chosen from our pattern library start at 5 yards each.

Does the price include both the fabric and the printing?

Yes. The price per yard shown on each fabric covers the fabric and the printing together, and it goes down as the quantity goes up. Shipping is estimated in the cart once you enter your address.

Can you help me prepare my artwork?

Yes. We do not create new designs from scratch, but our team will adjust an existing file so that it prints well, for example fixing the repeat or the resolution. In most cases this is free.

Can you print on fabric that I supply?

Yes. From outside China we can only receive small parcels, but if your fabric supplier is in China we can receive bulk fabric from them directly.

Will my design stay private?

Yes. You choose whether each design you upload is private or public, and a private design is not shown to other customers. Our copyright terms set out how designs are protected.

Can I change or cancel an order?

You can, as long as we have not started processing it. Send us a message as early as possible. Once production has started the order can no longer be changed or cancelled.

Ready to print
your design?

Upload a file and see it on fabric, or read how the printing works before you decide.