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Education
A&E Asks Women in the Industry: 5 Minutes with Lisa Higginbotham
How long have you been in the awards industry? 19 years in June. What is your background? My background is…
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Modular ADA Signage: Affordable, Efficient ADA Signs
ADA signs are required to identify restrooms, conference rooms, offices, exits, and stairwells, but sometimes building owners want to make…
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Producing a Frosty White Engraving on Acrylic
More than likely, when your engraving doesn’t produce a frosty white effect, this is caused by using the wrong acrylic…
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Show Them What You’ve Got: Engraving Signature Samples
People need to see engraving and cutting examples to truly appreciate them, so visual advertising is of great importance. Determine…
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Education
Expanding on Fill Stitches
When working on your designs, one key element type that is often used is the fill stitch. These fills are…
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Use the Black Box Test for Better Color Management
Sometimes when using new substrates or items, you may encounter less than pleasing results when sublimating. Like using a third party…
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Methods of Color Management: Custom Printer Drivers
Custom printer drivers are software programs that have color correction built into the printer control system. The advantage of this…
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Colorful Considerations for Sublimation Output
Regardless of which ink set you use, one of the challenges of desktop digital decoration is color management. With screen…
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5 Tips to Boost a Small Sublimation Business
Many of you out there in the sublimation world are small business owners. As you know, there are several things…
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Sandcarving Techniques: A step-by-step guide to shading
After finishing the peeling process for the shading technique, it’s time to begin sandcarving. The pressure setting for shading is…
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What Makes UV-LED Printing Unique
In the past, UV-LED printers were great to print on hard substrates without needing a pre-coated surface, but what if…
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4 Quick Tips for the Apparel Sublimation Market
Apparel sublimation is a market you need to know about as the world continues to push towards more polyester garments…
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Raster Versus Vector Engraving: What’s the difference?
Raster and vector are different graphic file types which require different modes of laser processing. The main difference between vector and raster…
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Acrylic Laser Processing Guide: Power, Frequency and Speed Settings
Follow this laser parameter advice to achieve a flame-polished edge when cutting acrylic: Power: As a general rule, more power…
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The Hidden Costs of Cheap: Why Consistency is Key
Even the highest quality products can periodically have issues, and that can affect your end products that you sell to…
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UV-LED Versus Sublimation
UV-LED is similar to sublimation in the fact that it is a digital printing inkjet technology. Graphics are designed in…
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