Education
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Dessert and Decoration? The laser engraved créme brûlée experiment
Believe it or not, food personalization holds a wealth of opportunities for custom engraving shops. Not only does it allow…
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Help Clients Integrate Promotional Products into Their Marketing Plan
No matter what you call them, promotional products and ad specialties have one thing in common: the proven effect of…
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Create a Sublimation Wall of Shame
Consider making a “wall of shame” in your workshop area full of product mistakes from the past. When you make…
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Inspecting and Replacing Sandcarving Nozzles
It is important to replace the sandcarving nozzle after it has worn 1/32 of an inch. Replacement is not mandatory,…
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Water World: Tips for Printing with Water-Based Inks
A couple of years ago, we started noticing a shift in what our clients wanted. Most of our clients were…
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Think Ink: UV-Cure Inks – The Good the Bad and the Ugly
As advances in inkjet technology have progressed for wide-format and grand-format display graphic applications, developers have strived to provide high…
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Cerebral Signage: Applying Design Thinking to Signs
Design thought is the blending of intelligence and imagination with creativity. Smart design wrapped around intellectual data and concepts can…
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A Minimal Approach to Taping: Assembling and mounting products
The tapes that suppliers sell in the recognition industry are sign tapes, mostly acrylic-based, that have high adhesion values. This…
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Familiarize Yourself with the Software Before Your New Laser Arrives
Unless you have made special arrangements with your laser distributor, you are responsible for having a proper computer with proper…
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Try This: Sublimate Signage and Outdoor Artwork
Art and photography can be taken outdoors by sublimating durable panels that are made for weather and direct sunlight. This…
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How can I improve my interviewing skills in order to find better employees?
One of the reasons that most of us are horrible at finding out what a job candidate will be like once they…
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Make It Your Business: The Beauty of Mapping Your Sales Process
Consider, for a moment, the dilemma of a particular sign and digital graphics business. When the company was established, it…
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Video of the Week: Hand-Painting in the Mount Rushmore State
This week’s video of the week comes to us from the town of Hot Springs, South Dakota, where Curt Lout…
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What is the most basic operational difference between flatbed and galvo lasers?
The most basic operational difference between flatbed lasers and galvo lasers is how the laser beam is directed onto the material.…
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How can small retail businesses effectively stay relevant?
Retail is not for everyone. It is much like our higher education where they say everyone should be a computer…
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What gear is required when sandcarving in a blast room?
To blast in a blast room, you must wear a protective suit – I wear a Tyvek suit with a…
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