Education
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The Importance of Properly Leveled Screen Printing Platens
It’s a part of the screen printing press that is known by many names – platen, pallet, shirt board –…
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Why should embroiderers consider using a laser to create emblems?
Whether you only need a small quantity or high volume, using an embroidery laser will dramatically speed up the production…
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What are the most common pricing models for embroidery?
Keystone pricing: The end price is set at double the wholesale price. Time and materials: The pricing here accurately represents…
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Designing Award-Winning Signs: Masonry Makeover
You receive a call from a local HOA who has a significant sized stone monument. They feel it’s time for…
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How do you clean engraved laminate after processing?
If smoke residue occurs on the piece of laminate during laser processing, clean it off using methylated spirits. Simply wipe…
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3 Tips for Printing in the Resort Wear Market
Resort wear can be an awesome opportunity for consistent work at a great margin. While a lot of the same…
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How can I save time heat printing names and numbers?
When you’re in the heart of your busy season, you want to put all your energy where you can make…
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Digital Printing: How to Camouflage Banding in a Design
For a long time, the only way to reproduce a full-color image for garment decoration was through screen printing. However,…
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Tricky Fabrics to Embroider
Like all art forms, embroidery is trial and error. In a craft where very little is known to be concrete,…
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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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