Education
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Try This: Sublimated Natural Wood Picture Frames
Natural wood picture frames are not only great sellers and easy to sublimate, they are a great opportunity to experiment…
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Beware of Hidden Moisture in Your Sublimation Printer
Sublimation paper and substrates usually have some amount of moisture hiding in them, which doesn’t come out until the heat…
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Test the Density of Your Sandcarving Film
It is important that the black areas can block UV light, but toner that looks dense on vellum may actually…
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Vintage Vinyl: A Wrap to Tease the Taste Buds
This week’s Vintage Vinyl video comes to us from Roseville, California, a city northeast of Sacramento where Tony Palmer and…
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Rapid Fire – Best Tool for Photo Products
Industry experts Liz Haas, Rayzist; Lisa Ellston, JDS Industries; David Gross, Condé; and Kris Tennyson, Trotec Laser, weigh in on…
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How do you eliminate the white line between sides of an all-over decorated sock?
There are two solutions to this. First, when using a jig, take the sock and slightly roll it so the…
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What are the differences between laser marking, engraving, and etching?
Although these terms are often used interchangeably, there are differences between laser marking, laser etching, and laser engraving. Each type…
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What are the best laser settings to make quality custom stamps?
Laser engraving stamp materials takes a lot of power and a slower-than-usual raster speed. Almost all laser operators set their power…
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Building Your Impressions: Handling Your Collections with Care, Part Three
We care about our finances. We care about money. It fuels a business to keep it going. What we have…
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How can embroiderers pre-plan a design’s pathing?
If you are having trouble envisioning the order in which design elements should run, you should pre-plan your pathing. You…
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Job Costing for Embroidery Profit
Most embroidery shops struggle with knowing what to charge for their embroidery work, and it seems like every shop has…
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Video of the Week: Strickler Signs Gives Mid-Atlantic Mall a New Calling Card
This week’s Video of the Week comes to us from W.J. Strickler Signs in New Oxford, Pennsylvania. This full-service sign…
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Your Laser at Work: Custom Appliqués and Inserts
Note: This article appears in the May 2018 issue of A&E magazine. If you are looking for upgrade options to personalize…
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What are some RIP software features the average user might not know about?
Most RIP software today has been simplified to import your art, choose a predefined setting for your garment, and then…
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How can shops ensure the D2 printing process runs smoothly?
Outside of any training you receive from the equipment manufacturer/distributor, trial and error is the key to success in D2…
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Combining Sandcarving with Other Decorating Technologies
Some decorators will sandcarve and then paint-fill their items after carving into them. We see this in almost every substrate: glass, brick, stone, ceramic, metal, and…
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