Education
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Sales Tips for Sign Shops
You’ve been selling COVID-related products for more than a year, and you’ve likely gained new customers. Now it’s time to…
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Pricing Your Laser Services and Paying Yourself Fairly
Determining a fair salary to use in calculating pricing when you start a business is challenging. You may be able…
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Vintage Vinyl: 1989 Suzuki Every Van Gets ’80s-Inspired Wrap
Tune in as Sykesville, Maryland-based AP Graphics covers a 1989 Suzuki Every Van in retro graphics. The client, Rad Pies,…
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Do’s and Don’ts for Maintaining Vehicle Wraps
Can car wraps be washed or waxed? Can a protective coating be applied? Having these answers on hand ensures your…
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Quick Tips for Tightening Bits and Collets on Your CNC
In this video, Ryan Drapela, the owner of Texas-based Drapela Works, shares his top tips for tightening bits and collets on…
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Hire Slow, Fire Fast: Managing Employees Post-Pandemic
Rules matter: When bad behavior goes unpunished, the entire team suffers. In Part 2 of this series, we talked about…
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A Word on Consistency and Customer Service
In the signage and printing industry, consistency is a big part of customer service. Initially, we think of customer service…
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Try This: Laser Engraving a Trinket Box
In this step-by-step Try This tutorial, you’ll learn how to turn a simple medal/coin box into a meaningful, cherished custom…
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Ep. 25 – How BirdieBox Creates Magical Gift Experiences
Pat DePirro, founder of BirdieBox, explains how his company creates magical gift box experiences for big names like Pepsi and…
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Tips for Making the Jump from Manual to Automatic Screen Printing
Think it might be time for your screen printing shop to upgrade from a manual press to an automatic? An…
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The State of the Wide-Format Printing Market
In this panel discussion, GRAPHICS PRO executive editor Cassie Green chats with global print leaders about what’s happening in the…
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UV Ink Laminating and Install Tips
There are many important choices to be made when working on a large-format print job, and none may be as…
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How Font-Finding Software Can Boost a Sign Shop’s Productivity
In the early ’90s, when I started in the sign industry, the number of fonts we typically chose from for…
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5 Good Reasons to Expand into DTG Printing
No matter if your business is screen printing, dye-sublimation, or even commercial print, you’ve undoubtedly been impacted by commerce migrating…
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Beyond Custom T-Shirts: Thinking of Expanding into Hard Goods?
If you have a business that offers printing on-demand, you’ve probably had requests to personalize all types of items, from…
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