Tips
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How to Design Corporate Photo ID Badges: Part one – informational content
ID badges offer a unique opportunity to apply any of your shop’s personalization techniques: sublimation, engraving, and beyond. The first…
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Creating a Sound Financial Statement
A good financial statement is of great importance to every person and business. Whether for your business or personal finances,…
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I’m trying to decide between pretreating by hand and buying a machine. Insights?
Two key ingredients to pretreat are salt and glue. It will stick to everything and rust out metal. If you…
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How do I know if I’m ready to add D2 printing to my shop’s offerings?
Every shop is different. Small runs with higher price points are perfect for D2 printing. If you sell garments at…
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My first D2 print came out faded, should I run another pass over it?
It depends on quite a few factors and sending the garment in for a second pass may not necessarily solve…
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Top Mistakes Every Shop Makes
Mistakes in the screen printing business can cost you time, money, and resources. While it’s true that a certain amount…
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How to Secure the Five-Star Review
Getting rave reviews isn’t only about doing things that people want to rave about, it’s about getting them to rave…
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How do you sandcarve a rock that has an irregular surface?
Personalizing rocks is popular right now. There are occasions when a customer will want a specific stone personalized that has…
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How do you laser special effects on glass using application tape?
In addition to moist paper towels, application tape can also be used to prevent the surface from roughening. With application…
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Which is more popular: embossers or seals?
Seals have always been more popular than embossers (note: seals are round; embossers are rectangular). The historical popularity of the…
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How do closed ink cartridges impact troubleshooting time?
The printers that these inks are used in are made specifically for sublimation production, ensuring you spend more time printing,…
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What numbers do I need to calculate before leasing equipment?
When looking to lease or finance equipment, there are four calculations you can use to determine your financial health and…
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Importance of Trade Show Classes
Printwear asks NBM SHOW exhibitors why trade show classes are important. Tune into this Rapid Fire video for details on why…
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Engraving Efficiently: Pre-engrave products
Customization is extremely popular, and thus a great business opportunity, but one-off jobs can be inefficient. Loading up the same…
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Picking Products the Ladies Will Love
The buying demographic is heavily young and female, and often spontaneous; so, things that have patterns or monograms, are colorful,…
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Custom Jigging: Solving the Problem with Stainless-Steel Tumblers
Editor’s note: The following tip is specifically used on a Universal Laser Systems rotary. The problem with engraving stainless-steel tumblers…
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