Features
The latest feature articles from GRAPHICS PRO
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Vintage Vinyl: Back to the Sunshine State We Go
We seem to be on a Florida roll with wrappers lately. This week’s Vintage Vinyl video comes to us from…
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How to Assemble Acrylic Awards
After engraving, the body of an acrylic award can be glued to the base. A special glue and applicator make…
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Dress Up Corporate Awards with Simple Stage Carving
Unique to sandcarving, stage carving is a quick and easy process to add to your bag of tools to help…
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Iron-On to Shine On: Applying rhinestones to trophies
Spice up traditional awards by adding a little bling to them. Below are the basic steps. Place a piece of…
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Try This: Twice Etched, Twice Painted Tumblers
Powder-coated stainless-steel tumblers are a popular commodity. One way to add a custom twist is with a double etched image.…
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Dealing with Moisture During Sublimation of Hard Substrates
During production with a heat press operating at 400 F/204 C, moisture can flash to steam and blow the ink…
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Positioning Promotional Products: The restaurateur’s approach
Promotional products are often seen as either appetizers or desserts, not the main course or signature entrée. Let’s assume for…
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Boxed Illumination
Signage in a box – the venerable cabinet sign. In a completely elementary sense, that’s essentially what users are receiving…
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Move Past the Gray Area of White Underbase Printing
Almost nothing poses as big of a challenge for screen printers as printing white ink on dark-colored shirts. White ink…
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Best Production Setup for Sandcarving Large Panels
It’s easiest to blast large panels in a blast room. Yes, it means putting on all that gear, but the…
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Vector Cutting Laser Foil
The colorful polyester laminate called laser foil is easy to use and adds value to gift items, plaques, ornaments, and…
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Develop Alliances with Other Local Businesses with Different Custom Services
Over the years, we developed a network of other shops that we refer jobs to if they are outside our…
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Sublimation Tip: Anchor the transfer
Always anchor the transfer. Heat tape and Pro Spray make it easy to align and secure the printed transfer to…
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Word to the Wise: Adding Value through Novelty and Purpose
The possibilities for addressing why customers care are many. The examples below are a couple of ways to drive customer…
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In the Trenches: Mother May I?
I remember that day because the wind was blowing so hard and trying to damage the light gauge 4 x…
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Material Matters: Engraving Tech-Gadgets
Materials for consumer-tech products are relatively limited. Most gadgets are created from engravable plastic, bare aluminum, anodized aluminum, or stainless…
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