Providing the screen printing industry with quality information and resources.

Flash Curing Slows Production

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Flash curing slows me down.  Is there some way to eliminate flash
curing?

Almost all flash curing can be eliminated, and yes, you are right, flash curing
severely reduces productivity and profitability.

Small Silk Screen Shop Efficiency and Profitability

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Increasing efficiency and profitability in a small shop starts with knowing
where to look for opportunities.  That shop might only be a one person
business, or it could be 10 people, but the methods will be the same.

Identifying Superior Screen Print Suppliers

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If the quality of printing you are getting does not meet your expectations,
the reasons are easy to spot.  Selling a job that you are not proud to
deliver does not have to happen again.

Charging the Right Price For Silk Screening

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Determining the right price to charge is the most difficult problem in most businesses.

Charging the right price is especially difficult for companies that provide screen printed,
transfer and embroidered products.  In fact, there is no right price,
only an optimal price.

Applying & Laminating Capillary Film

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To apply capillary film:

Three Common Printing Mistakes And How You Can Avoid Them

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If you’re neglecting to mix inks, ignoring retensionable
screens or bearing down on squeegees, your printing could be suffering.

Roger L. Jennings

 

Selecting a Manual Silk Screen Press

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silk screening presssilk screening pressNearly every person buying a press asks the price, but almost no one asks about the manual press construction and features that determine profitability.

Wouldn’t you think people would be interested in the quality of printing, because that is the reputation of the screen printing shop? A good reputation attracts repeat business. Press construction and features also determine how long a job takes to set up and print. That is more money in a screen printer’s pocket than the difference in purchase price…..a lot more! No one asks these questions. So Printwear Magazine will provide the most important questions and answers.

Quality Silk Screen Prep Program

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silk screensilk screenThe following prep procedure can help with any printers over all efficacy.

1.Place a unique, indelible, number on each frame.

2.Place the same number on a 3x5 card using one card for each frame.

Target Marketing with Caps

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Lands End Corporate Sales embroiders business logos for orders of any size, many of which are small. NEBS, a business forms company, bought a screen printing and embroidery company to serve the same corporate market as Lands End. Uniform suppliers like Wear Guard have recently entered the same embroidered shirt market.

Decorating Golf Wear

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One of the most exciting areas for decorators to expand their business is golf wear. Golf wear offers some of the highest profit margins. Now that Tiger is back, interest in and growth of the golf market is certain.

Golf wear includes a broad range of products from golf shirts, towels, caps, rain gear, umbrellas and more. Some of these items can be embroidered, but all can be screen printed. Screen printing can match fonts and logos exactly, and in the prescribe Pantone® Matching System colors.

Apparel that is being worn should be soft and flexible. Certainly the golfer does not want to feel the image when swinging a golf club. Ink is on the outside of the garment where the image cannot be felt. However, screen printing golf wear is not at all like printing T-shirts.