Screen Printing Articles
Finding Margin with Apps
Unfortunately screen printers, like other small businesses across the country are feeling a squeeze on their margin. Buyers for group t-shirts are doing more pricing shopping as the cost of supplies and blanks continues to climb. How much is cotton today? The pressure to be more efficient and cut costs...
Ron Anderson | Management
Read morePrintavo: Can It Simplify Your Screen Printing Business?
If you find yourself frequently playing "catch up" in your screen printing business, you are not alone. Keeping track of everything in your screen printing operation may seem overwhelming. Bruce Ackerman found himself in a similar situation running his shop and decided there had to be a better way to...
Ron Anderson | Management
Read moreChoosing the Proper Screen Mesh
Do you know how to choose the appropriate mesh for each color in your application? We break down the science behind selecting the right mesh to yield optimum results.
Ron Anderson | Screen Making
Read moreGrow your t-shirt business, not your overhead
Expanding your screen printing business in an uncertain economy can be a risky proposition. Here are three practical strategies to scale your t-shirt business to handle more work without taking…
Estimating Your Taxes
Learn how to file an IRS estimated tax form (1040-ES); Avoid IRS penalties. Once your t-shirt business is off the ground and starting to make some money, there is one thing…
Get the most out of your screen printing supplies
Three quick tips to get the most of your screen printing supplies so that you can deliver top quality products and maximize profit.
Corel Draw and Spot Colors
Spot Colors are a screen-printerʼs best friend. Understand the differences between spot color and process color is critical to your success as a screen-printer. Learn how to properly use…
Records Management: 7 tips to stay organized
Business records organization and management is essential to the operation of a profitable business. Good business records management is crucial come tax time.
Incorporating your T-shirt Business
Starting a t-shirt business? Choose the right corporate structure to protect your personal assets and limit your tax burden.
Improving Separations Using the Overprint Feature
Both Corel Draw and Adobe Illustrator are valuable vector programs making easy work of spot color separations but those separations by default are "always" butt registered. Both programs work on the…
Choosing an Accountant
Choosing an accountant can be one of the most challenging important decisions you will make as a small business owner. You are not just looking for someone do your accounting...you…
Adobe Illustrator & Spot Colors
If you are changing all of your colors to black, for example, just to output files or get unwanted results then you are wasting valuable time. Time is money. Read on…
Tax Deductions: Running a Screen Printing Business
Was your 2010 tax return as good as you hoped? Make sure you understand the available deductions for your screen printing business so you can minimize your tax liability in…
7 Budget Tips For Small Business
Creating your tshirt business budget shouldn’t be something you look forward to with as much anticipation as a trip to the dentist.
Setting Up Registration Marks in Corel Draw
Registration Marks are important. Poorly made marks will slow down your press registration. Learn how to easily setup registration marks using Corel Draw.
How To: Screen Printed Rhinestone Effect
More and more decorators are trying to incorporate rhinestones into their product mix. For those who want to be able to add some bling to your designs, but can't afford…
Starting A Business? Study a Franchise
Franchises have a dramatically higher success rate than other startup businesses. Studying the franchise model can help startup decorators avoid common pitfalls. Here are seven quick lessons from observing successful…
Setting Up Registration Marks in Adobe Illustrator
Registration Marks are important. Poorly made marks will slow down your press registration.
Facebook Ads: Simple, Targeted & Afforable
Learn how to leverage Facebook's advertising service to deliver your message to users based on their location, age and interests. If you haven't advertised on Facebook yet, you may be…
How To: Get the Best Films from an Inkjet Printer
Learn how to produce the crisp dense film positives with your inkjet printer. Understanding the films and inks used in the film output process can help you carry a better…
Selling To Parent Organizations
Selling custom decorated apparel for teams sports can become a political process. Check out these tips for success selling to parent committees.
3 Places To List Your Local Business Online
Remember phone books? Online search replaced them. We take a look at the top 4 places to list your business online to be found by your local community.
Achieving Opacity on Darks
Opacity is directly related to the thickness of the imprint, the type of textile fabric and dryer curing method. To obtain good ink coverage/opacity on the imprinted garment, consider these…
How To: Screen Print High Density
Think high density printing is reserved for big shops with more resources than yours? You'll think differently after checking out this tutorial on how you can produce high density…
Fix Jagged Sawtooth Edges
Learn how to prevent rough jagged, sawtoothed edges in your screens by taking advantage of the tools in the Adobe Suite.
Calibrating Your Monitor
I want to calibrate my computer monitor to show me more accurate colors so I can better adjust my color separations for my screen print press. The guys from Freehand…
How To: Screen Print Puff
Adding texture to your designs may be easier than you think? Learn how easy it is to add screen printing puff to your bag of tricks.
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