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Finding the Right Technique for Quality
Finding the Right Technique for Quality Manual Screen Prints

In the world of screen printing, a hot debate surrounds technique: Should you push or pull your squeegees on your manual screen printing machine? Some printers will argue that the best technique for manual screen printing is to pull your squeegee down the screen toward you in the traditional screen printing manner, while others will argue that pushing the squeegee away from your body is best.

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Achieving High Quality Screen Prints on Lightweight Garments
Achieving High Quality Screen Prints on Lightweight Garments

Some garments are more delicate than others and require special care when screen printing to get a quality result. Summer’s here, and for screen printers, summer usually means more orders of lightweight garments. Whether it’s requests for sports-weight shirts and tanks for charity runs, fashionable burnout shirts or just lighter weight cotton, lightweight materials are […]

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Tips for Reducing Downtime at Your Screen Printing Shop
Tips for Reducing Downtime at Your Screen Printing Shop

Despite your best efforts, a little downtime now and then is inevitable at your shop. Here are some ways you can keep it to a minimum! If your presses aren’t running, your screen printing shop isn’t making money. Whether from machine malfunctions or problems with a print job, downtime happens in a print shop. By […]

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7 More Best Practices for Ensuring High Quality Screen Prints
7 More Best Practices for Ensuring High Quality Screen Prints

Keeping your customers happy depends on high quality prints – here are some ways to achieve them! Every screen printing shop has the goal of producing quality prints with as few misprints as possible. Achieving that goal not only means honing your skills as a printer, but also following some industry best practices to avoid problems […]

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How to Hold More Effective Meetings with Your Screen Printing Staff
How to Hold More Effective Meetings with Your Screen Printing Staff

Meetings are an essential part of running a business, but you have to be careful they stay on track! Meetings create a bit of a catch-22 for businesses. They’re necessary for communicating with your staff, but they also can interfere with your screen printing shop’s production pace. The only way to resolve this dilemma is […]

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Creating a Mobile-Friendly Website for Your Screen Printing Business
Creating a Mobile-Friendly Website for Your Screen Printing Business

When you’re establishing your business’s online presence, don’t neglect your site’s mobile performance! Pull your website up on your smart phone or tablet. What do you see? If your screen printing website hasn’t been mobile enabled, you’re doing your business a disservice. It’s estimated that 80 percent of website traffic will come from mobile devices […]

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How to Craft an Effective Mission Statement for Your Screen Printing Business
How to Craft an Effective Mission Statement for Your Screen Printing Business

A mission statement might seem insignificant, but it can play a big role in keeping your business on track! What drives your business? You likely know why you got into the screen printing business and what benefits you hoped to provide your customers. But do your customers know? Do your employees? And do your employees […]

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Setting Up a Successful Screen Department in Your Screen Printing Shop
Setting Up a Successful Screen Department in Your Screen Printing Shop

A quality screen print begins with a quality screen, and a quality screen requires a smart and efficient screen department! There’s nothing quite like seeing a squeegee glide across a screen, depositing a perfect print onto a fresh substrate. While the process might come to life on the presses, everyone knows that the workhorse of any […]

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A Tale of Registration: Tips for Properly Aligning Multi-Color Screen Printing Jobs
A Tale of Registration: Tips for Properly Aligning Multi-Color Screen Printing Jobs

A high quality multicolor screen print depends on tight registration – here are some ways to achieve it! This article was written for Printwearmag.com by Michael Jirasek Once upon a time… Some people viewed it as an art that could not be taught. To others it was a mystery that only a special few with “the eye” […]

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See the Light: The Benefits of UV LED Screen Printing Exposure Units
See the Light: The Benefits of UV LED Screen Printing Exposure Units

Find out how UV LED exposure units can speed up your production and increase your efficiency! The popularity of UV LED exposure units has increased rapidly since they were introduced to the screen printing market only a few years ago. If you haven’t upgraded to a UV LED exposure unit in your screen printing shop, […]

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Tips for Keeping Your Screen Printing Shop Clean & Organized
Tips for Keeping Your Screen Printing Shop Clean & Organized

If you’re not careful about keeping your shop clean, you might be costing yourself time and money! A dirty shop can cause a host of problems: Lint marks in the ink on finished prints, time lost searching for the right can of ink or the right screen, spills that can cause slips, boxes left out […]

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Making Sure Your Screen Printing Business's Finances are in Shipshape
Making Sure Your Screen Printing Business’s Finances are in Shipshape

If your screen printing business is humming along, with orders rolling in and sales increasing, it’s easy to assume that your business’s finances are in perfect shape. Running your business well means making it a habit of inspecting your finances in a more in-depth way. If you’ve never given your business a financial check-up, now […]

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