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While many factors determine the quality of your screen prints, it’s especially important not to overlook the condition of your pallets!  This article was written for Printwearmag.com by Michael Jirasek  It’s a part of the screen printing press that is known by many names — pallet, platen, shirtboard — to name a few of the more common descriptions. They’ve […]

A flash cure unit allows screen printers to optimize their screen prints. With a flash cure unit, you can overlap your colors without unintended blending or put down an underbase for a more opaque print. Getting those optimal results takes some skill with your flash cure unit, and if you don’t know the ins and outs of using a […]

The screen printing business changes with the season. Different seasons bring different challenges and different demands from customers. To help you prepare your business for a successful summer, we’ve prepared our two-part Guide to Successful Summer Screen Printing. Our second blog in the series will focus on how the summer weather can affect your screen printing […]

The screen printing business changes with the season. Different seasons bring different challenges and different demands from customers. To help you prepare you business for a successful summer, we’ve prepared our two-part Guide to Successful Summer Screen Printing. Our first blog in the series will focus on summer merchandising and marketing. If you’re not adjusting […]

When it comes to printing basic garments, most screen printers turn to 100-percent cotton substrates. More and more, however, customers are looking for alternatives. For that reason, cotton/polyester blends are becoming more common. These blended garments have plenty of advantages, but they also pose some of the same challenges that come with printing on fully […]

Plastisol is favored by screen printers for its ease of use. Nevertheless, there are some problems that can crop up when you’re screen printing with plastisol ink. Here is our list of the top 10 most common problems associated with plastisol screen printing and how to solve them. Problem 1: Prints that wash away If […]

Technology has made creating images to print on shirts, coffee mugs, tote bags and other sellable goods much easier. But with a world of ideas available with a quick Google search, technology opens the door to a higher likelihood of copyright infringement. You probably (hopefully) know that you can’t just print whatever you like without permission. Brand names and […]

Heat transfers provide a great alternative to a traditional print run in any screen printing shop. They allow printers to create smaller batches of customized apparel for customers, when it might be cost-prohibitive to fire up the screen printing press. A heat press and premade transfers also can be taken on the go to create […]

To achieve any measure of financial success as a screen printer, you have to put maximum effort into marketing your business. So you’ve got a user- and search engine-friendly website, active social media channels, a content marketing strategy and some local advertisements — but you’re still falling short when it comes to generating new leads. What else […]

These days, your screen print has to do more than look good; it has to feel good, too. With a few possible exceptions, such as athletic jerseys, consumers want a soft hand for their screen printed garments. With water-based inks or ink additives, that softer hand feel is easy to achieve when printing on a light garment. […]

Jagged, blurry or fuzzy edges on screen prints can render products unsellable. If the edges of your screen prints aren’t clear and crisp, there could be several issues at work. Here are some ways you can prevent rough edges on your screen prints. Sawtoothing: Eliminating jagged edges A common screen printing problem, when it comes […]

We’ve all seen typography fails: Ads or shirts whose lettering just doesn’t work. That could mean the spacing between letters makes the words hard to read, or easily misread; that the typeface and design don’t quite fit the message or branding; or that the design just looks “off.” While it’s easy to identify a typography […]