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	Guaranteed Profits for Screen Printing or Embroidery If you are reading this, you probably already have a pricing structure that you are using, but you are not satisfied with the profits your company is making. So how did you come up with the prices you've been charging? Did you create your pricing system by checking a competitors price list, then -... By Scott M Ritter, Written Tuesday, September 6, 2016
	Sublimation Ghosting Busting Ghosting mainly occurs in sublimation when the ink is still active even after you have opened the heat press as the transfer paper could have slightly moved during this process. When opening the heat press, the substrate and paper might move slightly resulting in the image to be slightly skewed... By Aaron Montgomery, Written Sunday, February 12, 2017
	Small Letters Don't Have to Cause BIG Problems As embroidered designs and lettering get smaller, new problems arise. Small letters tend to cause more thread breaks, small walking stitches sometimes walk straight into the depths of the fabric, and thin lines get eaten in wool. So what makes small embroidery elements so difficult? Short Stitches... By Scott M Ritter, Written Saturday, November 21, 2015
	Guaranteed Profits for Screen Printing or Embroidery - Part 2 <Back to Part 1 Part 2 - Making Cents of it All: How Manufacturers Arrive at the Prices They Charge The whole idea behind the costing process is to arrive at an annual profit figure that the company can be happy with. They try to look at the big picture. Instead of looking at the cost of... By Scott M Ritter, Written Wednesday, September 7, 2016
	Adding Sublimation To A Screen Printing Shop When it comes to mass printing of apparel, screen printing tends to win out in terms of cost and efficiency. But what happens when a client wants an order of 12 t-shirts with an 8 color image? Or suppose that same person needs some promotional items and/or signage – are you able to handle that... By Jimmy Lamb, Written Friday, September 23, 2016
	Success in Direct-to-Garment Printing Direct-to-Garment printing is like any other business. It’s more than just buying the equipment and supplies, and hanging out your “Open for Business” shingle. If you’re not already running a business, you’ll need to look at the big picture… pricing your product, marketing, setting up a business... By Terry Combs, Written Sunday, January 17, 2016
	When Death Do Us Part - Sublimated Memorial Products Losing a loved one is one of life’s most trying experiences; because the reality is that they aren’t coming back leaving you with nothing more than your memories. But it’s these same memories that can provide an emotional lifeline for someone struggling to come to terms with their grief while... By Jimmy Lamb, Written Friday, September 2, 2016
	Color That Pops: Simulated Process on Light and Dark Garments 'Simulated process' is the process of breaking down an image and making it look like it was printed using four color process - but without the use of the process colors, and not limited to a specific number of colors. It would usually be a raster image, meaning it was created or broken down in... By DrPrint, Written Thursday, July 7, 2016

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