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	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 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
	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
	Different Graphics Outputs for Different Imprint Processes Why Graphic Layers Don’t Matter for Screen-Printing, But Do -BIG TIME- for Cutting Artwork sent to production for different processes needs to be prepared differently. Recognizing these forms of output and their different requirements will help us in Cutting, Direct print, Sublimation, and in a... By Clay Barbera, Written Tuesday, August 9, 2016
	Guaranteed Profits for Embroidery - Part 4 <Back to Part 3 If you have a calculator and an embroidery log with a number of varied jobs in front of you, you have everything you need to calculate two out of the four timeframes you need for pricing embroidery. The other two timeframes will take a little time and observation, as well as a... By Scott M Ritter, Written Friday, September 9, 2016
	Screen Exposure 101: Get it Right the First Time Almost every screenmaking problem a printer can have will be the result of either incorrect screen exposure or bad reclamation. (contaminated screens) We can look at reclaiming techniques another day, but to correct your exposure issues, we can resort to a technique that has been employed by... By Scott M Ritter, Written Thursday, May 19, 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
	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

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