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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
	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
	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
	Distress to Impress - By Eric Jenson In a world of creative ideas and revolving trends, new ideas are becoming an interesting topic. Some schools and companies have simplified their designs and follow the rinse and repeat rule. Others are continually trying to revamp their brand or enhance their logo or mascot. ... By Clay Barbera, Written Tuesday, August 9, 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
	What is Vector Art? You might already know the difference between bitmap art and vector art. But your customers don't. Consider printing this page and presenting it to customers when the need arises. Among the most frequent questions people ask are: What is Vector Art? Can I convert a .BMP, .GIF or .JPG to vector? I... By Scott M Ritter, Written Tuesday, November 24, 2015
	Editing for the Non-Digitizer The digitizing process is the programming of the actual design. Editing, which is manipulating the design, is done after digitizing. While knowing how to digitize efficiently is important for the shops that want to undertake this step (you can send your artwork to contract digitizers), knowing... By Ruth Guenther, Written Saturday, July 2, 2016
	The Embroidery Formula - What I Wish I Would Have Learned in the Beginning As an embroiderer, I am always learning and growing. As a teacher, I am always thinking about what I wish I had learned before embarking on the long journey to comprehension. With embroidery (and I’m sure any other form of decoration), there are so many reasons, so many techniques, and so many... By Andrea Bommarito, Written Wednesday, December 16, 2015

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