Labor Day Learning; How To Screen Print Series
“The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself… The more you learn, the more you’ll earn.” -Warren Buffet The more you learn, the more you’ll earn… This...
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Papillon Screen Print Manager; Port-Au-Prince
“Nobody wants to be a bagger for life.” Poverty Inc. 2017 What are you going to do for the people of Haiti by making shirts down there? Do you really...
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[VIDEO] Heat Press Hero: Making Bad Prints Look Good
It’s a griddle! It’s a panini maker! It’s… a heat press! Every day heroes hide in plain sight, even in your print shop. Do you look at your heat press...
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Exposure Exhaustion: What Went Wrong?
Let’s face it, exposure problems can be one of the most frustrating issues in the screen printing process. Yet, like anything else in life, screen printing is just a series...
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Ghost Images: What Are They, and How Do You Get Rid of Them?
What Are Ghost Images? A ghost image is a stain in the mesh of the screen. This can occur from either the ink or emulsion used to create the image....
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Creating a Bigger Film Positive For A Larger Screen Print
Your ambitions are big, and so are your screen print designs. But what happens when you want a full-size print and you only have access to a small output printer?...
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The Story of Riley Hopkins and Ryonet
The year was early spring 2005 and I was headed to Gig Harbor with my wife Amanda to meet the infamous Riley Hopkins and pick up our first order for...
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Turning Lemons into Lemonade: How to Reuse Misprints
Mistakes happen. Even the best of us occasionally produces a misprint or two. But there is a way to turn those proverbial “lemons” into lemonade. Reuse those rejects to save...
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Exposure Calculator: How and Why?
Dialing in your exposure time is a bit like using the “Goldilocks Principle.” You know one extreme causes an underexposed screen, and another causes an overexposed screen, but figuring out...
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Joystick or Micro Registration? An Extension of Your Personality.
“Should I get joystick or a micro registration print heads?” This has been a hot topic for Riley Hopkins manual screen printing press fans since he released the Joystick option...
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Power The Press! Growing A Smart Screen Printing Business
What it takes to grow Running and growing a business is an ever developing and a learning process. After thirteen years of learning how to start and grow a business...
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Quality vs. Quantity: Why it Pays to Spend More
As a guy who got his start printing shirts in his mom’s kitchen, I understand exactly what it’s like to bootstrap a business. When you’re still running in the red,...
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The Evils of Procrastination
I’ve been meaning to write an article that focuses on procrastination for some time now. Seriously! Don’t laugh. Somehow, I just keep putting it off. Other topics come up that...