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How To Dial In Exposure Times Using An Exposure Calculator

Calculate Screen Printing Profits for a DIY Printer in 4 Steps

How to Print White Plastisol Ink on a Black Shirt with a Smoothing Screen

3 Ways to Create Soft Prints with Plastisol Ink

The Best Way to Set up a Screen Print Shop in a Garage
Tons of print shops start off in basements, spare rooms, and garages. Think about it, they're already investing a good chunk of cash into purchasing the equipment and supplies, why not set up shop in a space they have already paid for?
Print expert Darryl Sapp shares his past experiences of working in a garage shop, offering best practices to make the most efficient workflow in the space you have.

Control Print Shop Temperature with these 3 Tips

The Basics of Mixing Emulsion and Coating a Screen

3 Ways to Spot Frozen Emulsion and How to Handle it

How to Achieve Matte or Glossy Screen Prints

A Guide to Pricing Screen Printed Garments and Turning a Profit
Unless you’re only screen printing for fun, you need to know how much you should sell your shirts to make a profit. The best way to know for sure how much you should sell your shirts to make a profit is to use a profit calculator. Following a calculator is helpful, but how does it translate to the real world? Here’s a crash course in pricing shirts as well as some pricing advice from real-life shops.

A Guide to Creating an Underbase in Adobe Illustrator

CMYK vs. Spot Color vs. Simulated Process Printing
Okay, so you’ve heard their names, CMYK Process, Spot Color, and Simulated Process, but what are they? What sets them apart from one another and what is the best use for each? Let’s go through them, one by one!