ROQ Screen Printing Testimonials: Print Direct For Less

AR Department

“We are a flat sheet printer who was looking to get into the screen printing trade. After comparisons to the competitors we were sold mainly on the service Ryonet® promised to deliver, along with the equipment.” What attracted you to ROQ (S.Roque) in the first place and what made up your mind to purchase a […]

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How To Calculate Your Exposure Time Using A Step-Wedge Test

Ryonet Collaborator

So, you’re struggling to dial in your exposure time. Welcome to the club. This is the most common issue we hear about at Ryonet. In fact, questions about exposure time come in from screen printers every day. Multiple times a day. Most of the time we suggest getting a step wedge test to really dial […]

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The Simple Trick To Mixing Water Based Ink

Ryonet Collaborator

Using a ink mixing system offers a lot of benefits for your screen printing shop, including color flexibility, cost savings, and an added benefit to your customers. And there are a number of things that you can do to make mixing your own water based ink a bigger benefit to your shop. But there’s one […]

 

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How To Start Water Based Printing

Ryonet Collaborator

Getting into water based printing isn’t as hard as most long-time plastisol printers think. I’ve been printing with water based inks since 2008 and have helped hundreds of printers successfully transition over. If you step into it the right way, water based printing can actually be easier and save you time and money, versus printing […]

 

ROQ Screen Printing Testimonials: One In A Million

AR Department

“One In A Million started screen printing in 2008 with a Riley Hopkins® press and small dryer. After a few years we invested in our first automatic. We bought a Brown press – what problems didn’t we have? It wasn’t funny.” What attracted you to ROQ (S.Roque) in the first place and what made up […]

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How Finding Your Niche Will Increase Your Business x10

Ryan Moor

“Niche or be niched.” –Unknown Maybe you’ve heard that quote before, maybe not, but it’s truer in screen printing than in anything else. Screen printing is a very competitive business. If you think you just can go buy a bunch of equipment, hang a sign on your door that says “open for screen printing” (or […]

ROQ Screen Printing Testimonials: FUG

AR Department

“We started January 21, 2011. We printed everything on a Riley Hopkins® four-station, six-color press (which we love). We were receiving orders for 100-500 for local colleges, and they usually gave us a five-day notice and wanted to know if it was possible to get it done. We never said no, but we realized that […]

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How To Use The Fusion Mixing System

AR Department

You’ve just bought the Green Galaxy® Fusion Mixing System…now what? If you’ve selected your color and are ready to pull your scale out and start a rainbow chemistry lab, you’re on the right track. All you need is: – A gram scale (least 0.1 g (optimal .01 g) – Empty containers for mixing and storage […]

A Guide to the New Riley Hopkins Upgrades

AR Department

One of the core values at Ryonet is to "be the best at being better." At the onset of every day, each team from Ryonet is challenged to hold up that value and constantly look for a better approach, product, or process to offer our customers. Ryonet has proven time and time again that a standard exists to be pushed, and good enough is never the end of the search. On top of it all, stands the Riley Hopkins legacy, steady and sturdy, renown for quality and popularity throughout the industry for 35 years. Partnered with Ryonet since 2005 and an official brand under the company since 2012, the collaboration of the past nine years has proven an explosive journey to the top for both brands.

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Make A Profit Screen Printing: The DIYer

AR Department

Last week I wrote a post explaining how to Find your 'Profitability Sweet-Spot, and gave readers a chance to understand the profitability calculator we suggest using to calculate profits for a job with our Profit Calculator post. Let's go in-depth about how to make this equation work for your situation using five common scenarios based on our top-selling kits. Here's how you can earn 45% profit in the most common situation: The DIYer!

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Finally, A DIY kit for Serious Printers

AR Department

From the moment you receive the box in the mail, Ryonet’s DIY Print Shop Kit shouts innovation. With its unique graphics (courtesy of Print Liberation) printed proudly on the packaging, you are welcomed into the world that Ryonet and Print Liberation rules: Do It Yourself Screen Printing. Once containing only a one-color press, the new DIY 4-Color Screen Printing Kit now allows DIY-ers to print up to four colors per design, giving beginners the tools they need to print like a pro.

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Squeegee Comparison: Ergo Force Handle vs. Wooden Handle

Alex Castrillo

It's almost Friday... which means it's almost the weekend... can we get a WOOOOT WOOOOT?!!!?

Ryonet's own Luke Ryerkerk was recently caught on camera discussing a comparison between two types of sqeegee handles, the Ergo Force handle and a wooden handle... it's a good detail to consider. Really.

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