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Niche or be Niched Below is an excerpt from my book, “Made to Make It: A Guide To Screen Printing Success.”  Learn helpful tips and tricks on how to run a screen printing business. There’s a saying that goes “niche or be niched.” Screen printing is a very competitive business. If you think you just […]

Why Gold Foil Popping your prints with gold foil transfers is a great way to spice up your shirts for the upcoming holiday season. The flash of the foil will not only help your shirts get noticed, but will also increase the value of your shirts. Gold foil transfers are easy to do when you […]

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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 money, and help the environment. Green screen printing practices are a cornerstone of Ryonet’s philosophy and business strategy.  They’re important to us, and they’re important […]

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If you remember your Greek mythology, Achilles was the hero that was dipped into the water of the river Styx as an infant by his mother Thetis to give him divine protection in battle. Because she held him by his heel, that was the only part of his body that wasn’t protected. Despite his Brad […]

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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, every penny counts. The temptation to cut corners or buy “just what you need” runs deep, but can cost you in the long run. Small […]

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Happy Holidays! Tis the season for hot cocoa, white elephant gifts, yule log videos on loop and (if you recall the most famous of all): truly hideous holiday sweaters. Wearing an ugly sweater is a tradition that has been passed from generation to generation for reasons unknown. Somehow their gaudiness coincides with the holiday spirit, […]

[Guest Post from Bella+Canvas. Check out their blog for more great garment-focused articles!] A t-shirt is a t-shirt, right? Not quite. When selecting a blank garment to print on, we are faced with a barrage of options: Ring-spun versus open-end, side-seamed versus tubular, 20 single versus 30 single, 4.2oz versus 5.3oz — what does it […]

It has come to my attention that there are rumors about the ROQ being incapable of printing with one stroke for each color. It’s a preposterous assumption that such a high-end machine does not perform adequately for plastisol inks. The ROQ press is designed as well if not better than any machine that I have […]