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A common question that we hear from manual screen printers is always “ When should I automate?” In fact, it’s such a commonly heard question that TJ and our education crew created a special course just to help manual screen printers learn the ins and outs of running an automated screen printing shop. From how […]

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Here’s the nitty gritty, as awesome as you might be in your niche, as incredibly mindblowing your print quality is and as many customers you have coming by your shop if you’re not winning bids, you’re not going to last. Now, some people have the magical salesperson touch. They can open their mouth and people’s […]

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It seems like a simple process: You have an idea for a t-shirt, so you gather together your mixing pigments and bases, pull out your custom ink mixing formula and put them together to create the perfect color for your design. In fact, it turns out so awesome that you want to make another one! […]

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This is an excerpt from the new ebook we will be publishing later in the year about starting a screen printing business. If you like this post about using pricing sheets, be on the lookout for more business related posts coming up in the next few months! There are a couple of different methods currently […]

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What is the story behind Deluxe Screen Printing? I was working for a national screen printing business for almost 11 years, starting in the mid to late 90s’s. At the time, all of the production was going to China and overseas and they were selling to Walmart, Mervin’s and a few other department stores. Unfortunately, […]

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(Guest post written by David Vahey, the creator of RyoArt and owner of MediaFly) Look I get it, you got into screenprinting for one of two reasons: you either wanted to be creative and print shirts for your band, or you wanted to support yourself / family and run a business. This post is for […]

This is probably the #1 question people ask when getting into screen printing: Where do I find customers and how do I reach them? First, let’s go back to your niche. What are you, or, at what can you be the best in the world? If you haven’t found your screen printing business niche or […]

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Manual printers, listen up! You all have terrible printing habits. I bet you’re thinking, “What does this have to do with picking out the right press configuration for your automatic?” But the question I’m getting at is: How many of you flash between every color? It’s fairly common and there is nothing wrong with going […]

We often get asked how to go about finding and building the right team for a screen printing business. This blog post comes from a book we are publishing later this year on the business of screen printing, and looks into how we handle this subject, of what it takes to build a […]

You have found your niche. Now you can set or reset your screen printing business around that niche. There are many ways to set up a successful company for screen printing, but going back to your niche and referring to what you are the BEST at and accentuating that will be your best path to […]

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The screen printing industry is not an easy place. It’s competitive enough for anyone to be ready to quit. The waters are bloody and if you don’t know why you are doing what you’re doing, you can easily get eaten up. When the going gets tough and you feel like you’re ready to quit, look […]

Can you tell me a little bit about your screen printing shop? “Printed Threads was started in 2010 in my garage, so this year we are six years old. And we’ve grown a lot, very quickly. We ordered four ROQs from you guys this year, so basically we’ve gone from one manual press in a […]