DecoNetwork Webinars

DecoNetwork – makers of the best online design and website site software – offer Webinars for the industry featuring timely topics and presenters like Scott Fresener. Here is a recent webinar done by Scott titled Creating High-End Separations with T-Seps. This is one hour and jam packed. If you want to know how the pros [...]

Famous 1976 Farrah Fawcett Shirt Re-Released!

The shirt that started it all has been re-released!

Wow, has this industry changed. For those newbies and even some who think they are old timers, how many of you can remember the shirt on the left? Yes, I own an original Farrah Fawcett shirt circa 1976. In fact, back in 2002 Impressions Magazine was [...]

Adobe Launches CS6 and The Creative Cloud

On Monday, April 23, at 10:00am PT (USA), Adobe launched Creative Suite 6 (CS6), the next versions of its popular software programs like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. They also rolled out the MUCH ANTICIPATED new Web-based subscription service, Creative Cloud.
The April 23 event, was hosted by Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, and was streamed [...]

State of the Industry with Scott Fresener

How are we really doing?
I wanted to write a short comment on my observations of the state of the garment decorating industry. This is not scientific but just a seat of the pants feeling. I now do a LOT of color separations and deal with hundreds and hundreds of printers worldwide. And, we have thousands [...]

Don’t Lose Internet Service – Warning

The FBI announced that millions of computer users could lose service on July 8.  International hackers ran online ads that when responded to took control of million of computers and changed how they looked up the DNS (domain name) of sites and re-directed users to bogus similar sites when they clicked on links. Malicious software [...]

Using Foil for Great Effects!

By Scott Fresener
In the early to mid 90’s, foil on shirts was HUGE! We use to teach it in our classes and the students really ate it up. About 1996, we stopped showing it because no on cared. Guess what? Like so many other things in this industry, foil made a giant [...]

Halftone Dots Made Easy

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about halftone dots for screen printing and how to create them, expose them and print them in this article by Scott Fresener.

Screen Printing Plastisol Heat Transfers

By Scott Fresener.
I was reading a recent post on another forum where the conversation was about how to screen print your own heat transfers. The responses made it sound like rocket science. I cut my teeth screen printing millions of heat transfers in the 70’s and regardless of what anyone says (who was probably [...]

Halftone Converter

Do you need a way to convert Photoshop files to halftone dots? Are you searching for the missing “Screen” button in Photoshop CS5?
Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t call to say they upgraded to Photoshop CS5 and they can’t find the “Screen” button that they use to set the halftone [...]

Freseners “How To Print” Book – Perfect for any Tablet

With the popularity of the iPad and other tablet devices it was only fitting that the popular book, How To Print T-Shirts For Fun And Profit by Scott and Pat Fresener be released a digital eBook version. For over 32 years their popular book has been the guide for countless thousands of garment [...]

Finally a Low Cost Direct-to-Garment Printer Starting at $3,495!

It was bound to happen. Our good friend, Andy McDaniel with Easy T Printer has come out with a low priced direct-to-garment printer that prints on white or light shirts (no white ink) for ONLY $3,495. The machine has a simple design, is easy to use and prints just like printers costing three times as [...]

New Rapid Tag Printer

Do you print tags/labels in the back of shirts? Do you print small images (up to 6″ x 6″) on sleeves, baby clothes and other items? Do you need a way to print these FAST? Check out the new Rapid Tag from All American Screen Mfg. Save $500 as a “friend of [...]

T-RIP 1.2 Released

T-RIP Film Output – NEW Version
If you tried T-RIP before….try it again!
We just released Version 1.2 of T-RIP. Creating film positives on an inexpensive inkjet printer just got better. T-RIP is now easier to use and install and much faster! Plus version 1.2 lets you print ALL Black on almost [...]

Events Calendar Update

We just updated the Events Calendar to include all the major trade shows through the end of 2012 – including key international shows. Learn about industry Trade Shows, Open Houses, Training Classes and more with our Industry Events Calendar. If you have an event coming up make sure to let us list it.

Vector Art Service

T-Biz Network International has partnered with CopyArtwork.com to offer our customers a great way to save on converting those junky JPG files and napkin drawings to vector art. You know what we are talking about. The customer walks in with a JPG or worse yet a sketch – and you spend two hours converting it [...]

Save up to 30% on T-Print Ink PLUS Free Freight!

If you have a DTG printer then this is a sale you can’t afford to miss. Scott Fresener’s T-PRINT direct-to-garment ink is being used by printers around the world and gives bright prints with minimal white ink settling. It is available through www.IndependentPrintSupplies.com and you can save 20% on CMYK colors, 25% on White ink [...]

Academy of Screen Print Technology New Members

I have been a member of the Academy of Screen Print Technology since 1995 and each year we induct new members from around the world at our annual dinner/business meeting at the SGIA Show. This year we had a great meeting at the Marriott hotel in New Orleans on Wednesday, October 19. There were about [...]

Important SGIA Webinars

SGIA offers a number of  Webinars on a regular basis and many of them are very important to Garment Decorators.  Click here for more details. There is no fee if you are an SGIA member and $25 fee for non-members. These are well worth it!
Besides their regularly scheduled future programs they also archive previous topics. [...]