While we have been basking in 70 degree days in Arizona – the rest of the country has been in a deep freeze and losing business.
Deep Freeze Sale. This one is HUGE.
Featured Articles
ISS Show Videos and Review
I took a short flight on Friday, January 17, to attend the ISS Show in Long Beach California. Wow – things have certainly gotten better.
T-Shirt Printing Classes with Scott & Mike Fresener
Just announced! Â Our next Boot Camp will now be FOUR days and will include separate classes on Computer Graphics, T-Seps/FastFilms,
New Websites for T-Seps, T-RIP and Color Separations
 We have broken out our key products with their own websites. T-Seps, T-RIP and our Color Separation service now have all new websites.
Film, Ink, Equipment from Mike Fresener’s Independent Print Supply
Are you looking for the best waterproof inkjet film on the market?
10 Reasons to buy or upgrade to T-Seps 3.0
What are you waiting for? It’s time to get T-Seps 3.0.
Product News
Epson New DTG Printer – Is this the game changer?
So…. is this going to be the Game Changer? On September 9 Epson released their direct-to-garment F2000 Series inkjet printer with lots of fanfare.
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
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, CS6 and CC?
Industry Events
T-Shirt Printing Classes with Scott & Mike Fresener
Just announced! Â Our next Boot Camp will now be FOUR days and will include separate classes on Computer Graphics, T-Seps/FastFilms,
2 Regular Guys PodCast Every Friday
Two industry veterans, Terry Combs and Aaron Montgomery, have teamed up to do weekly PodCasts on T-Shirt printing.
Events Calendar Updated Through 2014
We just updated the Events Calendar to include all the major trade shows through the end of 2014 – including key international shows.
SGIA NEWS
SGIA Las Vegas 2014
SGIA – Specialty Graphics Imaging Association – will hold their annual trade show this year October 22-24, 2014 in Las Vegas!
SGIA Webinars
Our industry trade association - SGIA - offers a number of Webinars on a regular basis and many of them are very important to Garment Decorators.Â
SGIA Garment Decorators Community
The SGIA website is a great resource for garment printers.
Marketing and Selling
Why I read the Wall Street Journal
Call me a traditionalist. I still love the smell of coffee in the morning and a good newspaper to get my day started.Â
Small Business Marketing Tips
Thank you small businesses! With your help our economy is recovering, and most people I talk to are telling me their businesses are improving.
Small Business Marketing Tips – Second Edition
Marketing without being a Fortune 500 company.
Magazine and Trade Show News
ISS Show Videos and Review
I took a short flight on Friday, January 17, to attend the ISS Show in Long Beach California. Wow – things have certainly gotten better.
Hey..#51 out of 75 in the Stitches Magazine Power 75 is not bad!
In the December issue of Stitches Magazine they came out with the Power 75 list of industry movers and shakers. Â
Computer Graphics
Important Photoshop Display Settings Change – Don’t miss this.
Starting with Photoshop CS4, I noticed that often on jobs that were color separated as a typical “channel separation” that they would not display with “dot gain” applied based on my 30% dot gain settings in the Color Settings window. This is important because if a set of color separations does not display on the Read More
Important Photoshop Display Settings Change – Don’t miss this.
Starting with Photoshop CS4, I noticed that often on jobs that were color separated as a typical “channel separation” that they would not display with “dot gain” applied based on my 30% dot gain settings in the Color Settings window. This is important because if a set of color separations does not display on the Read More
Secrets to High-End Printing on Dark Shirts
This article was promoted by yet another call from a new T-Seps user (large company) faced with the same old “we can’t print that” comment from the screen and production departments.
Class Name Shirts in Corel Draw
Some things never change. Regardless of what shirts are in style, there is still a market for putting a list of students in a class inside a word or the graduation year. This is an old technique that never goes out of style. This article shows how to create this effect in any version of Read More
Articles
Finally… a T-Shirt that can read your body!
This is what we have all been waiting for – a shirt that monitors key body indicators. The shirt is called the D-Shirt (for Digital Shirt). This Smart Sensing shirt features built in micro sensors that capture data like heart rate, body temperature, and other vital indicators and transfer them to a capsule on the shirt. Read More
DTG Machine Maintenance – a Must Read if you own DTG
A Little DTG Direct-to-Garment Background In 2004 when I first developed the T-Jet printer I was convinced it would be easy for the garment decorating industry to add this process to their bag of tricks. After all, other than the large Kornit printer (at that time), most machines were simply an Epson base inkjet paper Read More
Finally… a T-Shirt that can read your body!
This is what we have all been waiting for – a shirt that monitors key body indicators. The shirt is called the D-Shirt (for Digital Shirt). This Smart Sensing shirt features built in micro sensors that capture data like heart rate, body temperature, and other vital indicators and transfer them to a capsule on the shirt. Read More
Customer Service – Does anyone know what it means?
Aaron Montgomery talks about customer service.
New Videos on Creative Cloud, High-End Printing & T-RIP Film Output
We have a number of new videos on a variety of topics. Are you confused by Adobe’s Creative Cloud?
Small Business Marketing Tips
Thank you small businesses! With your help our economy is recovering, and most people I talk to are telling me their businesses are improving.
Basic Screen Printing Techniques 101 by Scott Fresener
Stop! Don’t put this article down just because you a few years of experience. I teach beginners who can print better with ten minutes of instruction than many printers with years of experience. This article is written with the beginner in mind but take a few minutes – read this short article – and maybe Read More
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A Day In The Life Of Screen Making
This article is like a broken record and the reason I write about basic screen making is I am constantly reminded how confusing it can be to a newcomer AND a seasoned professional
Blogs
Finally… a T-Shirt that can read your body!
This is what we have all been waiting for – a shirt that monitors key body indicators. The shirt is called the D-Shirt (for Digital Shirt). This Smart Sensing shirt features built in micro sensors that capture data like heart rate, body temperature, and other vital indicators and transfer them to a capsule on the shirt. Read More
Important Photoshop Display Settings Change – Don’t miss this.
Get Photoshop CC for $9.99 per Month!
Who is printing Super Bowl shirts? UPDATE
Product End of Life – Windows XP and Epson 3000
Just what you need. A $170 T-Shirt to help your posture.
Union Ink Closing/Moving New Jersey Factory – after 87 years
Hey..#51 out of 75 in the Stitches Magazine Power 75 is not bad!
Trends
Keep Up With Trends at TrendHunter.com
If you want to keep up with the latest trends you need to check out www.TrendHunter.com.
The Industry
Finally…. a Digital T-Shirt!
This might  be huge – or not. A Digitial T-Shirt called thirt OS 2.0 (that displays images of your choice like a neon sign) has been developed by a wearable tech company called Switch.
