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The Eagle Has Left The Nest
Have you been to the mall lately? Other than WAY TOO MANY neon colors – what did you notice that was missing? Finally….. prints with lots of wings and vintage flourish graphics seems to have left the building. It is about time. OK, there are still plenty of skulls and a lot of “Walking Dead/Zombie” [...]
Six Common Screen Printing Mistakes
By Scott Fresener.
Over the years I have given thousands of classes and been in hundreds and hundreds of shops doing consulting. I use to joke to my wife than in a lot of cases I could have “phoned it in.” That means that in many cases I encountered the same problems over and over and [...]
T-Seps Compatible with Photoshop CS6!
We are pleased to report that we love the new look, feel and function of Photoshop CS6 – AND T-Seps works great in CS6 on both Mac and Windows platforms! We updated the T-Seps Installers for both Mac and PC on February 18, 2013. If you have tried T-Seps in the past and had problems [...]
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 [...]
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 – and it never stops amazing me how much bad information is given out by industry suppliers.
I do color separations all day [...]
Revised How To Print T-Shirts Book
Scott and Pat Fresener have been busy at work these last few months updating and revising their popular book How To Print T-Shirts For Fun And Profit. This is the book that every shop has a well worn copy of. From basic step-by-step procedures to advanced techniques this book is the “bible” of the industry. [...]
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 [...]
Secrets to High-End Printing on Dark Shirts by Scott Fresener
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. Over the years I have had this call and conversation THOUSANDS of times. True. It comes from the fact that in the every day [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
T-Biz Presents….”Fist Full of Squeegees”
Back in the mid ’90s Images Magazine in the UK had a great guy named Peter Rose doing their website. Peter was also a screen print supplier. He had his own site named Zodd’s Law for Intergalactic Screenprinters. It was/is out of this world with typical Monty Python humor with a screen print edge. And, [...]
The Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act and You by Scott Fresener
This one has been bouncing around for a few years and was stayed a year ago pending review and defining the guidelines better. On October 19, 2011 this was law finally went into effect and frankly it seems that the garment decorating community (printers – not magazines) have either been ignoring it hoping it would [...]
The Print Cycle Of Life c.2 – Part Two
Mike Fresener here posting from a secret location deep in the Kentucky Wilderness. Blogging from this location gives me a unique perspective of the printing industry. Enjoy the ramblings that 40 years of screen opener will get ya! Here is Part Two of my adventure.
If you want to see the inside of [...]
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Coming Soon. Beta Just Released!
This is good news and bad news. It could be great news if Adobe does not screw things up. Many of us have stayed on earlier versions of Photoshop just because they seemed more stable. And, when Adobe removed the “Screen” button in CS5, it meant having to spend more time with RIP settings for [...]
