All Entries in the "Scott Fresener Blog" Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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! See the short section on Quirks at the bottom of this page.
Adobe has changed a couple of folders where we would normally install T-Seps and we will be updating the T-Seps [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fespa Barcelona Daily Show Reports from Scott Fresener
OK, so you couldn’t make it to Fespa Barcelona. Too bad because it is a great city. FESPA had another big show February 21 – 24 and Scott Fresener was there doing lots of seminars and videos. Check out Scott’s daily show reports, interviews and much more right here on this page – or on [...]
T-Seps Now 64-Bit on MAC
It is often hard to keep up with technology and companies like Apple and Adobe don’t make it easy for small software developers like us. T-Seps has been working great on 64-bit Windows computers for a long time. We just released the upgrade for T-Seps to now work on 64-bit Mac. That means if you [...]
UPDATE – Adobe Changes Mind on Upgrade Price By Scott Fresener
Adobe announced plans to offer subscription based pricing in early 2011, but it was in November with the unveiling of the pricing for Adobe CS6 that the company really irritated long time users/supporters. In addition to the new subscription services, they announced that to qualify for upgrade pricing for CS6, you needed [...]
Fespa Fabric – Barcelona Spain – February 21-24
By Scott Fresener. Fespa is on the move again and in early 2012 they will once again have their huge Fespa Digital show along with a smaller show-within-a-show called Fespa Fabric in Barcelona Spain, February 21 – 24, 2012! Wow. Tapas on Las Ramblas. Nothing finer!
They have again asked me to present a seminar program [...]
Obama Signs “Anti-Trinkets and Trash” Bill
On November 9, President Obama signed what might be called the “Anti-Trinkets and Trash Bill” as part of a bill to cut government wasteful spending. Wow. Regardless of your political leanings, this one hits home at our industry. No one can argue that the governments wastes billions of dollars but when you single out promotional [...]
Congrats to Tom Rauen for Wearing 247 Shirts!
A huge congratulations to industry member, Tom Rauen, of EnvisionTees.com in Dubuque, Iowa for beating the Guinness Book of World Records for the most T-Shirts worn. Tom did this amazing feat at the Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque, on November 11 by wearing 247 shirts!
With an official Guinness Book of World Records judge present [...]
