Preparing Artwork for DTG Printing by Scott Fresener

This is a topic that a book could be written about because a lot of things that need to be or could be done...

FastART – Back by Popular Demand. Great Artwork – Cheap!

FastART Volumes 1 - 29. Re-Released! FastART was first introduced in 2002 as a way to help users of our popular Photoshop color separation program,...

Printing Photoshop Channel Separations in Illustrator or Corel Draw

It is very common to create "channel" color separations in Adobe Photoshop. This is how automated color separation programs like T-Seps make separations. And, if you...

Color Separations 101 – by Scott Fresener

Color Separations 101 - Everything you ever wanted to know about Color Separations This article is for anyone involved in creating, managing or just...

Small Business Marketing Tips – Second Edition by Aaron Montgomery

Marketing without being a Fortune 500 company.

Simulated Process Color Separations for Screen Printing – Part One

  Part One of a two part article. Click here to read Part Two.     Printing detailed, photorealistic images on dark shirts has always been the ultimate...

Simulated Process Color Separations for Screen Printing – Part Two

  Part Two - Simulated Process Color Separations for Screen Printing. Click here to read Part One.                 Creating Underbase White If you are going on...

Final Separation Tweaks in Adobe Photoshop

This article will assume you already have a basic Photoshop channel separation done as Simulated Process Color. The information here is geared more towards doing...

Checkout the Facebook Industry Related Groups

Facebook has open and closed groups and there are a LOT of them for garment decorating. In case you did not know about them...

Stop Ruining Great Artwork by Scott Fresener

This is a topic I deal with every day as I do high-end photorealistic color separations for the industry. The original artwork is often...

Marketing & Selling Basics 101 by Scott Fresener

This article should be titled "If you can't make a sale you only have a hobbie." Create a Plan and Set Goals TODAY! True! If you...

The Real History of Inkjet Printing on T-Shirts

This short article is one that was first posted on the U.S. Screen website a long time ago to show that none...

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.
Color Seps with Scott Fresener

Color Separations in Photoshop with Scott Fresener

It is almost impossible to tell everything you need to know about color separating in a short article. But, I feel strongly that if...

Creating Distressed Look in Corel Draw

OK, I have to admit it. I have written this article before. In fact, in looking for older versions I found an article I...

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...

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...

Just starting out? Come to a Printers Boot Camp!

Are you just starting out? Come to Bowling Green Kentucky for three or four days and Mike Fresener will make you a GREAT printer!...

Creating an Underbase in Corel Draw

When printing on a black or dark background, you need to print either sold or halftoned underbase of white ink. This short article will detail...

Secrets to High-End Printing on Dark Shirts – Important Information!

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"...

Where are the customers?

This article was first written in 2009 but it is still relevant today. ...

Five Things to Know about DTG

Five Things to Know Before Jumping into Digital Printing This article is very PRO direct-to-garment or DTG. While some of the comments may sound negative...

Woodstock…I was there … or was I?

This is a "reprint" of a fun little article I wrote on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock in August of 2009. I thought I...

Customer Service – Does anyone know what it means? By Aaron Montgomery

Aaron Montgomery talks about customer service.

Epson F2000 DTG Printer Review and Update by Scott Fresener

  November 2017 Update. This article is starting to look like a saga. You should read this section first and work through the article and updates...

How to make Artwork Color Separation Friendly

It’s Time For An Artwork Resolution to Help Make Separations Easier and Better The title of this article says it all. For high-end color separations...

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...

Blur Text – No, It’s Not Your Eyes

I find it very funny that we strive to do high end photo realistic images on light and dark shirts, and there is a...

Using Vellum to Burn Screens by Scott Fresener

For those who remember the old process cameras, when vellum paper and laser printers found a...

The Three Fastest Ways to Get New Business by Mark Coudray

The fastest way to get more business is to look at your existing customer base and see if you can't sell them more. There are a variety of ways of doing this. Two of the fastest are to create bundles and programs. Beyond these easy to implement ways are to reactivate old or lost accounts.
Computer Graphics Articles

Three new computer graphic articles from Scott Fresener

There are three new articles on the main Articles page. They are all on computer graphics and they are all topics that we deal with...

Choking, Trapping & Cleaning up Type in Photoshop – by Scott Fresener

A Little Background First Choking and Trapping are two very common printing terms that relate to creating artwork that prints easy at the press.  Computer...

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...

T-Shirt War Video

This is VERY funny! It is a short video called T-Shirt War by two wild and crazy guys called Rhett and Link at....... you...

The Death of Screen Printing – written in 1996

This article first appeared in 1996 in Imprint Canada. It is an interesting read all these years later! The Death of Screen Printing OK, I got your...

Fun at the Magic Show

A couple of years ago we visited the Magic Show (Men's Apparel Guild) in Las Vegas. We had a great time and shot some...

Non-Textile Printing by Scott Fresener

By Scott FresenerThis article is written for all the garment screen printers who want to diversifyinto non-textile printing and have never worked with inks...

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...

Combining Corel Images with Photoshop

Scott Fresener gives a short tutorial on the best way to use Corel images in Photoshop.

A Good Day to Start a Business by Terry Combs

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you know the economy has been down for months, jobs are being lost, credit is tight to non-existent,...

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...

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.

Helping Artists Understand File Formats by Scott Fresener

This is a topic dear to my heart. Now that I am doing a lot of high-end color separations every day I have a...

Dealing With Contract Printers

Do you deal with outside contract screen printers? Are you confused by all thetalk of underbasing, flash curing, screen charges, separation costs andmore? Do...

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? Scott Fresener walks...

Improving Poor Photographic Images in Corel Draw

Never leave a piece of photorealistic artwork untouched. Although Adobe Photoshop is...

NewBie or Not NewBie? That is the question by Pat Fresener

Hey, the good news is that this article is really for those who are thinking of joining the revered group called “newbies” so “experts”...

T-RIP For Film Output

T-RIP Film Output - Perfect Films Every Time Are you looking for the perfect film for screen printing. Combine T-RIP with the Epson...

Fake Stitch Look

This one is fun. Have you ever looked at a shirt from a distance and thought it was an emblem or cloth appliqué stitched...
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