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Want to kill your screen printing business? There's one sure-fire way to do it: do a bad job moving your shop. A lot of us started printing in our bedrooms, garages, and basements. As time goes on, a squeaky-clean warehouse with tons of space starts to seem like a...
The number one question that screen printing shops have is a big one: How do I set my screen printing prices? The most basic calculation is this: (Garment Price * Garment Markup) + (Printing Fee - Quantity Discount) = Price Per Garment You can get extremely detailed...
Screen printing isn't just pulling a squeegee and dragging ink across a screen. There's a lot of software involved with making great screen prints. What works to help one shop print shirts might not work for another. But if you look at the forums and groups that...
Contents What’s the difference between DTG and screen printing? Screen printing Direct-to-garment printing Why use DTG instead of screen printing? What are the cons of DTG printing? It's expensive It's slow The print won't last as long Garments require pretreating Why...
Embroidery pricing is not easy. Many print shops take on embroidery as an afterthought, then discover it's harder than they imagined. They buy a few used embroidery heads and dive in, not realizing the complexity involved with embroidery. Other shops focus entirely on...
As a screen print shop owner, you may find yourself doing all of your design work after hours – or in between jobs to keep up with your shop’s workflow. Sending proofs, dealing with customer feedback, creating separations, printing film, and...
Let's talk about screen printing spoilage. What is spoilage? In the garment decorating industry, spoilage simply means production errors. Spoilage becomes expensive, fast – so it's very important to develop a strategy for minimizing spoilage in your...
Want to save money on screen printing ink? The answer is simple: standardize your ink selection. I'll show you how. Screen printers love to show off their collections of custom-mixed inks. You’ll see these colorful pictures on any print shop’s Instagram: A...
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It all started with a viral online store I made on a beach in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. I was 19. It was winter break. School was starting in a few short weeks, and I was very short on cash. I loved Photoshop. I'd even designed merchandise for my fraternity. Being a...
About the author: Steven Farag is co-owner of Campus Ink in Champaign, IL. He regularly writes for Printavo and works closely with us to offer feedback, advice, and guidance for how to make Printavo even better. Steven's focus on improving processes and workflow – as...
About the author: Steven Farag is co-owner of Campus Ink in Champaign, IL. He regularly writes for Printavo and works closely with us to offer feedback, advice, and guidance for how to make Printavo even better. Steven's focus on improving processes and workflow...
