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Cotton and polyester are two of the most common fabrics used in screen printing. Cotton, made from plants, is a ubiquitous raw material for clothing. Odds are good that you're wearing something made from cotton right now. Polyester is a broad range of manmade...
Registering your screens for screen printing is a challenging task. Without perfect registration, your prints suffer! But registration is also a time-consuming (and frankly annoying) part of screen printing. 5 Tips For Screen Printing Registration Here are our simple...
Learn about emulsion, coating screens, and even drying screens for screen printing. Matt Marcotte from Printavo joins us from Sound & Fury, where they have a lean but mean screen printing operation. He'll show you everything you need to know about screen printing...
In screen printing, screens come first. Struggling to build a screen room and darkroom without breaking the bank? Even with very limited resources, you can still achieve incredible results. You simply don't need to spend thousands of dollars on your screen print...
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...
Learn how to screen print with white ink – or else! Most new screen printers are surprised by how challenging it is to print white inks. Everyone loves to print dark inks on white garments. It's easy! But customers love a bold white print on a dark black shirt....
Where should you buy screen printing supplies? Every print shop – even the biggest ones in the world – struggle with this question. From inks to emulsion to screens to simple things like tape and ink cards, your supplies are how you turn a customer’s...
Every print entrepreneur, at some point, considers this question: “Should I buy a DTG printer?” DTG (direct-to-garment) printing has immediate appeal to most entrepreneurs. It’s sold as a fast, easy, and affordable way to print infinite colors...
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...
Automating the screen printing artwork and separations process is a dream for most print shops. Now, it's a reality: use GraphXsource and Printavo together. Here's how it works: the GraphXsource team acts as a remote employee on your Printavo account. You control what...
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...
Mesh count is one of the first variables that screen printers should understand. Screens for screen printing aren't just sold in different size. They're sold in different mesh counts, which you can think of like the resolution of the screen. Since screens are just...
