• Join ASPA – It’s Free!

    Join ASPA – It’s Free!

    If you are part of the screen printing industry, want to learn the screen printing trade, or in a field of business related to screen printing, you are welcome to join American Screen Printing Association. Membership to ASPA is completely FREE and is open to everyone throughout the world. Screen printers, t-shirt printers, sign makers, screen printing supply vendors, or graphic artists — you are all welcome to join. Sign up is fast and easy.

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  • Secrets of Printing T-Shirts Course

    Secrets of Printing T-Shirts Course

    The Secrets of Printing T-Shirts training course is one of the most comprehensive of its kind–over 47 chapters on every aspect of the t-shirt printing business from start-up planning to marketing, business procedures and fully detailed information on printing techniques and equipment. Complete with numerous photos and access to instructional videos, you’ll learn at your own pace. Download the course and start making money now.

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  • Learn How to Print T-Shirts Video

    Learn How to Print T-Shirts Video

    The 15 Essential Steps to Screen Printing T-Shirts is video training that provides thorough “see how it’s done” instruction on all facets of t-shirt screen printing. This video was created by seasoned veterans with over 15 years of experience in the t-shirt and screen printing industry. From creating “production ready” art for making a stencil to reclaiming screens, all of the vital topics of the screen printing process are covered.

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  • Screen Printer Certification Program

    Screen Printer Certification Program

    American Screen Printing Association offers to screen printing shops, career technical schools CTE’s, vocational schools, prisons, rehabilitation facilities and others a screen printer certification program. Our certification program enables individuals to become certified as competent screen printers and may help to obtain gainful employment.

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  • Milestone Reached in Certified Screen Printer Program

    Milestone Reached in Certified Screen Printer Program

    Great news from the American Screen Printing Association. We have reached an important milestone this week.

    The American Screen Printing Association Certified Screen Printer (CSP) online exam has had over 3,000 participants since its launch last year. Many have successfully passed the exam and have obtained the ASPA Certified Screen Printer Certificate of Achievement to display in their shop or office

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  • RhinoBond RBA2 Adhesive Mist

    RhinoBond RBA2 Adhesive Mist

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It’s a touchdown for screen printers with the RhinoClean Green² product group featuring: RhinoBond RBA2 Adhesive Mist that is a pressure-sensitive, environmentally-responsive formula offering many uses per application translating into less downtime, is repositionable and retains strength. [...]

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  • Inverting Artwork (For Single Color or Grayscale Photo Prints)

    Inverting Artwork (For Single Color or Grayscale Photo Prints)

    More often than not, a customer will supply you with artwork that depicts the image exactly as they want it to be printed on the shirt. That is, a white (or other colored) image on a black background. Keep in mind that we are talking about strictly a one color (or grayscale photo) print on a black shirt. To convert an image like this into a camera ready film positive is very easy.

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  • Removing Ghost Images

    Removing Ghost Images

    RhinoTech How-To Video:  http://youtu.be/lHoOYK5yg8Q – for removing ghost images with HRG 2400 that is part of the RhinoClean™ Green² ™ line.   The Green line utilizes an exclusive proprietary manufacturing process to help reduce the carbon footprint on our environment. [...]

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  • RhinoBond and Activator Save a Golf Game

    RhinoBond and Activator Save a Golf Game

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RhinoBond and Activator Save a Golf Game Fix your golf shoe sole! Spray RhinoBond™ RBP1500 Primer™ (or Activator) on one side and then apply RhinoBond Toughened on the other side. Press the two together and VOILA! In [...]

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  • Shades of Blue

    Shades of Blue

    A local roofing contractor orders about a dozen sweatshirts every two years or so. We printed his sweats with navy ink on ash colored shirts – pretty standard. About a week later, I get a call from the guy complaining [...]

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