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  • Should You Start from Scratch or Buy an Existing Screen Printing Business?

    Should You Start from Scratch or Buy an Existing Screen Printing Business?

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    If you are planning to get into the screen printing, t-shirt printing or sign making business, you may have asked yourself is it better to start from scratch or buy an existing business? Before you make your decision, consider some of the pros and cons.

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  • Setting Prices for Screen Printing

    Setting Prices for Screen Printing

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    Setting prices is one of the most sought after pieces of information in the screen printing business. Setting accurate, fair pricing could make or break a business. You do not want to price your goods too high and not get business, but on the other hand you want to make a profit to stay in business and grow

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  • New Website for ASPA Members Launched!

    New Website for ASPA Members Launched!

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    American Screen Printing Association is pleased to report that our new member website (Global Directory of ASPA Members): www.aspamembers.com is now online. Because of our rapid growth

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  • Screen Printing Education

    Screen Printing Education

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    Are you interested in learning the art and science of t-shirt printing? Would you like to receive training that will give you complete understanding of the screen printing process and enable you to become a professional t-shirt printer? American Screen Printing Association offers a complete apparel screen printing training course.

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  • Become a Certified Screen Printer

    Become a Certified Screen Printer

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    If you currently offer in-house screen printing training, you’ll find our certification program to be an excellent addition to your training efforts. Our screen printer certification program is useful for training new and existing employees in your screen printing shop, high school vocational programs, disadvantaged youth, inmate training and rehabilitation programs, adult worker retraining and more.

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  • Milestone Reached in Certified Screen Printer Program

    Milestone Reached in Certified Screen Printer Program

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    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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  • How to Get Government Work For Your Screen Printing Shop

    How to Get Government Work For Your Screen Printing Shop

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    One thing most businesses would like to obtain are lucrative orders from the government. When most people think of “government orders” they typically think of the federal government. Getting orders from the federal government can be very difficult due to the mountain of paperwork and other bureaucratic obstacles that are in place. An often overlooked type of government work, is obtaining contracts from your local or state governments. For the purpose of this article, we have limited our discussion to securing local government work.

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  • T-Shirt Printers: Should You Go Digital?

    T-Shirt Printers: Should You Go Digital?

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    As you may know, digital printing a.k.a. DTG (Direct to Garment Printing) seems to be all the rage these days. But if you are planning to start a new t-shirt printing business, you may be asking if digital printing is the best way to start rather than a traditional screen printing shop.

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  • The Most Important Thing a Screen Printer Should Never Do

    The Most Important Thing a Screen Printer Should Never Do

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    Always remember this important rule: Never take on a job that exceeds your skill level. In good times or bad, most of us in the screen printing business are eager to take on new work.

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  • How to Keep Employees Happy in Your Screen Printing Shop

    How to Keep Employees Happy in Your Screen Printing Shop

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    One of the most important resources you have in your t-shirt printing business are your employees. Whether you have only one employees or a hundred, your employees are very important to the success of your business. Once you have invested in an employees training it is always in your best interest to retain an employee rather than have to replace them.

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