• 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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  • Certification Program For Graphic Artists

    Certification Program For Graphic Artists

    When owners and managers of screen printing firms have a job opening in their art department, they often have difficulty finding qualified applicants. Entry level graphic artists typically do not have the specific graphics art training that is required for screen printing. To fill this need, American Screen Printing Association has developed the Certified Graphic Artist—Screen Printing (CGA-SP) certification program. It is modeled after ASPA’s successful Certified Screen Printer (CSP) program.

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  • Graphic Artist Certification Program

    Graphic Artist Certification Program

    Entry level graphic artists typically do not have the specific graphics art training that is required for screen printing. Moreover, most experienced graphic artists have the creative talent for artwork design but lack the specific knowledge and/or training to produce and prepare art for production in a screen printing shop.
    To fill this need, American Screen Printing Association has developed the Certified Graphic Artist—Screen Printing (CGA-SP) certification program.

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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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  • How to Make a Stencil Without Emulsion

    How to Make a Stencil Without Emulsion

    This REVOLUTIONARY, HIGHLY EFFICIENT, STENCIL – MAKING SYSTEM expedites the process by ELIMINATING the need for:
    · a film positive
    · emulsion
    · capillary film
    · exposure time
    · drying time

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  • Marketing Tips That Are Always On Time

    Marketing Tips That Are Always On Time

    As years have gone by and as technology is becoming more and more advanced, marketing is also becoming more complex than ever before. Nevertheless, many of the same basic principles still apply. Moreover, professional entrepreneurs and small business owners overlook the basic techniques that have separated successful campaigns from those that never turn a profit.

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  • Marketing Your Business to Past and Current Customers

    Marketing Your Business to Past and Current Customers

    It has been repeatedly said that building customer relationships is integral to business. If you want to maintain a good and profitable business, draw in lots of customers.
    This does not mean though that you simply need to get new customers all the time and forget about your existing customers. It is important to remember that keeping old customers often translate to bigger sales than attracting new customers all the time. Why? Because your old customers already have knowledge of you

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  • Free Software for the Screen Printer

    Free Software for the Screen Printer

    Computer graphics software, clip art, and fonts are an essential part of a t-shirt printing business. Even if your customers supply you with the artwork that you will print, you must still have the proper programs to view, adjust, and print the electronic art files.

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  • Screen Printing on Dark Colored Shirts

    Screen Printing on Dark Colored Shirts

    Unlike printing on white or other light colored t-shirts, printing dark colored t-shirts can present certain challenges. There are certain tips and tricks to printing dark shirts. In this chapter, we try to cover everything you need to know about printing on darks ranging from the PFP (Print-Flash-Print) technique, to the proper mesh counts, to the time saving “coating stroke” technique.

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