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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
