Keeping information on orders is always a good idea. You should have a record system set up to retain all order information such as customer name, address, shipping address and contact information. You should also be recording for future reference, information pertaining to the quantity of the order, specific shirt brand and color you used and the ink color of the order. Having all this available makes it very easy when the customer wants to reorder. Your customer may likely remember that the ink color you used was blue, but there are many shades of blue. Not to mention that each manufacturer will have their own spectrum of blue inks. Another good idea is to keep a test print of each order that you print. Not only will this be a great method to record your order details but you can use the test print to display in your shop or keep as a scrapbook.
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You will commonly see a letter accompanying the mesh count e.g. "T" (regular), "S" (Small) or "HD" (heavy duty) with "T" being the most commonly used designation. Here are some sample mesh counts 30, 60, 83, 109, 140, 162, 200, 255, and 305. There are of course, lower and higher sizes available, but these are the most common and readily available from screen printing supply vendors. Custom printed transfers can be another way to add a profit center to your t-shirt printing business. Screen printing transfers (especially single color transfers) is easy and they can be produced very quickly if you have the right equipment. Many shops started printing transfers as a side line and developed into transfer specialists producing only custom transfers exclusively because of the high profit factor. Another great feature of custom transfers is for servicing repeat customers who have small orders. By printing extra transfers of the customer's art, you can save the transfers for their next order. And without having to burn new screens, you can fill the next order easily and quickly. ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO SELL “TEAM” WEAR? If you are one of the many people who enjoy sports and think that getting into the screen printing business to print athletic apparel will be a great way to make money, let's discuss some of the realities first. Sure, there is money to be made printing team wear and athletic jerseys, but you are usually going to be dealing with a type of customer who is usually less than ideal. You will find that most team shirt orders are usually small and complicated involving personalized names and numbers with each shirt having to be a specific size for each player. Printing team wear for leagues, school teams, and other organized sports groups often involves a certain amount of politics often making it difficult to land orders if you are an outsider. All over t-shirt screen printing, commonly known as "all over printing" has become a popular method of shirt decorating. The name "all over printing" pretty much sizes up what the print technique is all about–applying a screen print to most or all of entire print surface of the garment. This is accomplished by having large size artwork, using large screens and printing the shirt on top of large platens. The shirt is coated with a solution to stiffen it to make it print ready and is held to the platen with adhesive. |
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