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One fantastic way to not only add interest and an inspired flavor to a simple t-shirt design is to make the ink more translucent. These work great with our Jerzees T-shirts Wholesale.

While it is in our mindset as printers to constantly worry about achieving the best possible opacity with the ink when printing, it is easy to forget that a “see through” ink can achieve...

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Looking for a strategy or concept that will help you emerge from the pandemic and rebound quickly? Here’s one for you, and it can be wrapped up in one word: Simplify.That’s right. Streamlining your choices regarding what you offer your customers just might be the ticket for a more...

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Many shops are hesitant to try a 50/50 blank because they have heard rumors or myths about screenprinting challenges on this type of garment. It’s not that difficult if you engineer the mechanics behind the print. This article will give you the secrets that you can quickly deploy in your shop to do it right...

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Not all art translates to screen printing but the more you know about the process, the better you will be at creating print friendly art. Below outlines a few tips to help you improve your apparel artistry skills and decorating processes that will aid in helping you...

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Don’t find yourself in this situation… A customer called and wants to reorder a large job you did three months ago. Terrific! You’re excited to get the repeat business on a profitable order, but you soon realize that your ink department didn’t log the original...

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In this day and age, it’s more and more difficult to protect intellectual property, especially images and custom designs. Appropriation art, or art that copies someone else’s work and makes small changes to it, has been the subject of recent copyright...

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“Marketing” can be a tough term to wrap your head around if you’re not intimately familiar with it. Is it sales? Is it advertising? The answer is both, as well as public relations, networking and more. Marketing is essential to any business but especially relevant to...

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When printing on synthetics, like Heathers and Tri-Blends, it’s always best to avoid large, heavy areas of ink coverage and multi-color designs because they require multiple flashes and longer curing times, which promotes migration. A good way to determine...

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Athleisurewear is more than a trend, it has become a lifestyle, with substrates that are made of lightweight, soft and stretchy fabrics. A great example of this is our new Ladies’ Modal Stretch styles, which are made of a modal/polyester/spandex jersey blend that has...

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While you should always work with your ink suppliers and follow manufacturer specifications, here are a few tips to be used as a general guide for printing on our various Fruit of the Loom & JERZEES collections when using Plastisol or Water Base inks...

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Things to know and best practices for curing plastisol inks: White ink requires the longest cure time of any standard color. Light ink colors require longer curing periods than dark colors. Thick ink layers require longer curing periods than thin layers...

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Fruit of the Loom has always been ahead of the game when it comes to color choices and, this year, it seems the industry is in agreement. Every year, Pantone announces its color of the year, which spawns a variety of products and styles in its...

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If you have a screen-printing business and you're located anywhere near a college campus, you have a huge leg up on the competition. Universities and colleges print a wide variety of products, from official university merchandise to fraternity and sorority...

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Working from home has its pros and cons; many people feel more productive and say they get more done, both their job responsibilities and chores around the house. The key is setting yourself up for success...

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To say that 2020 is off to an interesting start is an understatement. In the wake of COVID-19, stay-at-home orders have been implemented across the country — and the world — forcing people who would have normally gone into the office each day to work from...

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