Some times you slip up a little and sometimes you really blow it. We recently blew it on a simple print (which was of course printed on very expensive garments). The job was rejected by our customer because text elements “disappeared”. Upon internal investigation I was told that the first print “looked great” and yet…
Today a Google image search for “Christmas T-Shirts” produced some “nice” results…
The other day I received these promotional Nano samples from our friends at Hanes. I was impressed, for once, to receive decorated garment samples from a manufacturer which actually incorporated tasteful design and quality printing. Well done Hanes, well done.
One of my running buddies sent me a text the day before a big marathon we both ran yesterday. In the message he asked if we had printed the shirts for the event, knowing of course that we do this type of work. I replied that we did not print the shirts for this high-profile…
I love simple yet effective printing techniques. Overprinting semi-opaque inks creates a level of transparency which reveals a percentage of the underlying color. It’s simple, but not as easy as it seems. A surprising amount of consideration went in to determining print order, flash positions, ink formulations, etc., to pull-off the effect.
A good customer recently sent me a quote request for a large volume program. Due to the size of the program, pressure from the “end user”, and because it was “commodity printing”. I was told that the job was going out for bid and that I needed to be very competitive. Being put in a bid situation is…
We’re pretty high-tech around here (well, at least by textile screen-printing standards). I’d love to say that our screen coating methodology follows suit and show off pics or video of a bitchin’ auto-coater, but I can’t. When it comes to screen coating, we still do it the old school way. It’s not that I don’t…
Wearables Nov/Dec issue showcase their Top Decorator competition. Check it out.
The man himself, Mark Diehl, President of Douthitt Corp, is spending a few days with us this week. The purpose of Mark’s visit is to do some in-depth training on CTS maintenance and repair work with a couple of our key team members. When Mark arrived this morning and I made the introductions, his first…
Most retail lines understand the value in premium garments over basics and will thusly charge accordingly (think hoodies over tees, etc). Why is this not so with printing? We all know that it requires more work and costs more to produce a full color print over a single color print and most of us charge accordingly…
