Most of you who know me personally are aware that I’m a longtime Apple® user and evangelist (Jobs era at least). About 10 years ago I came across an original 128K Macintosh posted on ebay. I’d been reading a number of books about Steve Jobs and the original Mac team and, caught up in the…
Rick and I are on a tour of North Carolina and South Carolina this week. Today we visited the Rutland Group. We’ve both been loyal Rutland ink customers for years and I must say, this being my first visit, it was really something to finally see where the magic happens. Though our hosts were more than…
One of my first posts on The Ink Kitchen was entitled Hot Market Heartbreak. In that post I talked about the disappointment your team doesn’t win in a hot market situation (especially if you are actually a fan of the team you are slated to print for). Wednesday night, however, was a different story. My…
Customization is growing. That’s both good and bad. I think these guys are doing it right… https://www.see.me
The viscosity of soft plastisol inks will result in an increased amount of ink expansion or dot gain. When printing a detailed graphic with soft plastisol inks one must compensate by adding a “choke”. We typically add a 0.25 – 0.5pt stroke (centered to path/selection). In the following example this corrective measure was not taken, the…
The 2014 SGIA Expo Las Vegas begins officially today. Rick and I will be posting for the duration of the show. If you are attending and you have purchased a session package come see our panel discussion today: Session: S20: Garment Decoration Dream Team: Stump the Experts Time: Wednesday, October 22, 3:00 to 4:30 PDT…
Well, the 2014 SGIA Expo Las Vegas kicked off for me today with Golden Image Awards judging. If you are planning to attend The Expo this week take some time to see the Golden Image entries. Here’s a preview…
I just can’t stand to see an automatic press running dog slow because of a double squeegee stroke. Aside from special effects printing, water-base/discharge, the occasional quick fix on a small run, or a specialty substrate, there is rarely a legitimate need to run a double squeegee stroke. Today however, we are running a basic spot…
The headline reads: “This Guy Cited His Christian Faith in Refusing to Make T-Shirts Advertising a Gay Pride Parade — and Now His Company Is Being Punished” You can read the article here. I have little interest in the specifics of this story but it did make me think of the inevitable point in every screen-printer’s career…
When I started my shop years ago I never would have guessed that we would do in-house re-labeling to the extent that we do today. In fact, we didn’t even touch our first re-labeling project for a few years after opening our doors. For that first project, we cut out woven tags from stock tees,…
