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Setting Up Your ROQ Press For Success
Let’s assume your ROQ automatic press is installed, and you’re itching to start printing. Before you ever touch ink to your brand new squeegees, you have a bit more work...
Can The ROQ Do One Stroke Plastisol Printing?
It has come to my attention that there are rumors about the ROQ being incapable of printing with one stroke for each color. It’s a preposterous assumption that such a...
Are You Ready For An Automatic Press?
You’ve been printing for awhile. Pounding away on your manual press all hours of the day (and night). You know that your productivity will increase with a larger press, but...
In Action: Dye Migration Protection With Gamma Blocker Black
When it comes to printing on dark polyester, dye migration is enough of a beast to worry about without adding the complications of printing with thin water based inks. But...
Eco-Friendly Printing 101: Running A Sustainable Screen Printing Shop
[Originally published by Printwear Magazine on May 4th, 2015] If you’re like the majority of screen printing shops today, the shirts that are flowing out of your dryer are decorated...
The Cooler Side To Screen Printing Baby Clothes
Screen printing baby clothes isn’t just about making cute pink and blue onesies for Sarah Soliz, of Riot Baby screen printing. A former marketing professional in the business finance world...
How To Sell More Water Based Prints To Your Customers
Okay. You’re convinced. Water based ink is softer and easier to print with and allows for more eco-friendly cleanup and habits. Not to mention the varied printing possibilities newer HSA...
Stepping Slowly Into Water Based Printing
Starting water based printing isn’t as hard as you think. Yes, really. “I’ve been printing with water based inks since 2008 and have helped hundreds of printers successfully transition. If...
[Infographic] How to Print Water Based Ink On Athletic Garments
Imagine this: You’re a water based only screen printing shop. A customer walks in through the door, carrying cash in hand and says he wants to order 600 two color...
Featured Screen Printing Shop: Nothing Too Fancy Printing
Dustin Burnett started the retail store, Nothing Too Fancy, only three and a half years ago. Now the largest retail and contract print shop in Knoxville, his was the first...
7 Reasons You Should Consider Switching To Water Based Ink
“We’ve been printing with water based ink for a year and our printers love it, just because of the ease. The softness of the ink in particular, especially with discharge....
The Unlikely Benefit of Printing With Water Based Ink
I learned how to print using plastisol on an old beat up press I bought off Craigslist. A common beginning for most screen printers. The first paid job I did...
The Surprising History of Water Based and Plastisol Ink
Plastisol inks have dominated the United States market for the last few decades. So it’s easy to forget that the history of water based inks were actually the first inks...