Networking is not an easy task. Especially when you don’t have the time to get away from your business, attend a chamber of commerce meeting, a Rotary Club meeting, a trade show or some other type of gathering where business people and other entrepreneurs can get together to share ideas. The North American Leadership Conference [...]

 What are garment manufacturers looking for from their transfers? Sparkle, glitter, metallic. They want to dazzle people with their artwork and “bling” is the keyword. Not necessarily rhinestones (although they are also still hot in many markets), but inks that shine and catch people’s attention.  One easy way to do that is with new Pearl Prints from Transfer [...]

I guess no matter what you call it, heat sealing, heat pressing or heat printing, it’s still the same thing–the fastest, easiest, and usually the most profitable way to print dozens and dozens of customized items. Especially odd shaped, difficult to print items. Whether you’re talking about using transfers, letters, numbers, CAD-CUT, CAD-COLOR, ink-jet papers, laser papers, if [...]

At a classic car show last weekend, I ran into an old friend and industry veteran Riley Hopkins. The blurb on his website says it best: “When Riley Hopkins built the first four color printing press in the early 70′s at his San Franscisco shop… it started a revolution in the screen printing industry. Over [...]

Out of town this last weekend at a very upscale classic car event and of course had to purchase a t-shirt. Was I surprised that it was decorated with an inkjet paper? Not really. I know that millions and millions of sheets of ink jet paper are sold everyday…they are being used by screen printers [...]