Industry Advice

DTG printers are now very well established and play a major part in the garment decoration business. It is now very difficult to run a successful personalised garment business without one. Gone are the issues than many of the early printers were aligned with. Peter Wright, managing director of Amaya …

One reason personalised, sublimated products are so popular is that sublimation produces vibrant colours and high-resolution images. The quality of a sublimated product will stop people in their tracks, warm hearts and make memories that last a lifetime. Here, Andrea Evans, Sawgrass’ international marketing manager, explains further. When you compete …

This month Danielle Park and Natalie Greetham of Madeira UK explore basic embroidery colour blending and how you can achieve this in your designs. A long term difficulty for embroiderers when given a graphic image with blended colour effects is reproducing this in embroidery. There are three main techniques for …

Do you only print on shirts? Folker Stachetzki, marketing manager at Brother, explains how you can extend your product range by printing on shorts or trousers. A wide product range becomes more and more important if you want to stand out of the huge amount of shops and online stores. …

Do you offer transfer printing in your business? If your answer is yes or you are thinking of starting, then you should seriously consider using a transfer RIP. It is not essential, but you will reap the benefits many times over. Here Peter Wright, managing director of Amaya Sales UK, …

William Shorter, of SPT Sales + Marketing, explores the automation of the screen printing process and how removing bottle necks will keep screen printing ahead of digital printing. There is a general perception that comes from the marketing in magazines and social media, that digital printing is growing in strength …

This month Jas Purba, managing director of ETC Supplies, discusses tension and how to overcome this all too familiar embroidery problem.  I am not referring to the mental type of tension but your thread tension. The single biggest problem we encounter in the embroidery industry is poor thread tension settings. …

Over the last few years, many direct to garment printer manufacturers have been trying to perfect printing onto polyester. Some have managed to print reasonably successfully, but when cured and wash-tested they have failed miserably. The print would just wash off. Here, Peter Wright, managing director of Amaya Sales UK, …

Gone are the days when you could have any colour you like as long as it’s white! In the dye sublimation and digital printing market, some ground-breaking solutions mean that product decorators need never be limited to white or light-coloured polyester again. Here, Andrea Evans, Sawgrass’ international marketing manager, explains …

Andy Rogers, marketing manager at Target Transfers, outlines in this month’s transfer print column the best practices for looking after your heat press and getting the best transfer results. Follow instructions The key to a successfully decorated garment lies in proper application. Always follow the application instructions included with your …