Industry Advice

This month Resolute DTG’s managing director, Colin Marsh, reports on the new range of RTP garments that do not need pre-treating before direct to garment printing. Not having to pre-treat shirts – what does it really mean? Since the inception of direct to garment printing the process has required a …

The chances are that your direct to garment printer or printers will be left standing for a long period of time during the Christmas period. The correct maintenance before you close down will save you from any heartache when you start work again and could save you a lot of …

In the third part of this series of articles about identifying and resolving transfer print problems, Sef’s area manager, Holger Beck, this month deals with the influence of the surface of problematic fabrics on the adhesion of flock and flex. Since we looked at the influence that the quality of …

Many things can affect your embroidery production so Amaya Sales UK’s managing director, Peter Wright, has put together eight top tips that should help you improve on your current position. Remember that machine downtime can cost you hundreds or thousands of pounds of lost profit and in some cases you …

Resolute DTG’s managing director, Colin Marsh, offers tips on which level of direct to garment printing is right for you and  also discusses the prospect of T shirts that do not need to be pre-treated. If you’re dipping your toes into DTG or going the whole hog, what do you …

This month Ingrid Van Loocke, channel marketing manager at Sawgrass, takes a look at why screen printers should consider adding dye sublimation printing to their business. For the large orders of decorated apparel, screen printing wins out in terms of cost and efficiency.  But what happens when a customer comes …

In the second part of this series of articles focusing on identifying and resolving transfer print problems, Sef’s area manager, Holger Beck, addresses transfer parameters for flock and flex this month. Many users see the transfer parameters specified by the manufacturer as the only option for applying the transfer to …

The experts at Madeira UK explain how you can overcome punching problems. Pull compensation is the adjustment made to compensate for inevitable pulling in or pushing out of your design which occurs when the design is stitched out. Straight lines tend to grow and curves pull in. Some fabric drag occurs …

Direct to garment printing on to dark shirts has been a challenge over the years, mainly because the operators have been missing one or more of the important processes. Amaya Sales UK’s MD, Peter Wright, explains further. If you visit trade shows, I’m sure you will have noticed the difference …

This month managing director of Amaya Sales UK, Peter Wright, talks through how embroidery has changed over the last three decades and what changes he will believe will take place in the future. I have been involved in the embroidery business now for over 30 years now. Over those years …