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  • Reducers - And When to Use Them

    Reducers - And When to Use Them

    Reducers lower the viscosity or thickness of an ink when you feel the need to make an ink creamier or easier to print. Most inks come ready for use right out of the container and rarely need to be adjusted....

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  • Feeding the Monster

    Feeding the Monster

    During 2020 - 21 those were some strange days both personally or financially. Through the difficult days it created an opportunity for me to run a printing press completely on my own and it made me think about the operation of...

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  • Heat can ruin your PET Film

    Heat can ruin your PET Film

    We know that throughout the printing process heat affects how the film peels.  Excessive heat reduces the ability to peel hot.  It has to do with the temperature threshold of the wax coating on these films. There have been a...

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  • Analog Alive and Ticking!

    Analog Alive and Ticking!

    The introduction of digital technology to the garment decoration industry has made a significant impact over the last ten or more years. The methods are numerous and well documented, but what about hybrid technology? First of all what is it?Hybrid...

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  • Is it Time for an Automatic? - SPSI Inc.

    Is it Time for an Automatic?

    Buying a new press is a huge investment and for some, it's just adding capacity to an existing print shop, where for others it’s a leap of faith into the unknown, often with finances promised but not guaranteed. Once the...

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  • Special Effects Printing - SPSI Inc.

    Special Effects Printing

    Special effects are a strange topic, and when I was asked to cover this subject I was a little lost for focus. This is mainly because its such a large broad area, we could argue that every time we decorate...

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  • VELOX DTF

    What you should know before buying a DTF printer.

    It’s the hottest thing in textile printing right now DTF (Direct-to-Film) printing. Since this is a fairly new process, there is a lot of conflicting information and it is hard to decipher what steps you should take. Before making the investment we...

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