Heat transfers are killer to have in many scenarios. Many printers use them for neck tags, live printing events, names on jerseys, etc. While you can purchase transfers from a company, you can also make them yourself. Don’t know how? Well, keep reading this handy guide and you’ll be printing your own plastisol heat transfers in no time.
Do you know what is one of the worst feelings? The dread that fills your soul when a printed poly shirt comes out the end of the dryer and you notice the shirt’s dyes seeped into the print. (Don’t even get me started on printing white ink on a red polyester shirt.) It’s a screen printer’s nightmare. To keep the bad dreams away, learn how to prevent dye migration from happening in the first place.
Short answer — yes. If you’re mixing custom colors and incorporating white in designs, you need both a standard white plastisol ink and mixing white ink. Each ink is designed to do different things. It’s possible to use them interchangeably, but it ends up being a lot more work for the screen printer. Let’s go through it.
You've come up with a killer t-shirt design. It's edgy, creative, and eye-catching. You can't wait to print it, but when you look at your ink shelf, your heart drops a little. You don't have a screen printing ink that's going to bring that art to life. You need something special. That's where special effects inks come in. They're designed to make prints sparkle, shimmer, shine, stretch, puff, and so much more. Check out these eight special effects inks and see where your imagination takes you. SPARKLE WITH FN-INK METALLIC GOLD Who doesn’t love gold? Make a print look like a million bucks with FN-INK Metallic Gold. The ink is stock full of golden flakes, sparkling and glittering when a flash...
You’ve been killing the printing game. Clients have been pumped for the high quality products you make. It’s been a smooth ride, until a customer requests a specific Pantone color.
Uh, what? What do you do? How do you make a specific color? Why doesn’t the color from the bucket work? The answer is simple. You need an ink mixing system.
