Printing | How to start a Clothing Company

Storenvy: Free online store review

17. November 2009

oday I’m reviewing a new e-commerce store system called storenvy which offers a free stores to everyone. It is most similar to big cartel which charges $10- $20 a month for it’s services but also includes a bunch of social networking stuff to get your site seen.

Screen Printing Vs Plastisol Transfers

1. September 2009

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When I first started my Chaos Wear, my original plan was to use ‘inkjet transfers’ as my printing method, simply so that I could produce them as and when I needed them. Just like most start-up business owners I had this nagging voice in the back of my mind asking ‘what if it doesn’t work [...]

Why You Should Pay A Professional To Print Your Shirts

27. May 2009

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When you start a screen printing company, you lose focus on what is really important - your bread and butter - your clothing line. If your line is making good money the absolute WORST thing you can do is start screen printing. Instead of focusing on designing, promoting, and improving your brand, you are now focusing on a completely different business. You now have to learn everything that goes into screen printing. You have to find a place to keep a press, a dryer, a flash, a washout area, an exposure unit and a dark room. If you don't have a bunch of extra room, you have to rent a place.

Your First Printing Experience: How to Prepare

15. April 2009

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This article assumes that you (the reader) have already started your company, have designs that you would like to print and have found a printer to work with. It is intended to walk you through the process of your first print and bring up any “did you knows”. Enjoy! Prepare your files for print. Select your printing [...]

Tutorial: Global Color in Illustrator

24. March 2009

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This Article was written by Derek Deal and was originally posted on the Black Axe Blog. I recently started predominantly using Illustrator to color my designs since starting The Black Axe. So far its been going pretty well. My file sizes are a fraction of what they used to be and pre-press has been a breeze. [...]

Designers Guide to the Apparel Printing Industry

18. March 2009

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Over the last couple of years the GoMediaZine has been a cookie jar full of tips, tutorials & practical advice about designing for apparel. There have been in depth tutorials, lots of inspiration, a fantastic three-part series full of experience & advice - we even showed you how to ‘Make it look like Affliction‘. And just in these last couple of months, we showed you how to make photorealistic mockups of your apparel designs.

The Science of Relabeling

9. December 2008

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Here’s a great article from The Art of Apparel about relabling your shirts. There are a few ways to do this but the two most popular are printed tags and woven tags. Its totally a personal choice but these are some things to think of. Woven tags have high minimum orders so it will be a larger up [...]