Category Archives: Screen Printing

Winter Fleece Screen Printing

During the winter, many people choose fleece fabrics for having merchandise screen printed on for their business, club, or what have you, especially here in Reno Nevada where there is plenty of snow on the ground.  With this, we have noticed that fleece is one of the most difficult fabrics to print on due to […]

Screen Printing Business in Reno, NV

There are many different things to know when you have your home based business, especially about taxes.  Here is a great article from Calibrated Screen Printing about taxes. “If you run a home-based business, there are many tax deductions available to you. If you are a sole proprietor, meaning you have no employees and your […]

Business Slow in Reno, NV? Try These Advertising Techniques!

Business can be slow now because of the season and the economy. Even with this, there are still easy, inexpensive ways of advertising your business so that the name still gets out there. And, right now is a great time to advertise because there is far less competition than in the busy season and the publicity is less expensive. Here are 10 great ways to promote you business with screen printing (or digital transfer) in reno, nv (nevada). The first thing that you might want to do is simply screen printing your business name in the inside of each garment that you have made. This way, the person wearing the shirt will still see the name and they will still wear the garment. Next, high schools and colleges are a great place to find some new business. Contact the schools in your area to ask about having your products placed in the school store. Also, consider advertising your business in the school newspaper or on the school Web site.

Attention Screen Printers: Get More Attention on Your Website

Business Success with Online Marketing
In a time we all need to come up with ideas on how to drive in customers, I have found a few tips that will help make your screen printing business stand out with online marketing and hopefully be successful. The most important thing that a screen printing business can do when it comes to online marketing is to add content that a reader can engage in. Sometimes this can be difficult to come up with. Below are a few different ideas to add you your website to liven it up and possibly keep customers engaged and coming back.

Branded Screen Printing’s Printable Items

Do you ever wonder what type of items you can have a design screen printed on? Well here is the answer! There are quite a few different garments that are available to screen print a design on. All of them can be found at www.companycasuals.com/brandedscreenprintinganddesign. You can find everything (blank of course) from sweatshirts to golf towels to hand bags.

Creating Plastisol Heat Transfers

While doing some research on creating plastisol heat transfers, I came across this article written by the fine folks at union ink company. It is lengthy, but pretty much tells you everything you could ever want to know about making transfers.

“The basic process for producing heat-applied plastisol transfers is uncomplicated. You print a design with plastisol ink, but instead of printing it directly on the garment, you print the design on special paper. The paper is then passed through a conveyer dryer where the ink is heated until it has gelled just enough to be dry to the touch. It’s important not to cure the ink too much.

At Last….New Branded Clothing Website Is Ready To Go!

After a few months of narrowing down designs the website is finally up for people to purchase Branded Clothing. While it is still pretty rough and needs a lot of work, everyone can now see the designs and purchase them if they would like. The website is www.getbrandedclothing.com if anyone is interested in viewing some of our latest works. I have also attached a few samples below for your viewing pleasures. Please contact us if you have any questions at getbrandedclothing@gmail.com if you would like information about custom t shirts, starting a clothing line or anything else!

Organic Custom T-Shirts

Many people have asked about starting organic clothing lines lately. This can easily be achieved, but is often slightly more expensive. While a t-shirt will normally cost a new design about $5 each before printing, the organic t-shirts will be about $9. In order for a t-shirt (or any piece of cloth or clothing, for that matter) to be considered “organic” it must be created from natural materials (cotton, wool, hemp…whatever) that have not been treated with a chemical fertilizer or pesticide. In addition, for a piece of clothing to be truly “organic,” it must be made from plants that are not genetically modified. As far as physical characteristics of organic t-shirts are concerned there ins no difference between these and other cotton t-shirts. Also the process of making organic t-shirt goes, it is exactly same as that used for making cotton t-shirts in general.

Screen Printing with Foil

Here is a great video that I thought that everyone would really like to see. It is about screen printing and heat transfer with foil to get a great effect on t shirts. Using foil can achieve great custom t shirts for a custom t shirt brand.