Forward Printing

Blasts from the Past

February 9, 2012

To kick off the new year we decided to dig into our considerable archive of past prints to see what gems were lurking around. After many rounds of sorting and high level meetings we settled on these twelve shirts as a good representation of work we’ve enjoyed seeing again. We expect 2012 to be full [...]

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Streamlining Production : Dan C has a bad hair day @ the Printwear convention.

October 13, 2011

A brief video from this year’s Printwear Convention in Long Beach. We ran into a lot of traffic on the way in and rushed into the seminar not realizing that i looked pretty funny with my alfalfa sprout hair!

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Dino Leopard Toddler print for Jusami

September 20, 2011

Wow, our boy Jonathan over @ Jusami keeps coming up with the freshest kiddie prints. This time we’ve got a leopard skin dinosaur, printed in 4 colors with waterbase inks. Be sure to pick one up here: Jusami : Terrific Tees For Kids All of Jonathan’s designs get printed on Monag brand garments. These garments [...]

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Cutting the manufacturer tags out.

September 19, 2011

Some garment manufacturers have gotten hip and are now offering some of their styles with tear away labels. These labels generally get melted in the intense heat needed to sure the ink, but are easily torn ou so that we can print your custom label inside. In the event that we need to remove a [...]

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Interview with Mark Gervais by Printwear Magazine about water base inks

September 13, 2011

This is a great video interview with one of the industry leaders printing with different kinds of water base and discharge inks… Watch The Video

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Screen Printing on Performance Fabrics

September 12, 2011

Waterbase printing is our comfort zone, and we’ve been know to talk down about plastisol ink. Regardless, we do need to use plastisol for some types of fabric. Recently, our clients have begun asking us to print on performance fabrics which are known for their moisture wicking properties. These garments are made of 100% polyester, [...]

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What is best way to screen print white ink on a black ribbed shirt?

September 9, 2011

Here is a link to a Printwear Magazine Q&A about printing on ribbed garments. Read more

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California Lowers Sales Tax July 1st 2011

July 5, 2011

A quick notice that the State of California actually LOWERED the sales tax, effective on July 1st 2011. The sales tax in our county went from 9.75% to 8.75%. Good for consumers! Do you still need a California Sellers Permit? It’s easy to get, just go apply at the CA BOE Website.

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Jusami : Cool Printed Gear for Toddlers and Infants

June 29, 2011

Another round of great kids clothes from Jusami, a clothing line out of New York masterminded by Jonathan Sharp. His designs are always simple and iconic with a bit of humor. Jusami chooses to print all designs on garments from Monag, a socially & ethically responsible manufacturer headquartered in Victor, NY. We’ve printed a lot [...]

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Bilt Unlimited : Detailed Water Base Print

May 4, 2011

We printed this great design for Bilt Unlimted to use at the 2011 NPC Big Sky Championship. Lots of subtle blends and transparencies that we were able to reproduce nicely with pigmented discharge ink. We used 4 print colors on the front and got a lot of depth due to careful separation, color selection and [...]

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