Heat transfer machines have played an instrumental role in the garment embellishment industry since the early 1960s. Many may ask why they would want to screen print an image onto paper and then transfer the image to a garment. Flexibility, that's why.

Take a tour with expert Charlie Taublieb as he guides you through his procedures for creating four color process separations for screen printing onto apparel.

There are many ways of doing color separations for screen printing onto apparel, but non is as simple and strikingly accurate as index color.

Spending the necessary time and resources to construct a quality screen will have huge returns later in the workflow.

Most problems that involve the screen or stencil are related to exposure. Here are doe tips on how you can figure out correct exposure time and get the quality you want.

Using a registration system improves accuracy and consistency, but its greatest benefit may be its ability to increase production, and consequently, profitability.

Transfer yield influences the costs associated with dye sublimation printing more than anything else. The highest possible transfer yield is a must for economic and coloristic reasons. To compensate and maximize transfer yield, profiling steps are necessary.

Modifying plastisol ink can be problematic, especially if you're not sure how modifiers work or what that do. If you have to modify an ink, here are a few tips.

Direct-to-garment inkjet technology may prove to be the most dramatic event in history to hit the imprinted apparel industry. Buyers have a choice of which machine best fits their business plan but need to understand the different options available before making a purchase.