Printavo's Top 10 Videos for 2019 | Documenting The Screen Printing Industry!

We've documented amazing screen printing shops, interviewed print industry leaders, and hosted an incredible conference. Bridget and Luke from Printavo teamed up to bring you a recap from a busy 2019. Here are 10 of our favorite videos from 2019. Links below:

10. DTG vs. Screen Printing | Pros, Cons, How Much It Costs: https://www.printavo.com/blog/dtg-vs-screen-printing-pros-cons-how-much-it-costs

Printavo power-user Steven Farag opened his shop to us earlier this year to do a series of basic videos about the art and business of custom apparel. This popular video ends with a pretty amazing reveal of a very special custom print.

9. Campus Ink's New Screen Printing Facility | Shop Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TCs1PQK8II

While we were at Campus Ink, we had to tour their new facility. This video is full of cool tips for organizing your shop, streamlining your layout, and even using computers to track inventory in a super clever way.

8. A Small Print Shop Tour | Sliding Screen Printing Pricing: https://www.printavo.com/blog/a-small-print-shop-tour

Our most popular shop tour this year, A Small Print Shop in Denver is doing something different. With a unique pricing formula, a DIY skatespot just outside the shop, and a thoughtful focus on taking their work seriously, A Small Print Shop is worth spending time with.

7. Live Screen Printing Tips & Tricks | Max Hellmann | PrintHustlers Conf 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3TCyL4Nqk

Max from Family Industries in Los Angeles is the industry’s foremost expert on live printing. So when we asked him to join us at our conference and tell 200+ print shops from around the world his deepest secrets about live printing, he balked. Live printing isn’t like making brownies. There’s no recipe to follow. Every event is different. It’s tough, grueling work. But Max armed us with super clear and actionable tips for going into live screen printing. Check it out...and a huge thanks to Max for sharing what he’s learned.

6. How To: Soft Screen Printed T-Shirts | Soft Hand Screen Printing: https://www.printavo.com/blog/how-to-screen-print-softer-shirts

Mike Chong from Merch Monster in Oakland is one of Printavo’s biggest advocates. "I owe Mike a huge debt of gratitude for his help throughout the past year," Luke says. This video – featuring Mike’s tips for getting super-soft plastisol prints – is one of his most popular.

5. How Superior Ink Manages Their 15,000 ft² Screen Print Shop: https://www.printavo.com/blog/a-small-print-shop-tour

Dom got his start in screen printing through skateboarding and snowboarding, two activities with dozens of custom apparel brands. This is our second video with Dom this year, and one of our favorite articles. Dom is one of screen printing’s emergent leaders, and we can’t wait to keep tabs on his progress throughout 2020.

4. Same Day Tees Shop Visit | Automation and The Future of Screen Printing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BVwSS0Al70

Check out this high-volume, high-speed facility to see what the future of screen printing could look like. Pete Bolsoni at Same Day Tees in Frankfurt, IL just outside of Chicago welcomed us to his shop this summer. He’s got M&R’s DigitalSqueegee, a hybrid printing device designed for quick turnaround and complex designs.

3. Growth Hacking Your Way to Success | Mark Coudray | PrintHustlers Conf 2019
: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu-Iq0dBJHI

Mark Coudray is certainly the screen printing industry’s best consultant. Want proof? Watch his simple, super-clear, and totally bulletproof presentation from Printavo’s PrintHustlers Conf 2019.

2. Profit First With Mike Michalowicz | Full Presentation | PrintHustlers Conf 2019: https://www.printavo.com/blog/profit-first-full-presentation

A few months before 2019’s PrintHustlers Conf, Bruce and I were sitting in the Printavo office brainstorming about who would be a great headliner. Bruce jokingly said, “Man, it’d be great to get the Profit First guy to come speak at our conference, but I don’t know if he does that kind of thing or how much it would cost.” At the time, I thought Bruce was crazy.

1. Shop Visit: Madd Science Print Lab in Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2i--8dg20U

Our favorite video and shop visit this year, Madd Science is unlike any other print shop we’ve visited. They’ve created a screen printer’s paradise unlike any other, and Madd Science is right in our back yard – hidden away in an old warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood.

This doesn't even begin to mention the hundreds of new Print Hustlers we've welcomed onboard Printavo's simple shop management platform. Let's keep pushing to make 2020 an incredible year!

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