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Our Online training offers effective and easy to understand lessons that are both flexible and easy to use.

As THE industry-leading training source, Learn how to print t-shirts, ceramic tile, aprons, totebags even opaque heat transfers for dark garments and more.

     
 

Our Video CD's

The step-by-step courses in all video cd's are easy to understand. You are shown 'how to', step-by-step for each product.

Over 187 pages covering sublimation ink heat transfer printing mousepads, ceramic tile and more, in sensible step-by-step instructions, in color:

  • Printing Definitions – terms such as banding, ghosting, gang printing, hand and more are easily described to make your understanding sensible.
  • Marketing – who are your customers? How do you get them?
  • Heat Transfer Papers – what do you use, different types, etc...
  • Pricing – what to charge, how to price, unseen costs...
  • How to setup your Epson Printer – Why an Epson printer? How to set up your printer fast and easy, and more
  • How to market your products on the internet – Setup a Paypal catalog, hosting sites, about the internet, keywords, low cost ready to use websites for you to sell your products, and more

All CD's include the below subjects relative to the type of transfer:
To view the details on each course subject, please click the highlighted text.
The Basics of heat transfers:

  • Types of transfers -
    • Soft Hand (for white and light colored fabrics)
    • Opaque (for dark colored fabrics)
    • Sublimation
  • Types of inks
    • Pigmented - Archival - OEM
    • Sublimation
  • Types of printers - Epsons only
  • Types of transfer papers
    • For white and light colored fabrics
    • For dark colors only
    • For sublimation
  • Heat Presses
  • How to scan
  • Definitions of heat transfer terms
  • Time & Temperature date for Opaque Heat Transfer sheets
  • Links to the most complete listing of suppliers anywhere. Aprons, T's, inks, and more!
  • Understand DPI
  • Install and setup your Epson printer
    • C82
    • C86
    • 1280
    • 600
  • Standard printer settings
  • Fabric color charts to match inks to fabrics
    • Hanes
    • Jerzees
    • Gildan
  • How to develop your pricelist
  • How to market your products
  • Submit your sites to these various Search Engines
  • The Internet
    • Why
    • Where
    • Hosting
    • Shopping Carts
    • Merchant programs
    • Search Engines
    • Website Optimize

    Table Of Contents

    Introduction

    General Information

    • Ink Cartridge Capacity
    • Cost per print
    • Definitions
    • Fabric color matching
    • Flock Printing
    • Gang Printing
    • Trade Magazines
    • Trade/Printing rings

    The Basics

    • What are heat transfers?
    • How is it done?
    • What equipment do I need?
    • Who are my customers?
    • What are some of the products I can print and sell?
    • Types of heat transfers explained
    • Heat Presses
    • Printers
    • Inks
    • Heat Transfer Papers explained

    Artwork

    • Pixel conversion chart
    • BMP, JPG
    • PSP and other Tutorial sites

    Scanning

    • Scale your print to a different size
    • Scan to print BIG
    • Hardware requirements
    • Color printers and scanning

    Printers

    • Printers and why an Why an Epson printer
    • How to setup your Epson 600 printer
    • How to setup your Epson 980 printer
    • How to setup your Epson 1280 printer
    • How to setup your Epson CX series printer (all in ones)
    • How to setup your Epson C series printers (C60 - C86+)
    • Epson Printer chart

    Printing your sublimation transfer

    • Inks
    • Gang printing

    How to heat press your sublimation ink heat transfer onto:

    Includes both step-by-step instructions AND Video

    • 4x4" ceramic tile with a black and white photo
    • 6x8" ceramic tile with a full color image
    • House shaped mousepad
    • Mousepad coaster
    • Dry erase board
    • Cork backed coaster

    The Business

    • Marketing - customers

    • Pricing

    • Selling

    • The business end of things - license, overhead, etc

    The Internet

    • Setting up your computer to sell on the internet

      • Plan your site

      • Things that may help you

      • Website creating programs

      • FTP

      • Web page Textures

      • Pre-made websites for your business - 15 templates

      • How to create your Paypal catalog

      • How to create your 2checkout catalog

    • Marketing on the internet

    • Shopping carts

    • About merchant accounts

    • Hosting your website: free or paid, where

    • Keywords

    • META tags

    • Search engines

    • Submit your site(s) manually, free or with a service

    • Optimize your website

    • Search engine timetables

    • Free stuff - clipart, backgrounds, etc.

    • Keyword Finder

    • Low Cost Hosting

    • Why Sell Online

    • How To Sell On The Internet

    • Internet Basic - selling

    • Free website templates

    Suppliers List

    • Aprons to T-shirts and more

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Opaque Course

Videos & Step-by-step instructions for the below products

  • Forest green 600 denier bag
  • Black tote bag
  • Forest green t-shirt
  • Deep purple t-shirt

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Soft Hand Course

Videos & Step-by-step instructions for the below products

How to apply your transfer onto:

  • Mousepad

  • White t-shirt

  • Birch t-shirt

  • Natural colored Tote Bag

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Sublimation Course

Videos & Step-by-step instructions for the below products

How to apply your transfer onto:

  • 4x4" Ceramic tile - B+W
  • 6x8" Ceramic tile - full color
  • Cork backed coaster
  • House shaped Mousepad
  • Dry erase board

Please note!!!!

We do not show how to do t-shirts and other garments as the Soft Hand course does this using pigmented inks. The cost do do a t-shirt, using the Soft Hand technique, costs about $1.75 a shirt (shirt included).

Using sublimation ink, your cost could be around $5.50 and higher.

You cannot use sublimation ink heat transfers on 100% cotton, wool and other natural fabrics.

Using the Soft Hand training, you can use you transfers on cotton, wool ,canvas, 50/50 blend, etc....

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