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22May/14

Large Format Screen Printing

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Large Format Screen Printing

AMBRO Manufacturing specializes in Large Format Screen Printing.  Unlike traditional or “Standard” screen size printing, Large Format Screen Printing allows for a much greater surface area to be printed.  Typically when a business or a consumer thinks of an all over screen print, sublimation comes to mind.  However, few realize that you can accomplish similar results with Large Format Screen Printing.

Large Format Screen Printing

All screen printing equipment is designed differently, and while the methodology is similar, the type and sizes of equipment vary greatly.  Large Format Screen Printing requires a specialty printing press that is far larger than the standard 14″ x 16″ size presses that are commonly available in the industry.

Since the surface printing area of commonly sized T-Shirts readily accepts a 14″ x 16″ print area and since most screen printers only print T-Shirts or similar garments, the availability of Large Format Screen Printing is rare.

Using the larger format presses, AMBRO Manufacturing is able to print all over the entire surface of a T-Shirt.  If you have unique artwork that requires an all over T-Shirt print, a wrap around print or printing on the neck, sides or sleeves, then Large Format Screen Printing or Sublimation are your only options.

Sublimation is a great solution for decorating garments that need full saturation printing, but fabric selections are limited to 100% polyester or high polyester thread count garments.  Large Format Screen Printing allows artists, companies or organizations to have a similar design look, but a wider choice of garments and fabrics.  Large Format Screen Printing does not require any special type of fabric, this type of printing can be done on any blend of fabric.

This type of printing is available on items other than T-Shirts.  For example, Sweat Pants with full leg prints, Hoodies and a variety of other textiles can all be printed using this technology.

If you are interested in Large Format Screen Printing, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Large Format Screen Printing

Large Format Screen Printing

14May/14

Custom Screen Printing

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Custom Screen Printing

AMBRO Manufacturing is a Custom Screen Printing company based in New Jersey.  We work with companies of all sizes in the U.S. and Canada to provide them with contract Custom Screen Printing services.

With over 26 years of experience, and a family owned and operate mid-sized company, AMBRO Manufacturing understands the needs of each of our customers and we treat each job as though we would be wearing the garments our self.

Custom Screen Printing is tricky because every aspect of every job is custom.  We’re not making widgets here and we don’t just stamp out hundreds of the same thing each and every day.  Most of the time, we’re printing a companies brand mark, an organizations logo or a design that commemorates an important event or milestone.  So each and every time, we have to be as close to perfect as we can be.

Custom Screen Printing

The process of Custom Screen Printing begins with the art concept.  While every component of the process is important, without a great design the finished product will fall flat.  One of the nuances of Custom Screen Printing is that art on fabric, looks a lot different than art on paper.  Just like a painter that would paint on canvas needs to use different inks and techniques than those artists that create on paper, the Custom Screen Printing company needs to have expertise on which inks, techniques and art works on which type of fabrics.

When everyone wore 100% cotton T-shirts Custom Screen Printing was far easier, but with today’s performance blends, different inks, additives, temperatures, techniques and know how all come into play to ensure an amazing end result.

If you are interested in Custom Screen Printing please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Custom Screen Printing

Custom Screen Printing

12May/14

Sublimation T Shirts

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Sublimation T Shirts

Creating Sublimation T Shirts was once only done prior to the T Shirt being sewn.  Fabric was sublimated and then cut and sewn into a T Shirt.  Today with advances in sublimation printing technology, specialized printers like AMBRO Manufacturing can print Sublimation T Shirts on T Shirts that are already T Shirts.

The results of printing Sublimation T Shirts after they are already sewn are spectacular, there are however some draw backs.  Typically this type of sublimation printing is done on a large industrial clam shell type heat press vs. the roll to roll fabric sublimation presses used in cut and sew operations.

While there are some minor drawbacks, start up T Shirt companies and large established companies should still consider post sewn dye sublimation, with the right design work and art, the end product rivals cut and sew products.  You might be surprised how many post cut and sew sublimated T Shirts are in stores today.

Sublimation T Shirts

One of the biggest benefits of post sewn Sublimation T Shirts is that the cost is far lower than sublimating fabric and cutting and sewing that fabric into a T Shirt.  One of the largest draw backs is the creasing or lack of sublimation that can occur on the sides or arm pits of the t-shirt.

Sublimation T Shirts relies heavily on high heat and flat transfer areas.  If there are any creases in the T Shirt when the heat is applied, it is possible that white areas are left un-sublimated.

Since the lower cost generally outweighs slight imperfections and white areas in difficult to notice places, Sublimation T Shirts on post sewn T Shirts has become very popular.

If you are interested in Sublimation T Shirts please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Sublimation T Shirts

Sublimation T Shirts

06May/14

Screen Printing Services

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Screen Printing Services

AMBRO Manufacturing provides the highest quality Screen Printing Services for the trade and for direct sales.  We have been providing Screen Printing Services since 1993 and have several in-house capabilities that enable us to offer quick turn-around and maintain 100% control over quality of our Screen Printing Services.

Screen Printing Services

Our in-house capabilities include:

  • Standard Size Screen Printing
  • Jumbo All Over Screen Printing
  • Sublimation Printing (All Over)
  • Embroidery
  • 280 Degree Embroidery
  • Cut & Sew
  • Laser Cutting & Etching
  • Pad Printing
  • Custom Vinyl Printing
  • eTextiles and Wearable Electronics

Screen Printing Services involves a few steps to ensure that your order is done just right.  Once your concept is finalized, you will work closely with our art staff to ensure that your vision can be translated properly to fabric or textiles.

When the artwork is finalized for your Screen Printing Services project, our production team will etch the image into specialized screens and register your design on the printing press.  After one or two sample prints to ensure proper registration, the pressman will begin printing your project.

Care is always taken when screen printing to ensure that each print looks as similar to the prior print as possible.  Most screen printing is done with artwork that include logos, branding and important messages about an event, company/organization or product.  While T-Shirts don’t seem like it, they are often as important as a print in a magazine or a commercial on television.  Extreme care must be taken by your silk screen partner to ensure that your brand or event is always represented properly.

Finding high quality, reasonably priced Screen Printing Services companies that can deliver on their promised dates and ensure that your work looks amazing is not easy.  If you are interested in talking further about Screen Printing Services, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Screen Printing Services

Screen Printing Services

28Apr/14

Wholesale Sublimation

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Wholesale Sublimation

Dye Sublimation has dramatically increased in popularity in the last 5 years.  Most of the new lines of t-shirts that are hitting the market from small start-up companies are being printed using the Dye Sublimation process.  Wholesale Sublimation printing is a key component for these start-ups.  Dye Sublimation involves using specialized opaque inks and heat to fuse high quality images or designs into fabric and other polyester substrates.  Dye Sublimation will only work on 100% polyester fabrics or substrates, or a fabric or substrate with a high concentration of polyester.  Cousins of polyester like Rayon, Nylon, Satin and Spandex also work well for Sublimation Printing.

When searching for Wholesale Sublimation partners, small start-up companies need to be careful of selecting the right partner.

Wholesale Sublimation

When searching for the best Wholesale Sublimation partner to help launch your new line of t-shirts consider these things:

1. Will they create prototypes for you i.e. one of a kind to wear test and show off

2. Do they have low minimum orders 25 per run?

3. Can they provide fast turn around time within 2 weeks.

4.  Will your Wholesale Sublimation partner collaborate with you?

5.  Does your Wholesale Sublimation partner have patience and time to talk to you?

If you are launching a brand new t-shirt line, sublimation is a great option.  Screen printing works well and looks great, but for small run launch, sublimation is going to enable you to get an amazing print product and keep your launch costs low.

If you are looking for a high quality Wholesale Sublimation partner, we would be very interested in talking with you.  We are start-up friendly and are very flexible, which makes launching your new line of sublimated t-shirts a breeze.  Please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Wholesale Sublimation

Wholesale Sublimation

23Apr/14

Contract Screen Printers

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Contract Screen Printers

Finding Contract Screen Printers with vision and passion is not an easy thing to do, but it’s imperative that you do!  The last thing that you want on an important garment decorating project that you are either doing personally or contracted to do for someone else, are Contract Screen Printers that treat you like you are one of many customers that just fill their coffers.

Contract Screen Printers

Printing a T-Shirt is much more than just laying down ink on fabric.  There is a lot of planning to be done in advance and a lot of questions to be answered.  For example, when interviewing potential Contract Screen Printers, ask these questions:

1.  How many customers do you have? And am I going to be important to you?
2.  Will you collaborate with me via phone or in person ?
3.  How will you ensure that my concept gets translated properly to the garment?4.  If I call you, am I going to get you on the phone or someone else?
5.  How do you build long term relationships with your customers?

Some of these may seem like deep questions to be asking Contract Screen Printers, but your business, brand and concept are important, you don’t want to trust them in the hands of some that wants to load and print your “stuff” and get them out of the shop as quickly as possible.  You’ll want to work with Contract Screen Printers that take care in their craft, that understand your project and will actually think about your goals and your company while they are preparing and printing your job.

If you are researching and seeking high quality Contract Screen Printers, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Contract Screen Printers

Contract Screen Printers

21Apr/14

Silk Screen Printing

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Silk Screen Printing

Silk Screen Printing is the process of using plastisol based inks and passing them through a silk screen onto a substrate, usually fabric, metal or glass.  The process of Silk Screen Printing evolves every year and new and interesting methods and techniques become available on a regular basis.

Most of the advances in Silk Screen Printing have come in the form of unique inks.  Today, if you are interested in Silk Screen Printing you can print with scented inks, florescent inks and even conductive inks used in the medical field.

Silk Screen Printing

One of the most intriguing aspects of Silk Screen Printing is the low cost of entry for start up companies that are launching their own t-shirt line.  For minimal set up fees and even lower cost per piece/print fees, any start up can get started with their brand in no time and with a tight budget.

Screen printing can also be used effectively on fabric that can be delivered in panels and then sewn into items like bags, covers, t-shirts and other items.  One of the major advantages of using screen printing as a method of personalization is the cost.  Other print methods like DTG or Sublimation produce unique results but are far more costly than screen printing.

For small projects, or prototypes, screen printing can provide rapid turn around and changes can be made quickly and within days.

When searching for a screen printing partner, one of the things that you want to check is if they are doing their printing on an automated press or by hand.  Hand presses produce inconsistent quality and produce items slowly.  When moving into full production, you may want to work with a shop that has automatic equipment so that they can print thousands of items per hour.

If you are interested in Silk Screen Printing or are trying to find a high quality and reasonably priced Silk Screen Printing services, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Silk Screen Printing

Silk Screen Printing

09Apr/14

USA Screen Printing

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USA Screen Printing

Over the last decade there has been a big push on bringing manufacturing back to the United States and I can tell you that USA Screen Printing is a very strong niche industry and is thriving.  AMBRO Manufacturing has been in the screen printing industry for over 26 years and we’ve seen the industry change each year in a positive way.  New technologies for printing emerge and new methods and techniques are being developed on a regular basis.

What is most encouraging about USA Screen Printing methods and industries is that the bulk of the manufacturing of equipment, engineering, inks and processes are happening in the USA.  Major equipment manufacturing companies that support USA Screen Printing continue to release new products for the industry and do so right here on American soil.

When you are searching for an American Screen Printing Company, ask for samples of the work that they’ve done and if you are concerned that everything happens here in the USA, then ask questions about their in-house production capabilities.  Some companies may be based in the US, but sub their work over seas.  If you are working with a sub-contractor, you may be sending your work overseas without realizing it.

Most contract screen printers will welcome tours of their facility and when choosing a USA Screen Printing partner, it’s important to know who you are working with and what their in-house capabilities are.

USA Screen Printing

Screen printing is still a very economical way of promoting your organization, team, brand or business.  There are many selections of garments available for every price range and budget.  If you are looking to partner with a USA Screen Printing company for your screen printing project we would be interested in hearing from you.  Please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

 

USA Screen Printing

USA Screen Printing

01Apr/14

Screen Printing Companies

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Screen Printing Companies

Locating the best Screen Printing Companies to partner with can often be a daunting and frustrating but not impossible task.  There is a fine balance between experience, capability, price and quality that has to be met in order for any relationship with a screen printer to be successful.  Here are some things to consider when trying to find the best Screen Printing Companies to work with.

Screen Printing Companies

Yes we can!

Every screen printer is going to say “yes” so be careful to ensure that the company that you choose can actually do the work.  If they can’t, you’ll end either having your job be sub-contracted out without your knowing or you’ll end up missing your deadline because the screen printing company that you chose, bit off more than they could chew and left you missing your deadline.  Interview the company carefully and ask for links to photos of their shop, look for them on the web and review what their customers are saying about them.

Don’t always go for the cheapest price

It’s so tempting to get multiple quotes and just pick the cheapest quote.  After all, screen printing is just screen printing right?  Wrong.  Screen printing is an art, and knowledge, experience and equipment all matter in the outcome of the product that leaves the shop.  You could go to your local craft store and for less than $200 buy a table top screen printing press and start making your own t-shirts.  Screen Printing Companies have professional equipment that produced professional results.  Your clients are particular and you will want to have a print quality that meets not only their standards but their customer standards as well.  “you get what you pay for” has never been more true than with the varying qualities of Screen Printing Companies and their products.

Work with a master of their craft

Printing t-shirts is not rocket science, but there are lots of factors that need attention in order to get a high quality, long lasting print.  Most of the images that are printed by Screen Printing Companies on t-shirts are logos or emblems that identify a company or entity.  Brand importance is of paramount concern to most companies and color matching as well as logo replication and placement are important factors in a quality job that Screen Printing Companies need to pay attention to.  For example, what happens if the printer that you choose didn’t think about where a hood falls on a hoodie when the person wearing it doesn’t have the hood up?  What happens is that your logo, website and phone number are hidden by the hood!  That’s one small nuance that an experienced Screen Printing Company would never allow to happen.  Or … what happens when your logo includes a light color like yellow, but your garment is dark.  If the Screen Printing Companies that you are working with don’t apply a white underbase, your bright yellow logo is going to be dull and gold.

If you are trying to find high quality experienced Screen Printing Companies, researching their work online is critical, see what other customers are saying, ask for samples of their work or to go to their shop and watch them print.

If you are looking for amazing Screen Printing Companies, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Screen Printing Companies

Screen Printing Companies

28Mar/14

Wholesale Screen Printing

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Wholesale Screen Printing

Searching for the best Wholesale Screen Printing company can be very frustrating.  There is no shortage of screen printers in the market, but it is VERY difficult to distinguish between who’s the real deal and who isn’t.  Building your T Shirt business or getting quality event T Shirts for your clients is too important to guess on the right Wholesale Screen Printing Partner.  Doing research online can be frustrating, and asking for and checking on referrals can be time consuming.  So what should you do to make sure that you’re finding the right partner?

Wholesale Screen Printing

Here are 5 things to consider when trying to find the best Wholesale Screen Printing partner:

1.  What is the experience level of the screen printing partner that you are considering?  If they have been printing less than 5 years, you may want to consider another partner.  There are always exceptions and there are some amazing printers out there that have only been printing for 3 months, but you want to make sure that you see several examples of their work before you make a decision.

2.  Will your screen printing partner communicate with you and keep you informed on each contract print job?  Keeping your customers informed during their custom t shirt printing job is critical.  However, you can’t keep them in the loop if you aren’t being kept in the loop yourself.  If you’re working with a 1 man/woman shop, communication might be a challenge, so looking for an organization that has several employees might be a better option.  Again, there are some single person shops that do amazing work, you just have to decide if they are going to be amazing for you.

3. Is there the proper balance between price and quality?  If you are searching for a partner and using terms like “cheap screen printing” or “low cost screen printing” then you are going to find partners that likely won’t meet your turn around time and print quality standards.  Just like in any business, there is a cost of doing business and if you find partners that skimp on those costs, there have to be quality issues that follow.  It might be quality of print, quality of duration of print, quality of communication etc … Finding the proper Wholesale Screen Printing partner may require compromise in terms of price vs. value.

4.  Do you like who you’re working with?  You may have heard the term “business is business” but in reality, business is people.  You may find an amazing partner that meets the quality that you want, the price point that you want and is great at communicating, but if you don’t like them because they are rude and abrupt, or because they treat you like a number instead of a valued customer, your business relationship with them won’t last.  It’s one thing if you are buying a non-custom product that requires no communication and not interfacing with your vendor.  But in the Wholesale Screen Printing business, there is a lot of interaction with your partner, whether it is face-2-face, phone or email, you will need to be able to deal your partner or eventually the relationship will fail.

5.  Does your Wholesale Screen Printing meet your expectations?  You might find a partner that has amazing print quality, good artistic design and is a good communicator, but if you have expectations of 5 day delivery and they work on a 6 week turn-around time, then you have a major miss match.  There is always going to be some give and take in any business relationship, you have to determine which expectations are the most important and which you can be flexible on.  When finding the best Wholesale Screen Printing partner, compromise is a factor, because not every company is going to meet all of your requirements.

If you are searching for the right Wholesale Screen Printing company to suit your needs, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Wholesale Screen Printing

Wholesale Screen Printing