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April/May 2012
AprilMay2012 Spotlight on Caps • Outfitting the Active Customer • Future Leaders • Primed for Print/Cut Media • Financing Your Start-Up Decorated Apparel Business • Making Economic Sense of Sustainability • Cap Embroidery Made Easy • Screen Printing Artwork for Beginners, Part 1 • How to Achieve Fashion Shirt Treatments, Part 2 • How to Sell Digital Printing • Shop Spotlight: Paris Images Screen Printing

Team & Spirit Apparel Spring 2012
TeamSpirit2012 Profits by the Cheer-ful • Apply Some Heat • Make Mascot Magic with CorelDRAW • Gear Bag

March 2012
March2012 What Women Want • Fashion Meets Function • The 'Blingification' of Decorated Apparel • Shop Spotlight: Sanctuary Printshop • How to Embroider 3-D Designs • Short Stitches and Controlling Corners • 10 Ways to Save Money in  Your Decorated Apparel Shop • How to Achieve Fashion Shirt Treatments • How to Market Your Digital Printing Services

February 2012
February2012 Flocking Meets Fashion • How to Choose a DTG Printer, Part 2 • Working Wearables • Shop Spotlight: AZ Etch Works • How to Embroider Logos on Different Wovens • Basics for Training Embroidery Operators • Use Photoshop Filters to Create Unique Artwork • Ensure Successful Screen Printing with Proper Tools and Safety • How to Develop a DTG Pricing Mindset, Part 2
January 2012
January2012 Celebrating the Industry's Best • How to Choose a DTG Printer, Part 1 • Back to Basics • Shop Spotlight: Choke Shirt Co. • Get Great Results with Raw-Edge or Reverse Appliqué • SFX Inks: Looking Back to Move Forward • Sublimation Solutions • How to Develop a DTG Pricing Mindset, Part 1
Sourcebook 2011
DecSbk2011 With more than 800 companies in more than 500 categories, the 2011 Impressions Sourcebook includes a comprehensive listing of products and services for the decorated apparel industry and is the most up-to-date resource available for screen printers, embroiderers, artists, digital decorators and others.
October/November 2011
OctNov2011 Laser Etching on Performancewear • On the Move — Active Lifestyle Apparel Styles • It Pays to Take Shirt Design Online • The Digital Difference • Add Appeal to Embroidery with Specialty Threads • Can Your Shop Survive When You Are Gone? • Simplifying Simulated Process Screen Printing
Team & Spirit Apparel Fall 2011
TeamSpiritFall2011 Fresh Looks for Fan Apparel • Accessories Take Center Stage • Create Multiple Outline Text Effects in Corel or Illustrator • Gear Bag
August/September 2011
AugSept2011 Fleece Fuses Fashion and Function • Hot Looks for Cool Weather • The Beauty of Bling • Boost Your Business with Social Media Marketing • How to Embroider on Fleece • How to Digitize with Dimension • How to Survive a Nightmare of a Week! • Enhancing the Focal Point of a Design • Shop Upgrades Can Yield Production Increases • How to Maximize Digital Direct-to-Garment Production
June/July 2011
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Cool Kidswear • CPSIA: Three Years Later • Trend Update: Teen Apparel Decoration • Recession Survivors Reveal Strategies for Staying in Business • How to Win an Apparel-Decorating Award • First Aid for Embroidery Mistakes • Five Markets to Track for Artwork Trends • Why Your Shop Needs to Make a Buck a Minute • How to Market Water-Based Prints • Pressing For Profit
Team & Spirit Apparel Spring 2011
TeamSpiritSpring2011
Edgy Looks Boost Spiritwear Profits • Spiritwear Suppliers Cite Reasons to Cheer • Use Heat Printing for Stylish Team Uniform Numbers • Gear Bag
April/May 2011
AprilMay2011
In the Team Spirit • Top Sellers • Decorated Apparel: The Next Generation • Adjusting Your Business to the 'New Normal' • Simple Solutions for Novice Digitizers • Solving the Customer Artwork Dilemma • How to Assess Correct Color Order • How to Achieve Quality Digital Prints on Dark Shirts • How to Sublimate on Caps
March 2011
March2011
Mainstream Fashion Drives a Womenswear Evolution • Styled for Her • QR Codes: Mobile Marketing Technology • How to Calculate the Real Cost of Embroidery Supplies • Use Vector Artwork for All Your Design Digitizing • Assessing the Impact of CTS Technology • How to Prep a Screen • Perfecting Sublimation on Pre-Sewn Garments
February 2011
Feb2011
The Embroidery Machine Evolution • Versatile Wearables Boost Profits • Behind the Big Top • Needle Knowledge Enables Easier Embroidery • Developing Your Art Department Workflow • When to Upgrade to Retensionable Sreens • Setting Up Volume Digital Printing Production
January 2011
Jan2011
Winning Decorators Focus on Intricate Details • Special Report: The Cotton Crunch • T-Shirts Still an Industry Staple • Worthwhile Projects for the Slower Months • How to Determine a True Thread Break • How to Add Contract Printing to Your Custom Shop • Use Sublimation to Create High-Value Photo Gifts

Sourcebook 2010

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With more than 600 companies and nearly 500 categories, the 2010 Impressions Sourcebook includes a comprehensive listing of products and services for the decorated apparel industry. Whether you're a screen printer, digital decorator, embroiderer or artist looking for the right supplier and service to help you better server your clients, look no further than the 2010 Sourcebook.

November 2010
Nov2010

Thought Leaders: Views on a New Decade • Fashionable Function • Preparing Your Exit Strategy • Create High-Quality Designs with Fewer Stitches • Fixing It First • How to Make Money at Screen Printing • Transfers Plus Screen Printing Yield Great Results on Darks • Profiting With Poly-Performance Apparel

Team & Spirit Apparel Fall 2010
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Trends in Team Decorating • Sportco Masters the Team Game • School or All-Star Spiritwear? • Gear Bag

September/October 2010
SeptOct2010

2010 Top-Volume Decorators • Fleecewear Goes Back to Basics • Inside Outerwear • Use Proper Techniques to Easily Embroider Fleece • Water-Based Ink and the Environment • Improve Profits with an In-House Shop Tune-Up • How to Do Creative Shirt Treatments • Using Layer Styles for Digital Printing

July/August 2010
JulyAugust2010

SFX Solutions • SFX Decorating: A Hands-On Experience • Grown-Up Fashion Drives Kidswear and Teen Trends • How to Make Digitizing Easier • Basic Embroidery Shop Essentials • How to Create Catchier Sales Sheets • Maximizing Production in a Small Shop • Adding Digital Garment Printing to Your Shop

April/May 2010
AprilMay2010

Winning Wearables • Head Turners • Star Students • From the Outside Looking In • Avoiding Headwear Mistakes • Building a Three-Color Design • The Lowdown on Numbering Systems: Part 2 of 2 • Are You Leaving Money on the Table?

Team & Spirit Apparel Spring 2010
Spring2010TeamSpirit

Make the Most of Multimedia • The Lowdown on Numbering Systems • Your Team Sports Marketing Plan • Gear Bag

March 2010
march 2010

Add Shine to Womenswear • Reverse Decorating With CAD Materials • What's Up With Water-Based Inks • How to Embroider on Thick Materials • Maximize Benefits of On-The-Job Training • Re-Creating Existing Artwork • Change Digital Workflow to Keep Profits Flowing

February 2010
Feb 2010

Wearables: Wovens & Plackets • Buying Equipment on eBay.com • Finance New Equipment the Right Way • Fewers Stiches Equals Higher Embroidery Margins • Finding Good Employees • How to Create Textured Ink Effects

January 2010
jan 2010

Impressions Awards Issue • T-shirts: Trends in Blanks for Decorators • Increase Your Web Site Traffic • Add DTG to an Embroidery Shop • Simple Maintenance Increases DTG Production, Reduces Downtime

November/December 2009
Nov/Dec 2009

Decorators Peer Into the New Year • Recession Strategy: Survive And Then Thrive • Performance Delivers • Embroidering on Bags and Producing Patches • Create Multiple Outline Text Effects in Corel or Illustrator • Decorate Performance Apparel With Heat-Applied Graphics

ecoimpressions Fall 2009
Fall ecoimpressions 2009

What Does it Mean to Be Green? • Phthalates in Textile Inks Present Complex Concerns • Eco-Friendly Products

October 2009
October 2009

Green Shop Tour • Wovens: The Corporate Workhorse • Simple Tips for Advanced Lettering Success • Young Printers Think Green First • T-Formation Invents a Green Playbook

September 2009
Sept2009

Decorators Open Up on DTG Workflow, Profits • Jacket Sales Stay Warm • Diversifying Your Customer Base • Foil Adds Sparkle and Margin • How to Apply Foil

Team & Spirit Apparel Fall 2009
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The Corporate Game • Stock Styles and Technical Fabrics Lead Cheer Trends • How to Achieve Fundraising Success • Gear Bag

Sourcebook 2009

With more than 1,200 companies and more than 550 categories, the 2009 Impressions Sourcebook includes a comprehensive listing of products and services for the decorated apparel industry. Whether you're a screen printer, digital decorator, embroiderer or artist looking for the right supplier and service to help you better server your clients, look no further than the 2009 Impressions Sourcebook.

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