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Why you should never wash your jeans

Laundry is inevitable, but thankfully there are people like Levi’s CEO and President Chip Bergh who want to make our lives a little easier. According to him, you should never wash a pair of jeans. Ever. While this may prompt noises of disgust from those are less-then-enamoured by the idea of walking around in dirty clothes, Mr Bergh explained that he "spot cleans" any stains with a toothbrush.

Why almost every pair of jeans has a zipper that says ‘YKK’

If you look closely at the zipper on your pants right now, odds are that it has 3 letters engraved on the tab: "YKK." But what does it mean?

Xenetech Engraving System Upgrades, Tune-up, Software Updates, and Tech Tips

Xenetech provides full service technical support for customers with questions covering software use (XGW, VCS, Print Drivers, Virtual Pendant, and more) and engraving applications (layouts, features, etc.), communications and hardware trouble shooting, problem part(s) identification, file use and transfers, preventative maintenance schedules and techniques, and more. Customers that are eligible for technical support whose coverage has lapsed or is near expiration have been emailed information about…

Custom Printed Tee Shirts

Spring is on its way, let us make your next event stand out!

You're Drinking Coffee All Wrong. Here's How to Fix That. (VIDEO)

Wake up and don't smell (or sip) the coffee. At least not right away. Here's why.

How To Repurpose Old T-shirts

When you’re done with a cherished t-shirt, there are only a few options left. If it’s still okay, you can donate it. It’s more likely you’ve worn the shirt within an inch of its life. How dare you look at...

Commercial Printing Presses and Benefits

Commercial printing, in its simplest terms, is a phrase that encompasses all printing services in which the printed product is identical to the original product. By definition, commercial printing describes the process of taking one’s …

Commercial Printing Made Easy

Manage your Commercial Printing, or waste money, stock outdated materials, and fall behind on sales initiatives and promotional launches. Let us Help!

Commercial Printing Guidelines

If you manage or operate an enterprise, then a professional printing company that specializes in commercial printing should be seriously considered.

Can You Really Take the Drama out of Commercial Printing?

We’ve all experienced times when marketing projects went awry. Maybe your team was late in delivering layouts. Or your server crashed. Or your commercial printer missed deadlines. No matter what happened, the resulting stress and drama made a seemingly simple task grow into an epic quest. While most of us won’t encounter marketing problems like

Commercial Printing: Tips for Printing Envelopes

I think most people would agree that in the realm of custom printing, envelopes are decidedly not sexy. That said, I’d actually like to disagree. I recently came upon an old handbook on printing paper from the 1980s, which in fact includes a wealth of information that is just as pertinent now as it was …

Is 3D Printing the Future of Printing?

What Printing Means to Businesses: A Collection of Infographics on Printing

If there is one thing that any business should invest on for promotions, this is printing. It’s an aspect that you can’t avoid since this is always a part of the materials’ production. So if you are already thinking about taking it out of the scene, then you might want to think twice. After all business and printing

The Ultimate Printing Guide

The printing resource you've been looking for. Our ultimate printing guide goes in-depth about printing for businesses, books, franchises and more!

3D Printing Tips and Techniques: Printing the First Layer

In this article we troubleshoot printing the first layer and answer questions about inaccurate tolerances in a fused filament fabrication process.

Is Offset Printing Better Than Digital Printing?

Learn why offset printing and digital printing both have advantages depending on the quantities you print.

Will it replace offset printing entirely?

By all indications the future points to digital-printing as the major technology that will be relied on. In fact, forecasts are abuzz that reliance on offset printing will fall by over 10.2% across the globe. Digital-printing meanwhile will grow by 68.1% by volume (Smithers Pira). Decline of Offset Printing. The reasons behind the decline of offset printing vary for each printer buyer. However, productivity and reliability…

Screen Printing vs. Digital Printing: What’s the Difference?

ooShirts strives to provide the best custom printing methods to suit our customers’ needs, offering both screen and digital printing. We’re often asked, “which is better?” Rather than posing this question, we...