Winners to Receive Premium Consultation with Lon Winters
BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Printwear magazine announces its 2011 Shop Makeover Contest, winners of which will receive a five-day consultation with industry consultant and Printwear columnist Lon Winters.
“Printwear’s mission is to provide education and insight to decorated apparel businesses. Ours is a very hands-on industry and we are always looking for ways to interact with the decorating community and to share our resources,” said Printwear Editor Emily Andre. “Partnering with Lon in this context gives us another powerful way to deliver education to our audience. Printwear is excited to provide this opportunity to our readers.”
Winters has been in the screen printing industry for more than 20 years and has worked in a number of different positions in production and management. In his current role as an international consultant, he provides insight on technical advances, plant design, layout, troubleshooting, quality control and more. He has been a contributor to Printwear magazine for more than a decade and brings his words to life in his seminars at The NBM Show.
“Lon Winters is a hands-on kind of guy and we’re looking for the right shop for Lon to visit, assess and work with on a top to bottom overhaul,” Dave Pomeroy, Publisher of Printwear stated. “I’m excited at the opportunities for improvement that this contest will bring, not only for the winners of the contest, but for the industry as a whole as we witness the tangible results from Lon’s lessons.”
The contest seeks screen printers looking for ways to improve the quality of their output and increase productivity. Winters will travel to the winners’ shops to address production and other concerns and to help maximize efficiency. Entrants are strongly encouraged to submit videos and images along with their reasons why their shop should be selected. To enter, fill out the entry form on page 27 and fax to (303) 469-5730 or email the information to pweditor@nbm.com by May 30th, 2011, or enter online at printwearmag.com/contest.
You will learn: how to determine what your real needs may be, what questions to ask your manufacturers and suppliers, important key words and definitions, how to prepare a real equipment list without leaving out critical details, and what supplies and materials must be included from the very beginning.
Ready to pull the trigger? Startup is a critical piece in business success, so take the guesswork out from the beginning. You don’t have to learn the hard way. Let twenty five-year screen printing veteran and consultant Lon Winters take your hand and walk you through the many important early considerations – right out of the gate. Learn insiders’ perspectives on quality equipment, materials and planning that can get you from zero to sixty with the least resistance. Then, take what you have learned directly to the exhibit hall.
You will learn: the process requirements necessary for specialty printing, design concepts for specialty printing applications, mesh selection for optimal results, art, separations, screen making, ink mixing and on-press tricks and tips to really WOW your customers.
Specialty printing is easier to produce than you might think. Lon Winters takes the perceived complexity out of specialty printing and demonstrates how they can be used to increase your bottom line. Learn valuable techniques to add unique textures and dimension to your prints and offer these high profit and dynamic results to your customers. Move beyond special effects and to become a specialty printer. Add the hottest specialty printing techniques—including high-density, clears & gels, discharge & water-based, foil & bling, all-over printing & over seams, and more—to your current offerings and add sizzle to your sales.
You will learn: design concepts for mixed media garments, how to combine two or more techniques into a high-dollar fashion garment, how to anticipate and avoid possible pitfalls in adding an additional application, and how to determine which embellishment application you may want to add to your existing business.
You will learn: design and concept for dark garments; how to choose proper separation techniques and output parameters - choosing halftone style, size, angle and shape; about the various types of separation methods; proper selection of screen mesh including TPI, thread diameter, open area % and tension and On-press techniques: squeegee, floodbar selection, speed, angle and pressure.
Veteran educator and award-winning printer Lon Winters shares insight into choosing the correct techniques, from separation selections (including halftone size, angles and shapes), screen mesh selections and having the correct print order to make your prints really POP! Learn the secrets to printing on dark garments using an underbase with a flash followed, by additional colors – all wet- on-wet. This class will help you understand the principles of design and print on dark garments. Tried-and-true print techniques will be covered to maximize productivity.
You can sign up HERE for the classes at these NBM Printwear shows:
Austin, TX - March 24-26
Indianapolis, IN - June 9-11
Long Beach, CA - August 11-13
Baltimore, MD - September 8-10
After you finish with your education stop by our booth, we will have one at all the shows.
About the Instructor:
At the age of 21, Lon Winters was head of production for Ocean Pacific. He learned screen printing from the bottom up, starting his nearly 25 year career reclaiming screens. His companies have won more than 50 international, SGIA, industry publication and FESPA garment decorating awards and honors, has served over 10 years as an honorary Golden Image judge, published numerous articles and columns, led a multitude of industry seminars and workshops, and consulted on projects large and small throughout the world. Winters is the president of Colo.-based Print This, Inc. / GraphicElephants.com, an international consulting firm and embellishing studio specializing in screen printing technical advances, plant design, layout, troubleshooting, productivity, quality analysis and complete garment-embellishing solutions.
