Category Archives: Vinyl Cutters

Learn about this equipment that is becoming a staple item in many heat press businesses.

New Ideas, Inspiration and Training for Heat Printers Around the World

December 28, 2012 by Josh Ellsworth

A late Merry Christmas to all of my faithful readers and an early Happy New Year! I’m prepping for one of the busiest travel months of the year and I hope to see many of you at the ASI show in Orlando, Florida next month or the Imprinted Sportswear Show in Long Beach, California! Readers of this blog range from experienced decorators to aspiring entrepreneurs all with a shared interest in apparel decorating. I wanted to give you all access […]

Categories: Customization, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Performance Apparel, T-Shirts, Team Uniforms, Videos, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: cad-cut, education, flex, heat pressing, heat printing, heat transfer, heat transfer vinyl, josh ellsworth, Roland GX-24, stahls, training, videos

Heat Transfer Vinyl – 5 Years Later on YouTube, 20+ Years Since Invention

September 7, 2012 by Josh Ellsworth

Over 20 years ago Stahls’ created the category now known as heat transfer vinyl. The product was invented so businesses could cut graphics on a carrier and have them be pre-spaced in alignment for placement and application with a heat press onto a textile. A lot of the folks at Stahls’ were around when this product category was invented, including Ted Stahl. I can’t imagine the excitement and buzz of showing this product, and probably the challenges of explaining the […]

Categories: Customization, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Heat Press Tutorials, HPY General Discussion, Roland GX-24, The Heat Press, Videos, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: film, flex, flock, glitter, heat press, heat transfer vinyl, josh ellsworth, package, Roland GX-24, stahls, training, transfers, tutorial, video, vinyl, vinyl cutting

Video Guide to Decorating Team Uniforms for High School Athletics

May 22, 2012 by Josh Ellsworth

This 1.5 hour intensive video guide teaches you how to decorate team uniforms for high school sports with a heat press. Learn the recommended heat transfer materials for varying fabrics and how to create trendy team uniforms while complying with required NFHS rules for each sport. Jerseys covered include; Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Football, Softball & Volleyball. Lessons include; printing mesh, printing reversible jerseys, customizing split front baseball uniforms, accommodating stretch fabrics, dealing with dye migration, using heat transfer vinyl in […]

Categories: Customization, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Heat Press Tutorials, Team Uniforms, The Heat Press, Videos, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: customization, heat printing, high school sports, jerseys, mesh, names, numbers, reversible, split front, sporting goods business, sports business, stahls, start your own business, team uniforms, transfer vinyl

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Hotronix Fusion and Super Film at Work at NBA All Star Jam Session

February 23, 2012 by Josh Ellsworth

I’m a huge basketball fan and really enjoy watching the NBA All Star Game each year. In the past, I’ve had the opportunity to attend a few of the games to help heat print custom All Star jerseys with names and numbers. It’s a great experience to see the fans reaction when they connect the fact that they can have the East or West jersey with their name on it, and I love that jersey customization is powered by heat […]

Categories: Customization, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Print/Cut Process, Roland GX-24, The Heat Press, Thoughts On The Go, Versacamm, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: fusion, gx-24, heat printing, hotronix, jam session, jerseys, nba all star, roland, transfer numbers

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The FREE Video Class on How To Get into Heat Printing

February 22, 2012 by Josh Ellsworth

Great Garment Graphics is the place to go for educational webinars and presentations on all things heat printing. Each month they host presenters such as myself that prepare a powerpoint, Prezi or video to present a relevant topic to apparel decorators around the world. Yesterday, we published our first video on demand presentation, the topic: The Ultimate Heat Printing Start Up (for 4k or less). If you’ve been thinking about starting your own apparel decorating business or expanding your existing […]

Categories: Heat Press Tutorials, The Heat Press, Videos, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: great garment graphics, heat press, heat printing, presentation, transfers, tutorial, video, vinyl cutter, webinar

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Wake Up and Bring the Bling to Your Customers!

December 13, 2011 by Josh Ellsworth

Business owners like you or your boss are always looking for ways to make the sale or in some cases make more money on the sale. One of the most effective ways to make more money on a sale is to up sell the customer to a more profitable product. With apparel decorating one of my favorite ways to do this is to take a customer design and elevate it. Say this line out loud with a little sales swagger: […]

Categories: Customization, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), HPY General Discussion, Thoughts On The Go, Videos, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: bling, electric, foil, glitter, glitter flake, heat press, heat press vinyl, heat transfer film, stahls, super glitter, ultra

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Our Customer Service Team Believes in our new Heat Transfer Vinyl

June 2, 2011 by Josh Ellsworth

It’s been almost 2 days since we launched the new CAD-CUT Premium Plus and we’ve already taken lots of new orders. To be honest, this is the first product launch of this caliber where customers have ordered in this volume without even trying the product first…. Why? We Believe, so our customers do too! Here’s what I mean…. This product has our entire team really enthused, and our customers trust our team. Did you know that we’ve been in business […]

Categories: Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), People, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: cad-cut, customer service, flex, heat press material, heat transfer vinyl, premium plus, sportfilm, stahls

CAD-CUT Premium Plus Heat Transfer Vinyl is now available, watch the 3 minute video!

June 1, 2011 by Josh Ellsworth

CAD-CUT® Premium Plus launched this morning direct from the manufacturer to US customers. I had the opportunity to spend time in Hamburg, Germany last week introducing the product to dealers in countries all over the world, and lets just say they’re excited. To view the color choices, the pricing or to buy Premium Plus, click this link: CAD-CUT Premium Plus Web Page Watch a 3 minute video highlighting the features of this new product below: I’ll be posting more details […]

Categories: Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), HPY General Discussion, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: cad-cut, cutter, flex, heat press, heat transfer vinyl, manufacturer, premium plus, stahls, thermal film, transfer

Customizing Shoes with Heat Press Transfers and a Vinyl Cutter

October 28, 2010 by Josh Ellsworth

Thanks for all who joined us at the GreatGarmentGraphics.com webinar Tuesday on shoe customization. We had a great turn out and lots of great questions! Don’t forget about today’s session at 2:00pm EST on our new CAD-CUT® Heat Applied Film products. We’ll be taking you on a tour through all of them. Sign up by clicking here: What’s NEW in the World of CAD-CUT® For those of you who couldn’t make it to the shoe webinar we’ve put together a […]

Categories: Customization, Digital Printing, Equipment, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Heat Press Tutorials, Print/Cut Process, The Heat Press, Videos, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: cleats, customization, customized, film, footwear, heat press, personalized, shoes, sneakers, transfer vinyl

Day 2 Fun and Innovation at the SGIA Expo – VS300, Transfer Paper, Transfers and More!

October 15, 2010 by Josh Ellsworth

Day 2 at the SGIA Expo didn’t disappoint, it was busier in our booth than the previous day. Let’s go through the video tour of yesterday…. Day 2 Intro from our National Sales Manager, Jason Murphy: Next, a video demo of the new Exact Print no trimming transfer paper for laser printers..I’ll let you watch the video and I’ll post next week with many more details of this exciting product…it certainly received lots of interest in the booth: One of […]

Categories: Customization, Equipment, Heat Press Tutorials, HPY General Discussion, People, Roland GX-24, Versacamm • Tags: exact print transfer paper, heat press, heat transfer, stahls, team uniforms, transfer express, Versacamm, vs300

5 Back to School Spirit Hoodies & Left Chest Logos on Polos, Heat Transfer Flock is on Fire

September 8, 2010 by Josh Ellsworth

Our new Heat Press CAD-CUT® Flock is on Fire Recently we posted a Tip jar video showing our new CAD-CUT® Flock material and introduced you to Ed Kent our new rep responsible for US sales. Ed must really love heat pressing flock because he customized 5 different hooded sweatshirts with a back to school spirit Atlanta sorta theme the last time he was in our Pennsylvania office. Today, Ed is actually on a flight to Atlanta from his hometown Detroit for the […]

Categories: Customization, Embroidery, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Videos, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: cad-cut flock, customization, Embroidery, fleece, heat press, hoodies, personalized, polos, school spirit, transfer flock, vinyl

Vinyl Cutter Training Videos – GCC, Roland, Graphtec, Creation, Refine & More

August 11, 2010 by Josh Ellsworth

Announcing vinyl cutter training videos on the Roland GX-24, Graphtec CE-5000, GCC Expert 24, GCC Puma III, GCC Bengal, GCC Jaguar IV, Creation PCut, Refine MH-721, Laserpoint 24 and Copam cutters. We couldn’t be more excited than we are now to announce the launch of 10 new vinyl cutter training videos covering the most popular 24″ cutting plotters in the industry. If you are looking for a cutter or have recently purchased one, these videos are going to be a […]

Categories: Customization, Equipment, Heat Applied Film (Cadcut), Videos, Vinyl Cutters • Tags: copam, creation, enduracut, enduracut plus, gcc bengal, gcc expert, gcc jaguar IV, gcc puma III, graphtec CE-5000, how to, laserpoint 24, mh-721, pcut, plotter, qe-60, refine, Roland GX-24, smart cutter, training, tutorial, videos, vinyl cutter, zencut

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Category Archives: Vinyl Cutters

New Ideas, Inspiration and Training for Heat Printers Around the World

Heat Transfer Vinyl – 5 Years Later on YouTube, 20+ Years Since Invention

Video Guide to Decorating Team Uniforms for High School Athletics

Hotronix Fusion and Super Film at Work at NBA All Star Jam Session

The FREE Video Class on How To Get into Heat Printing

Wake Up and Bring the Bling to Your Customers!

Our Customer Service Team Believes in our new Heat Transfer Vinyl

CAD-CUT Premium Plus Heat Transfer Vinyl is now available, watch the 3 minute video!

Customizing Shoes with Heat Press Transfers and a Vinyl Cutter

Day 2 Fun and Innovation at the SGIA Expo – VS300, Transfer Paper, Transfers and More!

5 Back to School Spirit Hoodies & Left Chest Logos on Polos, Heat Transfer Flock is on Fire

Vinyl Cutter Training Videos – GCC, Roland, Graphtec, Creation, Refine & More

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