Images Digital Edition DEC 2018

www.images-magazine.com DECEMBER 2018 images 03 CONTENTS ST SHOP TALK 5 Editorial 10 Decorated product of the month 14 Print Shop Pooches #37 Elsie from Huddersfield Screenprinting Co 18 AskAdy… 84 Up close & personal Nathan Newbury of TheMagicTouch NH NEWS HUB 7 Industry news Shirt Monkey adds second Kornit HD6; EasyCut releases new software; and Banner buys Early Years Schoolwear KB KNOWLEDGE BASE 22 Business Clinic A guide to Making Tax Digital, and why you should use review sites 24 DTG helpdesk Heiner Rupperath of Brother discusses how to DTG print products other than T-shirts 28 Printwear & Promotion Live! preview 38 Anatomy of a print Lon Winters of Graphic Elephants breaks down how he designed and printed the 2018 SGIA Expo T-shirt 46 Flagging up new skills Stuart Maclaren of Your Print Partner explains how to create lightweight fibreglass flags 49 Less is more Marshall Atkinson shows how it‘s possible to reduce the number of colours in a print without sacrificing quality 52 It‘s in the bag Erich Campbell shares his top tips for embellishing difficult-to- decorate bags 63 Talking fitnesswear with Katrina Smith Tombo‘s brand manager discusses seamless styles, cropped tees and all-over prints 79 Emulsion coating essentials Mark Colenso shares some expert tips for making sure your emulsion coating is spot on PRODUCT FOCUS 26 Trendwatch Be inspired by retail bags and their imprint pairs 56 Fit club We warm up for the traditional January rush to get fit with a review of brandable fitness apparel for 2019 64 Getting carried away From tote bags to teddies, here‘s our round-up of customisable products from the non-garment sector 70 Unsung heroes Discover how you can boost productivity and reduce costs in our annual round- up of pre-press and packing equipment 73 Featured product V-Lux Upright UV-LED Exposure Unit from Exile Technologies 76 Telling it like it is: Pre-press and packing Two decorators share how their new pre-press and packing equipment is working out for them INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT 40 Rethinking the process Dekken’s folding and bagging machinery offers solutions for all sizes of print shop, as Images discovers 42 Cutting edge Images talks to Summa about the recent acquisition of CadCam Technology and its subsidiary GS UK 44 Generation next We speak to lecturers at the University of Huddersfield about digital textile print and design education, and report on an RA Smart/ Hybrid initiative that is supporting the designers of the future 56 38 46 64 36 76 75 44