The Aussie Screen printing Club

Topics Covered include: - Sales updates - Laser Engraving Issues - Projector alignment system for heat presses and embroidery - Problem Clothing Brand Customers & Managing Customer Expectations - Custom Cloth Tags - Outsourcing Artwork Prep/ Stock Ordering Graphxsource - Using ai to clean up art files. - Using Claud.ai to rewrite code for deconetwork. - DTF Software that handles Pantones

Lisa Diebold and Emma Pullin from SOFT POWER from South of Wollongong talk about their journey in creating their unique brand and the challenges of pushing that brand into a market that is traditionally dominated by men. Subjects covered include buying a screen printing business and changing the name and brand, entering new markets, sales and marketing techniques, screen print colour limitations a...

Discussions include: Taking a break from business and letting the team make the decisions. Coping the Government Departments responsible for tracking spam. Marketing through golfing events. Outbound Sales. High-Lights and Low-Lights for Northprint and the Ministry of Shirts in 2025. Business Process Wikis and Business Bibles. Deconetwork Implementation. DTF Wastage!    Chat GPT - Give us ten insig...

It's been a year and a half since we had Chook on the show and around 2 years since she started her business. Its expanded splendidly with the thought of taking on new members from the family and also possibly moving to shared factory premises. Chook has a lot to share from her experience and skillset. Best month ever for Northprint - Josh heads off to the UK on a well earned break and leaves his...

Another free and easy chat with Josh and Sam as they share their stories of how their print shops have been going over the past month or so. Changes in sales patterns, large order challenges, questions about who is responsible for deliveries when things go wrong, staffing issues that create vulnerabilities in the business, job contracts and non disclosure agreements; and more.    

Josh and Sam catchup with Angel from Halo Print Co a very successful retail print shop with a difference in Sydney. Pop culture and Pink collide with a savvy New York mindset to produce and explosive and entirely customer focused shop with an amazing track record for speedy print turnaround. Spend a bit more and get the full VIP treatment including your own 'while you wait' room where you can enjo...

Discussion topics. End of year financials. July Sales downturn and strategies to change that. Supacolour Developments. ROQ Impress. Business owner stress and coping strategies. GST payment Strategies. Free Washout Booth to anyone willing to come and get it (Ministry of Shirts).  Got a question or interested in being a guest on the show? Email josh@northprint.com.au or sam@ministryshirts.com.au  

Another update from Josh and Sam about the state of the screen print nation! New DTF Presses and Embroidery Machines as well as a great conversation with Chris about his fast paced, fast growing Printshop Cherry Studios. A man with a strategic vision for the future of his business and who has, in a short time, burst into the business world with an impressive set of skills, experiences and print sh...

Josh and Sam prattling away again. This time with Jacob from the Death Clique Printing Co (and brand!). Shop Talk includes candid conversations about moving premises, pricing your jobs, Direct to Film and more.

Aussie Screen printers Club - Christmas Drop-In 2024 Listen in to the last podcast of 2024 with a number of drop in guests including: Chook from Inked by Chook, Jason from Shed 76 & Tyler from Tee Shack.

Welcome back to a chat with Josh and Sam about their respective Screen printing businesses. Topics covered in this show include: What do you do when a customer supplies cruddy artwork? How do you arrange your Pantones? What business structure do you recommend? How and where do you get your sim process seps done? Do you prefer Diazo or no Diazo Emulsions and why? How long until you reclaim a screen...

Josh and sam discuss the latest developments in their screen print shops. Discussion topics include Josh finally moving in to new premises! YAY! Coping with Staff taking leave. Websites and DECO Network shop management systems and more.

A where are we at chat between Josh and Sam on their screenprint journey. Has Josh finally moved to his new premises? Has Sam's new building commenced construction? Other topics include the semblance of a Market Downturn | Customers and their hexadecimal colour codes | and expanding your business overseas.   Want to send us your questions or come on the show? email us on aspc@ministryshirts.com.au

The boys have a bit of banter about running Screen Printing businesses. Topics covered include year end accounts, bookkeepers, outsourcing artwork proofing, bonusing staff, new washout chemicals ,laser engraving and promo products, standard operating procedures, Anatol presses, and more.

Chantal (aka Chook) learned the trade back in the 1990's by serving her apprenticeship and after a motherhood hiatus returned with a new screen printing enterprise called 'Inked by Chook'. A class act with a rubi-film background using waterbased at the coast at Yamba. She's passionate about the trade with and has an extensive experience in having the intel and starting from the ground up in her ga...

In Just 2 years full time Nathan has grown his business in Screen Printing and Embroidery to a six colour M&R Manual and 18 heads for embroidery. He learnt the craft a few years back and moved from the side hustle to the whole-hustle in 2022 and have never looked back. Discussion topics include the pathway he took on getting to the level of equipment he now uses. Managing matrimonial harmony i...

Starting in 2021 as a result of the economic downturn from Covid Matt Dixon from Heaps Good Merch on the Gold Coast talk us through how he went from a blue press to a factory shop floor. A story of breaking back pain to breaking the screen printing learning curve and expansion plans for the next year. https://www.heapsgoodmerch.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/heapsgood_merch/ Got a question for...

One of the most inspiring stories about journeying into Screen Printing ever! Have a listen to the highs and lows of Jason's amazing story and how he established Shed 76 in Northern Queensland against all the odds! Jason was committed to Screen Printing for the long haul, quite literally! Shop talk covers presses, ink types, coping with expansion and the stresses of running a business when you are...

Have a listen to Jodi Taylor the Founder and CEO of DRK LBL (formerly PSI) together with Mary Leishman on the Gold Coast in Queensland tell about their start and growth model including a complete re-branding exercise to place them as one of the leaders in Apparel Decoration for the Clothing Brand market place. Their unique approach to sales though Apparel Consultants and excellence in customer ser...

Some good news for our listeners - we are officially back! After a long hiatus with plenty of good reasons we are back in the booth with a new format for the show. Josh Paterson from North Print in Toowoomba has joined to the team as a co-host! This is a kick start session but one that puts us back in the frame!  If you would like to know more about the show, ask a question or even becoming a gues...

Listen to one of the Screen print world's all time Masters of Simulated Process. Chris talks us through the learning curve of simulated process, managing a print shop to take time out but controlling his market and working with a wife who manages sales and marketing. Bonus information on stepping up to an auto without stepping into a millstone of a bank loan!

Shannon from Aisle6ix Industries - the Aussie Screen Printing Club Shannon shares about his journey through being a customs official, a builder, a barrista, screen printing and a screen print shop owner.

Jeremy shares how he managed the rapid growth cycle of Rockhill Screen Printing, the steps he took from developing his own press to 5,700 square footage of print shop. Featuring the Stampinator, Monarch Inks, Anatol Volt Presses, Auto-coating, and Auto-Reclaim systems!

Nik has been in the screen print industry since the late 90's and runs his own screen print-shop and clothing brand in North Sydney. CMYK on discharge. The perils of conveyor ovens. Tips for people getting started. All heads down printing on a manual press.

When a world class gym in the USA purchases its merch provider and starts printing in the room out the back of the facility everything changes. Doug Seamans is a a boss running two intertwined businesses and making the most out of the leverage he gets on profit on his garments.