New Screen Printing Video: Website Now Over 80 Pages

The last of the weekly videos up to December 20th was uploaded to YouTube today. That was over 1 month of weekly videos uploaded on Mondays. Just as I promised, I came through. It was a lot of fun to upload a video each week but it was also a lot of work.

This weeks’ video is a promotional video for the website. I know a lot of you know about it and use it regularly but there is a whole entire group in our audience that seems to be unaware of the website. Therefore, I am always trying to make people aware of the great screen printing information available on the website.

The video is called, “Learn How To Screenprint T Shirts Online”. The video is a basic introduction to the contents of the website. It’s hard to believe that the website started with about 5 pages and has grown into the 80 page plus website it is today. And it keeps growing as I find more information about screen printing. Make sure to stop by the YouTube channel and check it out today!

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Free Graphic Software Downloads

If you want to make your own screen printed tee shirts at home you will need to create some kind of artwork for printing. There are many different methods and different software applications that can be used to make artwork for screenprinting. The most popular graphic programs used are Illustrator, Corel Draw and Photoshop. Of course each artist may use any program to create art and if you don’t have a lot of money to buy software, you can use free downloads.

Most professional artwork created for screen printing tee shirts is in vector format. Vector art is one of two forms of art used by computers, with the other form being bitmap art. Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygons, which are all based on mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics. Bitmap graphics is the representation of images as an array of pixels, as it is typically used for the representation of photographic images. Bitmap or “raster” art is identified as art with file names ending in .GIF, .BMP, .JPEG, .JPG, and .PCX. Vector art, on the other hand, ends in .EPS.

Check out my personal list of free graphic software downloads. This is a list of free downloads. You can find a brief description of each program and go to the developers download webpage. Please feel free to suggest free downloads to add to the list by contacting us or leaving a comment on this blog post.

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New Screenprinting Video: Make Screens Without Film

What? Make your screen without film you say? Yes, it’s called direct to screen or computer to screen. This is a process by which the image that would normally be printed as a film positive is printed directly onto the emulsion coated screen. That’s right. Instead of printing inkjet film or laser vellum, we can just print the design right on the emulsion coated screen. Of course this unit is designed for a high volume screen printing shop which would be making a lot of screens on a daily basis.

This is a really cool machine that prints onto the screen. The video is called, “How To Screenprint: Make Screens Without Film”. In the video the manufacturer demonstrates how the machine works by printing a dummy screen. You will actually get to see the entire process in a new video about the same process with Saati. In that video we will not only print the screen but we will expose it and wash it out. Make sure to stay tuned in the coming New Year for that great video. It should be in high quality or maybe even genuine HD if I get that all figured out by then.

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Heat Presses For Tee Shirt Transfers & Screenprinting

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RiCOMA heat presses for shirt transfers, mugs and hats. Check out Catspit Productions to learn all about heat transferring tee shirts and buy affordable heat press equipment.

Complete screenprinting and heat transfer tutorial website with videos and articles. Tips, advice, web links, information, technical assistance and more! All available free, online at:

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Check out our listing of heat presses for tee shirts and read easily understandable articles about the heat transferring process, its limitations and benefits.

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Learn How To Screen Print Tee Shirts

Have you ever wanted to screen print your own band shirts or maybe shirts for a family outing?

Have you looked at buying a screenprinting kit from Speedball or even a Yudu machine only to become afraid of the process and how to do it?

Are you scared to take on screen printing tee shirts at home because you have no technical support?

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You can learn all about screen printing at Catspit Productions online. This is a website dedicated to free educational information about screen printing. Articles, videos, web links and more are all available to you through the website.

Are you looking for a place to learn about screenprinting beyond your Yudu printer? Do you want to know what to do after your Yudu is pushed beyond the limits? Would you like to learn how to screen print tee shirts for fun and/or for profit?

Are you looking for the next step after you have exhausted your Yudu machine? How can you continue to print with your Yudu machine?

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Learn all about the tools: inkjet printers, pressure washers, squeegees, screens, presses and ovens and a lot more!

Check out the best collection of screen printing books all available from three vendors in one location. This is truly a one of a kind resource for learning how to print tee shirts at home or for profit.

Make sure to visit and get ready to start printing today! Always online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

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New Screen Printing Video: Pallet Tape & Cleaning The Pallet

Just as I have promised. I have uploaded another new screen printing video to YouTube today. I have promised another 2 videos on Mondays for the next 2 weeks. That will bring us up to December 20th. Then in January I have a special new video to share with you all. It’s a special type of video and I hope it represents a new era of video making for Catspit Productions. I wish to bring you better screenprinting videos with higher production value. And at the same time I promise to keep the same old Catspit style of video making…. to an extent.

This new video is called, “How To Screen Print: Cleaning The Pallet”. In this quick tip video I demonstrate how I clean my pallets and what options you have for multiple pallets. You get to see that a simple task like maintaining the pallet surface can be time consuming and expensive if you don’t watch what you are doing. I think the video makes it obvious why people use pallet tape for bigger machines with multiple pallets.

I hope you are all excited for the New Year. I can’t wait to make all new screenprinting videos with the new HD camera and wide format video. Maybe I’ll get all of the video editing software worked out and I’ll be able to bring you some high quality videos. I wish you all the best as we approach this holiday season.

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Inkjet Film For Screen Printing Tee Shirts At Home

INKJET FILM 8.5 X 11

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This film can achieve 70% to 80% opacity without RIP software depending on your printer. This is the absolute best film to work with especially if you do not have RIP software. With many emulsions such as dual cures, this film kicks but! I am sure this will be a major improvement to any home created film positives or copier transparencies from the copy store.

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Are you having trouble producing a decent film positive at home without RIP software on your home computer? If you use RIP software, it’s even better! Achieve 70 to 80% opacity depending on your inkjet printer and settings.

Don’t waste any more time with laser vellum or copier transparencies! Get the good stuff for screen printing at home from Catspit Productions, LLC!

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Discounted Saati Screen Printing Chemicals & Supplies

5% Discount off list pricing!   Free shipping!

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Press Wash 4
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Now you can visit the Catspit Productions’ Saati page and get a 5% discount on most supply orders when you enter the special Catspit code. Be sure to read the vendor’s listing thoroughly. The code for Saati  is there with details of what the code will do for you. In most cases it gets you a 5% discount. In certain cases it may get you a bigger discount or other special deals.

Enter code:    catspit    at check out for a 5% discount!!!

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Make sure to enter the Catspit code when you checkout with your screenprinting supplies!!!

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New Screenprinting Video: The Split Fountain

Yet another brand new screen printing video has been uploaded to YouTube. This is a fun video which covers the split fountain. It is sometimes referred to as a splatter print or a blend. This is when we put 2 different colors of ink onto 1 screen at the same time. Then we flood and stroke the print as usual. The inks blend and create a 2 color print.

The video is called, “How To Screen Print: 2 Colors On 1 Screen”. It’s an easy way to spice up a simple 1 color print without much effort. You can have a lot of fun with this creative technique. It opens up endless possibilities, but remember, the design choice will determine the level of effectiveness.

Make sure to stop by YouTube today and check out this great new video. Thanks for stopping by the Catspit Blog! Learn how to screen print with Catspit Productions, LLC!

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Thanksgiving: Smack The Kids And Let’s Get Out Of Here!

I thought I would take the time to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving and share with you what the holiday means to me. For each of us, in different parts of the United States, Thanksgiving has its own meaning and regional twist. But for me the holiday lives in my heart and in the memories of past celebrations. And it lives in the anticipation of future one’s.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I think it is the season, smells and the foods that come with it that make it a cozy time for me. I like the fact that for 2 days, Thursday and most often Friday, the entire business community shuts down. Well, except for retail. But for most professional services, wholesale and other non retail sales businesses, it is a time to take a break. For me as a screen printer, these 2 days are always “closed” days. I think that adds to the feel of the holiday for me.

For some reason I like to not only have a nice Thanksgiving dinner with family but it is fun for me to watch old movies on these days off too. My favorite types to watch are old Japanese monster movies like Godzilla, Mothra and others. The original black and white King Kong is a great Turkey Day classic for me too. Yes, the Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving are days to stay around the home with family and enjoy good food and mellow home entertainment.

It’s funny because there is one thing I remember about the holidays when I was a kid that stands out. I had an uncle who would visit and when we would go to apple orchards, pumpkin patches or other fall activities, he would always say at some point, “smack the kids and let’s get out of here!” Now I don’t remember him ever doing that because it was his playful way of messing with his nephews. Of which he had many. And yes, I found myself repeating the same thing as my nieces and nephew grew up. I too was being playful and enjoying my brother’s kids.

So have a happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the times you have with your families. Time is temporary, things change fast and now is the time to live.

 Happy Thanksgiving, be safe and be merry.

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