We’ve been receiving a lot of comments lately from customers remarking on how durable, soft and vibrant our prints are. Another frequent comment is usually something along the lines of “Screen printing shops always have a chemical smell to them – I don’t smell anything like that in your shop!”

Thats because we are one of the only eco-friendly, waterbased commercial screen printing shops in the Capital District, and we exclusively use Permaset brand silkscreen inks. Waterbased silkscreen inks can sometimes get a bad rap from people who assume they are not as durable as industry standard plastisol inks – and its true that some are better than others. We tried several before committing to Permaset, but we’re now convinced that they are the best inks out there.

There is definitely a learning curve to working with Permaset inks – and waterbased inks in general – but we’ve learned some tricks over the past few years and will post some videos and tutorials from time to time, for people who are interested in learning more.

If you want to get some hands-on experience, feel free to sign up for one of our Saturday afternoon Intro to Screen printing Workshops. We will soon be retailing the inks for people who are interested in continuing to work with it.

Stay tuned for future Permaset posts!

For more info:

Informational site:
www.permaset.com.au

To buy Permaset in the U.S.:
www.buypermasetinks.com

Corporate site:
www.colormaker.com.au

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Just finished printing these cards for Bonfire Farms on the Risograph. They provided a really nice design, and with the mottled green soy ink on recycled French paper – they came came out pretty sweet!

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No Screen Setup Fees!

Songwriters, musicians, & bands rejoice! If you are in need of tees, posters, or CD/vinyl sleeves we will waive your screen setup charges for your first design with us!

These days we’ve got things pretty streamlined at Design it Together and we think you’ll be impressed by our pricing, print quality, and range of merchandising possibilities that we can offer your project.

Print Your Own Merch

Have screen printing experience but don’t have the equipment? We know what it’s like living from show-to-show on the road, so when bands come to us ready to print up merch for their next tour, they often have to weigh gas and food against how many shirts and CD’s they can afford to print up for the journey.

With this quandary in mind, we’re offering bands the opportunity to come down to the shop print their own shirts, limited edition posters, and even record sleeves and digipaks! It’s cheaper than having us print them for you, and the ability to fill missing sizes, create specialty items, and the feeling of self-reliance is hard to beat!

For those of you that have had some instruction or are experienced screen printers, a studio orientation may be all you need to get started renting time at the shop to print a bunch of tees. If you need instruction, sign up for a one-day, $50 class and we’ll get you rolling printing really sharp, easy-to-crank-out single color prints using our bright, non-toxic, Permaset inks. Once you have your sea-legs, with a little more instruction we can show you how to create multicolor prints, too!

Additionally, we can teach your band how to print your own posters, records sleeves, and digipaks! These paper & cardboard items have a great markup, and fans will flip out when they learn that their hand-printed, limited-edition art poster was signed printed by the band members themselves.

Give us a ring or swing by the shop and we’ll answer any questions you might have about how to get started making some awesome stuff for your band!

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Ever Want to Try Screen Printing?

Drop by the shop and choose your favorite 1-color design and print your own tee or poster! Don’t worry, we’ll help you …or send us your art and we’ll have your screen ready for you the next day! Walk-ins welcome! Here’s how it works:

1. Pick your Printable:

2. Grab a Design:

3. Choose a Color:

We have a wide variety of Permaset inks available for printing on clothing and paper – including neon and metallic inks!

4. Printing:

After just a couple practice pulls of the squeegee, you’ll be ready to print your design with the help from a Design it Together team member. After you’ve made your print, we’ll give your tee a 3 minute cure in our conveyor dryer and you’ll be ready to leave with a print you made yourself!

Contact us:

For more information about printing your own tee or sending artwork, please email or call us at info@designittogether.com | 518-687-1010

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For more information, just drop us a line! info@designittogether.com

We’ll be publishing more about these types of opportunities as we proceed with those that are on the books. We’re excited – stay tuned!

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We make our studio avaiable to groups and organizations looking for a fun and unique activity for parties and get-togethers! 

The party ideas are endless:

• Birthday parties for kids (recommended for ages 9+)
• Holiday parties
• Bachelor/Bachelorette parties
• Greek life events
• Company parties
• School outings, class parties, etc
• Musicians: CD release parties
• Book clubs

Learn more and browse our designs! Print Parties & Events

Your guests will pick out a shirt, pick a station and print their tee with the help of one of our Design it Together Print Pros. After it is printed, we place it in a convey- or shirt dryer and its ready to wear in about 3 minutes!

We have 5 single color printing stations available. Each station can be set up with a different one color design -OR- you may choose to have ONE design available in several colors. Choose from the designs on the next few pages, or provide your own!

If you would like a custom design, we can help you set it up. Either send us an email describing your idea, provide a sketch, or even a digital file (Photoshop, Illustrator & PDF files are awesome). We will send you a digital mockup before making the screen for your approval.

We generally recommend 1 station per every 3 or 4 people. This way fewer people are standing around watching & more people are printing! 

Contact us today for more information at: 518.687.1010 or info@designittogether.com

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Phone: 518.687.1010

Store Hours:

For further inquiries, drop us a line.

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• DIT Card Line Sheet
• DIT Poster Line Sheet

For additional details on wholesale products, email us at info@designittogether.com.

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