Images Magazine Digital Edition July 2018

www.images-magazine.com JULY 2018 images 03 CONTENTS 61 35 ST SHOP TALK 5 Editorial 8 AskAdy… 10 Print Shop Pooches #32 Stella, Parallel Prints in Glasgow 12 Decorated product of the month 80 Up close & personal Tony Palmer of Essential Embroidery Design & Print NH NEWS HUB 6 Industry news TheMagicTouch and Resolute bring Ricoh DTG printers to the UK; the latest version of Easy Cut Studio is released; and Tshirtify is named in the Start-ups 100 2018 list KB KNOWLEDGE BASE 20 Business Clinic Planning a successful exit strategy and rich search results made simple 22 DTG helpdesk Heiner Rupperath of Brother advises on the optimum print environment for DTG printers 26 Terror-free tri- blend T-shirt prints Wave goodbye to dye migration, shrinkage and scorching on tri-blend T-shirts with Marshall Atkinson’s expert advice 30 Tee is for tricky Erich Campbell shares some sure-fire tips on how to embroider designs on T-shirts with ease 40 Diversify your dye sub printing Brett Platt of Hybrid Services explains how to exploit the full potential of your wide format printer 58 Talking health and beautywear with Simon Ward The group sales director at Grahame Gardner examines the changing fashions and fabrics in the health and beauty clothing markets 59 Time to tri new markets It’s quality, not cost, that is important to triathletes, explains Russell Bickle of Brighton Tri Club PRODUCT FOCUS 24 Trendwatch Discover which AW 2018 trends will be hotter than a dryer operator in a heatwave 43 Sew-free and easy Maximum profits and minimum hassle is the promise from Aglika, i-Sub’s new range of dye sub-ready blanks 44 Take a walk on the wide side Our annual review of wide format printers presents the current options for all requirements 49 Telling it like it is: Wide format printers We talk to two decorators about how their wide format printers are working out for them 54 Healthy choices We review garments that offer ease of movement and on-trend looks for the health and beautywear market 61 The game plan Our sports and teamwear round-up selects the top new players in the market this year 67 Featured Product Men’s Piped Slim Fit Track Pant from Gamegear 76 Blue ribbon opportunity Win a Brother TapeCreator Pro in our exclusive competition INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT 35 Merch masters The Live Ink Co talks about its love for printing, from producing Stormzy’s gear to live screen printing at festivals 38 Smart thinking R A Smart is no ordinary textile printer or run-of- the-mill machinery supplier, as we discover on our trip to its Macclesfield HQ 71 One step beyond We sit down with the new CEO at M&R Companies, Danny Sweem, to discuss his background, his goals and the future of screen printing 74 Freedom pass CEO Thomas Fröhlich talks to us about what’s next for MHM following its management buyout 52 54 44 26 T R I - B L E N D