Matt Rhome's guest appearances

Matt Rhome

2 Regular Guys Talking Decoration

2 Regular Guys Talking Decoration and Personalization

BRUCE ACKERMAN

Gordon Firemark

Ryan Moor

Brett Bowden

Marshall Atkinson

Erich Campbell

Jay Busselle

Tom Rauen

Lisa Potts

Alan Howe

Kristine Shreve

Johnny Shell

Jimmy Lamb

Lon Winters

Ted Stahl

OwlTail

Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. Matthew Rhome with Epson America was an early innovator in direct-to-garment. In fact, much earlier than most people realize. We’ll be talking about where the industry came from, where it is today, and where we anticipate DTG being tomorrow. This direct to garment deep dive will cover everything from light to dark shirts and give you the info you need to create awesome shirts with your DTG machine.Sponsored by: SGIA.org | 2017 SGIA Expo in New Orleans - Oct 10-12Our regular listeners know this, but 2 Regular Guys are all about garment decorating, a bit of fun, and no rants or lectures or selling. We are not doing this for our employers, but rather for our industry. Since February 2013, The 2 Regular Guys have been the first and the most listened to garment decorating industry podcast on this planet! We are humbled by all of you tuning in each week. We work hard to bring you information that will make your business better, and our industry better. Take a look at our incredible weekly guest list and you’ll understand where this industry goes for news, interviews and the heartbeat of garment decorating. Thanks for listening!News 	Teespring, the online custom T-shirt marketplace startup, has recapitalized its stock in what is being described as a financial “cram down.” The Wall Street Journal reports that Teespring is currently raising new financing at a company valuation of about $11 million, compared to previous valuations as high as $650 million.  Crunchbase ArticleDirect to Garment Deep DiveAaron: Matt, not many people know the real history of DTG printing. Talk about the origins of the process.Terry: Interestingly, the reason for today’s show was a listener request to hear about printing on light shirts. They said everyone talks about dark shirts and white ink, but what should we know about printing light shirts.Aaron: Here’s the actual tweet: @InstaShirtUSA - Light shirt DTG, specifically. Seems that whenever digital printing is the topic, the dark side, esp. underbase, tends to dominate. whereas the light apparel, no-white underbase, method &amp; accompanying tips, like color utilization, etc. tend to get overlooked. 	Old pretreats staining white and pastel and Epson pretreat 	How inexpensive to print light garments. 	CMYK - You can print out a color chart for the color you’re trying to hitAaron: You’re from Epson, so let’s once and for all put something to bed. We all hear resellers out in the industry saying, “Our printer is the same thing. It has an Epson print head too.” The inference, of course, is that they are somehow partnered with Epson. 	Two kinds of printers on the market 	Out of date printers in many machines 	Epson’s (lack of) desire to keep those machines runningAaron: Matt, you spend time in a lot of shops. What kinds of production runs are you seeing? Is it still a very short run technology? 	How the market has changed and short run is going to be a requirement for all decorators.Terry: Matt, we do the day-long Epson seminars together before all the NBM and most of the ISS Shows. You talk a lot about printing products other than t-shirts. Share some of those ideas with our listeners.Aaron: You envisioned the beginning of direct-to-garment printing. Talk to us about the future of the DTG industry as you see it.Matthew Rhome is the founder of the Direct to Garment industry and the inventor of the world’s first commercially available Direct to Garment Printer. He was awarded US Patent on DTG printer technology in August 2000. Matthew was a member of the development team that produced the first DTG printer offering from Brother International and currently works for Epson America in DTG Business Development. He can be reached at matthew.rhome@ea.epson.com.Other Events 	Complete Screen Printing Business Course - Workhorse Products in Phoenix - Aug 26-27

Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. Matthew Rhome with Epson America was an early innovator in direct-to-garment. In fact, much earlier than most people realize. We’ll be talking about where the industry came from, where it is today, and where we anticipate DTG being tomorrow. This direct to garment deep dive will cover everything from light to dark shirts and give you the info you need to create awesome shirts with your DTG machine. Sponsored by: <a href="http://SGIA.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SGIA.org</a> | 2017 SGIA Expo in New Orleans - Oct 10-12 Our regular listeners know this, but 2 Regular Guys are all about garment decorating, a bit of fun, and no rants or lectures or selling. We are not doing this for our employers, but rather for our industry. Since February 2013, The 2 Regular Guys have been the first and the most listened to garment decorating industry podcast on this planet! We are humbled by all of you tuning in each week. We work hard to bring you information that will make your business better, and our industry better. Take a look at our incredible weekly guest list and you’ll understand where this industry goes for news, interviews and the heartbeat of garment decorating. Thanks for listening! News 	Teespring, the online custom T-shirt marketplace startup, has recapitalized its stock in what is being described as a financial “cram down.” The Wall Street Journal reports that Teespring is currently raising new financing at a company valuation of about $11 million, compared to previous valuations as high as $650 million.  Crunchbase Article Direct to Garment Deep Dive Aaron: Matt, not many people know the real history of DTG printing. Talk about the origins of the process. Terry: Interestingly, the reason for today’s show was a listener request to hear about printing on light shirts. They said everyone talks about dark shirts and white ink, but what should we know about printing light shirts. Aaron: Here’s the actual tweet: @InstaShirtUSA - Light shirt DTG, specifically. Seems that whenever digital printing is the topic, the dark side, esp. underbase, tends to dominate. whereas the light apparel, no-white underbase, method &amp; accompanying tips, like color utilization, etc. tend to get overlooked. 	Old pretreats staining white and pastel and Epson pretreat 	How inexpensive to print light garments. 	CMYK - You can print out a color chart for the color you’re trying to hit Aaron: You’re from Epson, so let’s once and for all put something to bed. We all hear resellers out in the industry saying, “Our printer is the same thing. It has an Epson print head too.” The inference, of course, is that they are somehow partnered with Epson. 	Two kinds of printers on the market 	Out of date printers in many machines 	Epson’s (lack of) desire to keep those machines running Aaron: Matt, you spend time in a lot of shops. What kinds of production runs are you seeing? Is it still a very short run technology? 	How the market has changed and short run is going to be a requirement for all decorators. Terry: Matt, we do the day-long Epson seminars together before all the NBM and most of the ISS Shows. You talk a lot about printing products other than t-shirts. Share some of those ideas with our listeners. Aaron: You envisioned the beginning of direct-to-garment printing. Talk to us about the future of the DTG industry as you see it. Matthew Rhome is the founder of the Direct to Garment industry and the inventor of the world’s first commercially available Direct to Garment Printer. He was awarded US Patent on DTG printer technology in August 2000. Matthew was a member of the development team that produced the first DTG printer offering from Brother International and currently works for Epson America in DTG Business Development. He can be reached at matthew.rhome@ea.epson.com. Other Events 	Complete Screen Printing Business Course - Workhorse Products in Phoenix - Aug 26-27

Direct to Garment Deep Dive with Matt Rhome of Epson