Learn the trade
Learning Center
Everything instructional in one place: screen printing, embroidery, DTF, machine video libraries, and how to get the most out of SPSI - written and filmed by people who run this equipment daily.
- 2articles & guides
- 44+how-to videos
- 4video libraries
- 50years on the floor
What's new
Fresh additions to the Learning Center
Embroidery video library
ZSK Racer and Sprint, the EPS hoop station, puff foam and software: SPSI's embroidery videos in one place.
Watch UpdatedVideo librarySep 2026DTF video library, now 12 videos
The Velox line, the Columbia automatic transfer press and quick tips from the floor.
Watch Article Feb 13, 2025
Is it Time for an Automatic?
Buying a new press is a huge investment and for some, it's just adding capacity to an existing print shop, ...
Read Article Dec 14, 2024
Reducers - And When to Use Them
Reducers lower the viscosity or thickness of an ink when you feel the need to make an ink creamier or easie...
ReadEducational
Learn the craft
How-to guides, technique and machine know-how from people who run this equipment every day.
Ink, screens & presses
Plastisol vs water-based, emulsion, cure problems and press technique from 50 years on the floor.
- Plastisol vs water-based: when each wins
- Emulsion choice, exposure and reclaiming
- Cure temperatures and wash-test basics
- Squeegee, off-contact and press technique
ZSK machines & thread
Machine guides for the Racer and Sprint series, thread, backing and hooping know-how.
- ZSK Racer and Sprint machine guides
- Hooping, backing and stabilizer choices
- Thread, needles and 3D puff foam
- Software: names, numbers and personalization
DTF printing
Film, powder, curing and keeping a Velox running - the full DTF workflow.
- Film, powder and curing settings
- Pressing: temperature, time and peel
- Keeping a Velox running: cleaning and maintenance
- Artwork prep for DTF
Consulting & training
SPSI's consultant network trains shops on automatics, workflow and production - on your floor or ours.
- On-site consulting on automatics and workflow
- Seminars: 301 Advanced Screen Printing, embroidery workshops
- Production audits and shop layout
- Operator training on new equipment
Video libraries
Click-to-play, grouped by machine and task.
- Set-up, registration and pallet reference
- Squeegee pressure and off-contact
- Flash, index direction and daily start-up
- ZSK Racer and Sprint in action
- EPS hoop station walkthrough
- Puff foam, software and personalization
- The Velox Plus system and flatbed cutter
- Filtrabox maintenance
- Columbia automatic load-and-peel press
- Quick tips from the floor
- Maintenance and operation, step by step
- For registered Velox owners
- Ask the Velox support team
Informational
Working with SPSI
Accounts, financing, rewards and paperwork: everything that is not about the print itself.
New here? Get set up
Open a wholesale account, complete the new-customer form, and learn how SPSI Points earns you money back.
- Open a wholesale account
- New-customer form and tax-exempt paperwork
- How SPSI Points earns money back
- Will Call, shipping and reorders
Financing & rewards
Equipment financing options, and SPSI Points - one point per dollar on supplies.
- Equipment financing through Geneva Capital
- What a monthly payment looks like
- Section 179 and year-end timing
- SPSI Points: one point per dollar on supplies
Beyond the videos
Training, consulting, real phone support.
SPSI consultants train shops on presses, embroidery and workflow. And when something stops mid-run: Maple Grove 763-391-7390 - Arlington 817-861-3464.