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It's been a whirlwind over here, with the Halloween buzz and all of our recent events having just ended. For those of you lucky enough to be in the Midwestern vicinity and even luckier to have made it over to our warehouse in Arkansas for our Open House Event - We absolutely LOVED having you with us! It was a blast and we were (once again) reminded that our favorite people in the world to party with are our customers. You guys are honestly the best.

For one more reason to pity the rest of us envy-stricken individuals, some of the lucky attendees of the event carried a little piece of history home with them that day, along with their full stomachs. Headlining the event was Ryonet's attempt at breaking the Guinness Book of World Record's longest screen print. Our 80 foot long wooden screen was graciously built by Nortech. A beast of a frame and covered in 156 mesh, the design was 18 feet longer than the previous World Record. Each attendee was able to join in the printing efforts and contribute with one of the provided 12" squeegees. The design, a string of "Long Distance Printers" marathon running across the fabric, was made by our own graphic designer Mark Daffron.

One of the core values at Ryonet is to "be the best at being better." At the onset of every day, each team from Ryonet is challenged to hold up that value and constantly look for a better approach, product, or process to offer our customers. Ryonet has proven time and time again that a standard exists to be pushed, and good enough is never the end of the search. On top of it all, stands the Riley Hopkins legacy, steady and sturdy, renown for quality and popularity throughout the industry for 35 years. Partnered with Ryonet since 2005 and an official brand under the company since 2012, the collaboration of the past nine years has proven an explosive journey to the top for both brands.

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Last week I wrote a post explaining how to Find your 'Profitability Sweet-Spot, and gave readers a chance to understand the profitability calculator we suggest using to calculate profits for a job with our Profit Calculator post. Let's go in-depth about how to make this equation work for your situation using five common scenarios based on our top-selling kits. Here's how you can earn 45% profit in the most common situation: The DIYer!

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Ryonet is lucky to have the opportunity to connect with and assist many types of printers and businesses who incorporate screen printing into their practice. We are constantly blown away by the diversity and unique passion that people put into their work, sometimes through design-based creativity and sometimes by finding a way to incorporate screen printing into creating a whole new culture. Velo Cult has done just that. Equal parts bike shop, venue, and bar, Velo Cult is all about creating a space that is more about the diversity of Portland biking culture than selling bikes.

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Ryonet is lucky to have the opportunity to connect with and assist many types of printers and businesses who incorporate screen printing into their practice. We are constantly blown away by the diversity and unique passion that people put into their work, sometimes through design-based creativity and sometimes by finding a way to incorporate screen printing into creating a whole new culture. Velo Cult has done just that. Equal parts bike shop, venue, and bar, Velo Cult is all about creating a space that is more about the diversity of Portland biking culture than selling bikes.

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As many people know, Ryonet started from a love of music. The very first shirts made by Ryonet's CEO were made in an effort to promote his punk band over 10 years ago. This is a fitting backdrop, as Josh Wells (one of Ryonet's own) stepped up last week to help out the local Youth Music Project print some t-shirts of their own.

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From the moment you receive the box in the mail, Ryonet’s DIY Print Shop Kit shouts innovation. With its unique graphics (courtesy of Print Liberation) printed proudly on the packaging, you are welcomed into the world that Ryonet and Print Liberation rules: Do It Yourself Screen Printing. Once containing only a one-color press, the new DIY 4-Color Screen Printing Kit now allows DIY-ers to print up to four colors per design, giving beginners the tools they need to print like a pro.

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We've made several new how-to videos in last few weeks... it's a real how-to-screen-print-palooza. Indeed. Is there ever too many videos that teach, instruct, inspire and encourage? We think not.

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The Ryonet team has awesome customers... we enjoy what we do so much because of the wonderful screen printers we get to meet along the way! It's a wide, wide world out there and sometimes we have the privilege of bumping into customers even when we're not at Ryonet. Enjoy this quick story of a run-in between our customer, Ben, and Nick from Ryonet (as told to us by Ben).

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The Ryonet team wishes each and every one of you a lovely National Screen Printing Day today!!! It's one big hooray for our industry and all the amazing screen printers that work (and play!!!) so hard. Hooray :)

As we celebrate today, we'd like to shine a light on a group of people using screen printing for good... no, for greatness. This group of people, Rise Up International, inspire us to be sure. Maybe you've heard of them?!!!? If not, check their website out and learn about what they're up to.

Just a quick fun video... a while back Ryan wanted to do a print with sRoque. Watch it all unfold here:

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In this busy world of screen printing so many products exist to help you be more efficient and, by extension, make your screen printing world run smoother. The Ryonet team is happy to announce we've got something new to add to your list of favorite-life-improving products!!!