Notes from the production line.
Field notes, technical explainers and product news — the thinking behind how we print, pack and ship. Written for brand teams and designers, in plain language, with no jargon you don’t need.
From the factory floor.
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How to Prepare Artwork for All-Over Print (Designer Checklist)
Design at panel level, keep 200–300 DPI, extend past every cut line and mind the seams: a practical checklist for preparing all-over print artwork.
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The Best Fabric for All-Over Print: A Base-by-Base Guide
Jersey for tees, French Terry for hoodies, percale and sateen for bedding: how each cotton base takes reactive colour, and how to choose yours.
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Reactive vs Pigment Printing: Which Is Right for Your Product?
Choosing between reactive vs pigment printing comes down to one question: does the colour need to live inside the fabric, or is it acceptable sitting on…
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How Reactive Printing Works: The Chemistry in Plain English
Here is how reactive printing works, in one paragraph: the dye is applied to cotton or linen, then fixed with heat and steam, which triggers a…
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Made in the EU: What the New €3 Import Duty Means for Your Orders
The EU has scrapped the duty-free exemption on parcels from outside the EU. Here's what the new €3-per-item charge means, and why EU production avoids it.
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Build on Fabrixa: The Reactive-Print API for POD Platforms
The Fabrixa Integration API lets POD platforms and developers connect a storefront, send orders and receive webhooks — then we print, pack and ship white-label from…
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Introducing Fabrixa Studio: Let Your Customers Design Their Own Products
Fabrixa Studio is a white-label product customiser you embed in your storefront as an iframe, so customers personalise their own products — entirely under your brand.
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The End of Bulk Minimums: On-Demand and the Fashion Supply Chain
How print-to-order production (MOQ 1) is reshaping the fashion supply chain away from bulk minimums and forecasting risk — less overproduction, freed capital and faster iteration.
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Why Fashion Is Reshoring Textile Production to Europe
Fashion brands are moving textile production back to Europe for shorter lead times, lower freight and carbon, on-demand small runs, tighter IP control and supply-chain resilience.
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GOTS vs OEKO-TEX: What Textile Certifications Mean for Buyers
What GOTS, OEKO-TEX Standard 100 and Made in Green actually certify, how they differ, and the questions a brand buyer should ask a textile partner.
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Print chemistry, fabric bases, fixation and durability — the textile-engineering side.
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The mental model, before the articles.
If you read one thing before you brief a print run, make it the reactive print guide — the chemistry in plain language, and how to design artwork that takes advantage of it.