Course Schedule

Wednesday, October 2
4 - 5:30pm
Start Here - Intro of Session Leaders and meet the sponsors

Meet the session leaders, or key influencers, who will be teaching all the courses and showing you anything and everything GPX University.

Leo Martinez – KeyPrint Co & GPXU Dean, Jennifer Cox – National Network of Embroidery Professionals, Stan Banks – T-Shirt Side Hustle

Thursday, October 3
10am
Printing a 1 Color Job

This session will go over the process from collecting customer information and artwork to printing the finished product. Single color jobs are perfect for new printers who want to get their feet wet. This session is for Freshmen Level 1.

Stan Banks

11am
How to Print Your First DTF Order

You just learned about direct to film, maybe you even purchased a heat press and now you’re ready to start taking on DTF orders. Let’s do an order together and go over some important tips and tricks. This session is for Sophomore Level 2.

Leo Martinez

12pm
How to Embroider Your First Order

Yes, embroidery looks great, but there’s plenty that goes into getting that nice, clean embroidery look. Let’s embroider an order together and go over some important tips that will help you crush that first order. This session is for Sophomore Level 2.

Jennifer Cox

1pm
Printing A Multi Color Job

Your customers want to rpint a design that has mutiple colors. You got this! We’ll go over how to print a multi color job and what to look out for. This session is for Junior Level 3.

Stan Banks

2pm
In Production: DTF

You’re getting more orders. Your customers are coming back for more. Now we’re cookin’ with gas! Let’s go over how DTF in a production setting and the lessons we learned that have saved us a lot of time, money and headaches. This session is for Junior Level 3.

Leo Martinez

3pm
In Production: Embroidery

Let’s get those embroidery heads goin’! We’ll go over how to run production with embroidery to maximize your outputs and profits. This session is for Junior Level 3.

Jennifer Cox

Friday, October 4
10am
Printing a 1 Color Job

This session will go over the process from collecting customer information and artwork to printing the finished product. Single color jobs are perfect for new printers who want to get their feet wet. This session is for Freshmen Level 1.

Stan Banks

11am
How to Print Your First DTF Order

You just learned about direct to film, maybe you even purchased a heat press and now you’re ready to start taking on DTF orders. Let’s do an order together and go over some important tips and tricks. This session is for Sophomore Level 2.

Leo Martinez

12pm
How to Embroider Your First Order

Yes, embroidery looks great, but there’s plenty that goes into getting that nice, clean embroidery look. Let’s embroider an order together and go over some important tips that will help you crush that first order. This session is for Sophomore Level 2.

Jennifer Cox

1pm
Printing A Multi Color Job

Your customers want to rpint a design that has mutiple colors. You got this! We’ll go over how to print a multi color job and what to look out for. This session is for Junior Level 3.

Stan Banks

2pm
In Production: DTF

You’re getting more orders. Your customers are coming back for more. Now we’re cookin’ with gas! Let’s go over how DTF in a production setting and the lessons we learned that have saved us a lot of time, money and headaches. This session is for Junior Level 3.

Leo Martinez

3pm
In Production: Embroidery

Let’s get those embroidery heads goin’! We’ll go over how to run production with embroidery to maximize your outputs and profits. This session is for Junior Level 3

Jennifer Cox

Saturday, October 5
10am
Printing a 1 Color Job

This session will go over the process from collecting customer information and artwork to printing the finished product. Single color jobs are perfect for new printers who want to get their feet wet. This session is for Freshmen Level 1.

Stan Banks

11am
How to Print Your First DTF Order

You just learned about direct to film, maybe you even purchased a heat press and now you’re ready to start taking on DTF orders. Let’s do an order together and go over some important tips and tricks. This session is for Sophomore Level 2.

Leo Martinez

12pm
How to Embroider Your First Order

Yes, embroidery looks great, but there’s plenty that goes into getting that nice, clean embroidery look. Let’s embroider an order together and go over some important tips that will help you crush that first order. This session is for Sophomore Level 2.

Jennifer Cox

1pm
Printing A Multi Color Job

Your customers want to rpint a design that has mutiple colors. You got this! We’ll go over how to print a multi color job and what to look out for. This session is for Junior Level 3.

Stan Banks

2pm
In Production: DTF

You’re getting more orders. Your customers are coming back for more. Now we’re cookin’ with gas! Let’s go over how DTF in a production setting and the lessons we learned that have saved us a lot of time, money and headaches. This session is for Junior Level 3.

Leo Martinez

2pm
In Production: Embroidery

Let’s get those embroidery heads goin’! We’ll go over how to run production with embroidery to maximize your outputs and profits. This session is for Junior Level 3

Jennifer Cox

Field Trips

Field trips take place in exhibitor booths so you can see, first hand, everything in operation. Typically, the equipment or number of pieces of equipment is too complex to get installed in the GPXU. We will take you directly to the booth for the in-person instruction. If you want to visit those booths multiple times, you can do self-guided Field Trips.

Epilog Laser - Booth #401
Personalizing a Leather Coaster
Visit the Epilog booth to print on leather coasters
IKONICS Imaging - Booth #412
Decorative Sandcarving on a Glass Substrate
How to create a stencil using RapidMask dry process film, apply it to glass and engrave using sandcarving.
National Banner Co - Booth #613
How to Add Flags & Banners to Your Business
Understanding the importance of visual branding for their shop.
NuCoat - Booth #514
100 Feet of Film in 1 hour!
See how you can print 100 ft of DTF transfers in an hour
American Print and Supply - Booth #609
Print On Demand with DTF Transfers
See first hand the benefits of Printing On Demand with DTF transfers