Welcome to Panther Prints.  My name is Steve Sloss - owner & designer.

I started a screen print company called Southern Pride in 1980 and have been specialty printing ever since.  We were early pioneers in screen printing process-colors onto fabric.  We won a "bronze squeegie" thru an entry submitted to SPAI (Screen Print Association International) in the first year they had a "process color" category (1984).

Near the end of that decade I got out of screen printing and trained to start doing everything digital.  I switched my artwork from rub-up lettering and a stand up camera, to a computer and a laser printer. 

I soon got persuaded back into screen printing to print full color transfers for a company called Warrior.  I screen printed a 24" x 36" sheet (2-4 up) using a clam shell press, an automatic take-off and a double dryer setup. The sheets were then stacked by an automatic stacker.  A very long, one man printer setup.  It was a sweet setup for a printing enthusiast.

I attended a demonstration when the first Canon Color Copiers were introduced in Nashville and ended up purchasing one to print full color digital heat transfers.  The first digital transfers required a second step of screen printing a messy release material onto the face of the transfer paper to get the toner to release. We've come a log way since then.  They now make a digital transfer to print just about anything. 

Many years back sublimation inks were introduced and I started experimenting with them.  They are still my favorite for their intensity and color brilliance. 

I purchased a Brother GT-541 when they first came out and printed Direct-To-Garment for a couple years.  I've always had a sweet spot for "heat applied graphics" and in the last several years they had introduced a lot of different transfer technologies. Digital transfers gave me a wider range of options, they had great resolution, great color, and I could print just about anything with some kind of heat applied graphic. Sublimation already had me and I switched everything to heat applied graphics.

I've printed or tried to print on just about everything throughout my career.  I've taken photos and printed at dog shows and hauled equipment to soccer & football tournaments.  In the past I have printed on-site, everything from t-shirts and mouse pads to silver & gold jewelry.

You've got a reliable partner in printing your custom needs.  We print everything here in Portland, TN

I've been doing this a long time and I take great pride in my printing.  If ever any problems with the printing, please let me know -  CONTACT ME    attn:  Steve