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 proess 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).

In the early 1990's I got out of screen printing and trained to start doing everything digital.  I switched my artwork from rub-up lettering and a camera to get film positives, 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 like myself.

I attended a demonstration when the first Canon Color Copiers were introduced in Nashville and ended up purchasing one.  I immediately started to use it to print full color digital heat transfers.  The first digital transfers required a second step, which included 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.   They have different transfers for different cloths, different colors, different substrates.  Time, temperature and pressure all play a critical part and all are different for each different transfer paper.    I've tested a lot of them, and there's so many any more it's hard to keep up.  I print on the ones that work best for me.

Many years back sublimation inks were introduced and I started experimenting with them.  They are still my favorite for their intensity and color brilliance.  They don't actually lay down a toner or ink onto the final substrate.  In the case of the moisture wicking shirts, for example, they explode into a gas when heated to 385+ degrees and actually dye the fabric resulting in a bright, bold, permanent imprint that breathes!  It's too bad we're limited by the fabrics that can be printed by sublimation, otherwise much more would be imprinted by this method.  They are also transluscent so they get "eaten-up" by dark fabric.... but for the fabrics and other substrates that can be printed, they're my favorite.

I've printed or tried to print on just about everything over the past 30 years.  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.  I still print, on-site, personalized tournament shirts.

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 

THANKS for visiting!