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PRINTOOLS Toolbox: free browser tools for garment printers

Colour Lab

Live
A printed peach tee worn in a Sydney grocer: a red BOON & JC wordmark over a blue, pink and yellow shopfront illustration
In the printPTMS match

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    Drop in your own artwork or a photo of the garment. Pull the colours, convert through a real ICC profile, match them to PTMS.

    Open Colour Lab

    The
    Toolbox

    9tools to use
    1. PRICE MATRIX BUILDERPrice per print from your real shop costs.
    2. COLOUR LABPull colours, convert through an ICC profile, match to PTMS.
    3. HALFTONE LABHalftones, knockouts and print-ready PNGs for DTF and DTG.
    4. TRANSPARENCY ZAPPERKill the semi-transparent pixels a RIP reads as full ink.
    5. DPI CHECKERWill this file print clean? A 1 to 5 score in seconds.
    6. BACKGROUND REMOVERBackgrounds off product and garment shots, in the browser.
    7. HEAT PRESS GUIDETemp, time and pressure for every transfer and fabric.
    8. SCREEN LABMesh to LPI, plus a step wedge exposure calculator.
    9. PHOTOSHTOOLSA full image editor that opens PSDs, in your browser.
    Every tool runs in your browser.Open the Toolbox

    Notes from the shop

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    news20 Aug 2026SCREEN LAB IS LIVEPick the mesh that holds your halftone, then dial in exposure with a step wedge test. Twenty emulsions off the manufacturers' own datasheets, and a calculator that asks which guide you own before it hands you a number.news3 Aug 2026TOOLBOX IS LIVESeven free tools for the everyday garment printer, open to everyone from today. Here's what we're building and a tour of every tool on the grid.screen printing7 July 2026HOW TO REDUCE PLASTISOL INKThe full training guide to thinning plastisol with curable reducer. When to reduce, how much to add by weight, how to mix it, how to test the result, and the mistakes that ruin prints. Written for new press operators.

    The tools are just the start.Wait until you see our CRM.

    PRINTOOLS CRM will be the ultimate tool in the Toolbox. Quotes, jobs, production, live catalogues and reporting, all in one place, built by a dedicated team of printers and not the spreadsheet guy down the road. We are planning to launch it in late 2026, so pop onto the list if you would like to be part of the beta.

    • Quotes with built-in mockups and GST-aware totals
    • Automated tasks and tracking for your production team
    • Full supplier catalogues with live stock levels, right in the quote
    • Xero, Zapier and Slack already integrated, with more to come
    See the CRM
    Launch listLATE 2026

    Keen to join us for the ride? Hop onto the list and we'll let you know when it opens.

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