UV Ink Fest

Josh Evans

Lonestar Adhesive

Becoming More Than a One Trick Pony: How to Pivot so "No" Becomes Profit — strategies for expanding your UV printing service lines and turning rejected requests into new revenue streams.

Amber Fridrick & Sumita Patel

LogoJet

Turn Prints into Profit: The LogoJET UVx45i Advantage — how the UVx45i direct-to-substrate printer opens new product categories and revenue streams for UV printing businesses.

Jessica Tourtounis

JT Financial Studio

How to Track Expenses — Bookkeeping & More — practical financial tracking and bookkeeping strategies tailored for UV printing and maker businesses.

Mike Smerka

Diode Designs

Concept to Creation: A Complete Eufy Make Project Walkthrough — start-to-finish Eufy Make workflow for UV printing, from design concept through production to finished product.

John & Marc

Makerflo

Maximizing Profits with UV Printing & Laser Engraving Using MakerFlo Blanks — strategies for combining UV printing and laser engraving on MakerFlo blanks to expand product lines and boost margins.

Elisha Specktor & Sara Waddel

ACCELaser

ACCELaser HD1: Deep Dive, Demo and Q&A — hands-on walkthrough of the ACCELaser HD1, its UV printing capabilities, and live Q&A for potential buyers and operators.

Don Connell, Ron Steinmayer & Dawn Marie

Trotec

Print & Cut That Actually Lines Up — solving the alignment challenge between UV printing and laser cutting, with Trotec workflow techniques for registration-perfect results.

Sumita Patel, Stephanie Murphy, Kathryn Ewers, Chantz Axelson & Josh Perry

Panel Discussion

How UV Printing Changed My Business — multi-perspective panel on real UV printing ROI: what worked, what didn't, and how each panelist transformed their business with UV technology.

Joshua Perry

Perry Design — 2025 APA Retailer of the Year

Mastering UV Printing on Glass — adhesion, promoter use, and setting realistic expectations for UV printed glass products.

Christine Estellon

CestCreative & CestCreative Blanks — Pittsburgh, PA

Deep dive into the Refine Color 6090 — why she chose it, real challenges, detailed parts and maintenance walkthrough, Photoshop file setup with automation tips, and product insights. She runs multiple lasers and printers from her home-based shop.

Chris & Jackie — Johnson Plastics Plus

50+ years in signage & personalization supplies

How to UV Print on Acrylic to Maximize Profits — substrate prep, printer settings, and high-margin production workflows.

Code: UVFEST26 — 25% off at jpplus.com

Daniel Gonzales

AlivePixel Creates — 26 yrs in graphic design, 3D animation & marketing

Turns UV printing from trial-and-error into a precise, repeatable production system. Real-world jig strategies that eliminate misalignment, reduce waste, and unlock scalability. Poker coin jig template included in the session.

Christian Lappin

Tumbly Haus Creative — Maker Growth Hub, Build+Sell™ Method

Print Without a Printer: end-to-end demo — source a blank on Amazon, send a gang sheet to an outside UV printer, deliver finished tumblers to a local gym, then use AI to generate the gym's marketing content. Covers gang-sheet margin model (profit without owning a printer), locking brand characters across SKUs, and automating the content pipeline for recurring revenue.

Kristen Thompson

KThomp Designs — laser engraving & UV printing educator

Beyond The Beam: three practical ways to enter the UV tumbler market, plus durability, workflow, and pricing strategy. How to increase perceived value and attract higher-paying customers from products you may already be selling. Freebie: Colorful Cheetah 20oz tumbler wrap design.

Alexis Koslovsky & Kendra Valdez

1819 Madera Designs — LogoJet printer, fleet of lasers, Latina-owned

UV Printing Made Simple in Illustrator — clean, intentional file setup for any shape without overcomplicating it. Real workflow from standard items to unique pieces, repeatable system that saves time and reduces mistakes. Freebies: Christmas ornament template, sports bag tag template, Feela journal template.

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Heather Bennett

From Custom Chaos to Clickable Clarity — step-by-step Shopify setup for makers: custom orders, personalization fields, file uploads, and production-ready workflows. Not generic ecommerce — built for UV printing businesses.

Code: UVIF2026 — $50 off The Maker Shopify Course at Paisley Grace Makery

Emily Caroline

That Mom With A Laser® — instructor behind Laser Launch Academy & Fiber Foundations

Full walkthrough of the reverse print method on clear acrylic — design setup through printing to finishing, pulled from real customer orders. Host of Maker Hour, runs Mom's File Club for ready-to-use color files. Includes summer fruit earring bundle.

Kathryn Ewers

Primary Market Gifts & Goods

UV Printing with Epson v1070 — features, limitations, and how adding color transformed her business. Started Primary Market in 2020 making teacher appreciation gifts from her porch during lockdown.

Tricia Cole

TRSigns (Tricia's Reclaimed Signs) — Texas-based custom signage since 2016

Print the Unprintable: How UV DTF Expands Your Business — where traditional flatbed UV falls short and how UV DTF stickers open up hard-to-print objects without new equipment.

TruFlat

TruFlat Plywood for UV Printing — premium pre-finished plywood substrate engineered for consistent UV print results, right out of the box.

Esenay Digital

AEO Explained: Ranking in the Age of AI — Answer Engine Optimization strategies for getting your UV products discovered.

Makerflo

John & Marc

Multi-Method Monetization: Turning One Blank into Three Revenue Streams — strategies for creating multiple product lines from a single UV printable blank.

Michael Mullins

Laser Engraving 911

Pro-Level UV Print Prep: Real-World Pro Tips with Photoshop, Illustrator & Chat GPT — advanced file prep workflows combining Adobe tools and AI for professional UV print results.

Michael Kauffman

Send It Marketing

The 5 Emails That Sell While You Sleep — automated email marketing sequences that generate passive sales for your UV printing business 24/7.

Mark Collier

BigBlueLaserDesigns

Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator: An Intro to Some of the Tools I Use Every Day — foundational Illustrator walkthrough for UV print operators.

Anne & Bill Hotchkiss

MBZ Designs

UV Roll to Roll: Not Just For Stickers — expanding UV roll-to-roll beyond stickers into new product categories and applications.

Dawn Legatt

Seven Arrows

From Print to Profit: Turning Your UV Printer Into a Workshop Income Machine — monetization strategies for UV printing workshops and hands-on training as a revenue stream.

Kimberly & Garrett VanHuizen

Kim and Garrett Make It

The Art Gallery Strategy: Scaling One Design into Ten Income Streams — how to leverage a single UV design concept across multiple product categories and revenue channels.

Crystal & John Aguila

Riley Black Studios

Turning UV Prints into Scroll-Stopping Content — content creation strategies for showcasing UV printed products on social media to drive engagement and sales.

Cheyenne McPherson

Paisley Co Design

Collaboration is Currency: Growing Through Community Partnerships & Fundraisers — leveraging local partnerships and community fundraisers to grow your UV printing business and build brand trust.

Kyle Jones

UvTrays

Using Trays for Production in UV Printing — streamlining UV print production with tray-based workflow systems for efficiency and repeatability.

Nate Polly

Sod City Hat Co.

RefineColor Printers - Hat Patches — hat patch production using RefineColor UV printers, from file setup through printing to finished patches.

GS2 Awards

Sarah & Greg Schuh

Grow Your Business with Custom Awards — strategies for adding custom awards and recognition products to your UV printing services for corporate and institutional clients.