Fun DIY Xerox Print Techniques

Printing doesn’t need to be from computer to HP LaserJet Pro 400. It can be from design to print to poster, plank of wood, t-shirt, or even tennis shoe.

On the streets of NYC, you can screen print on any surface. Here’s a list of venues in NYC that cater to your DIY Xerox Printing dreams. From conception to design to print, you control the entire process and witness the epic transformation.

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  Print Your Own Converse Shoes Workshop

  Gowanus Print Lab

  Most people, at some point in time, donned a dirty pair of Chucks, whether it was during your punk phase in high school or those two months you lived in Williamsburg. But how many can say they’ve owned a custom pair of Converse, a pair with Elvis’ hair or lithe with a Campbell’s Soup Can? You don’t have to wait for that privilege...or to raid Warhol’s closet. Here, you’ll submit your own artwork and transfer the print onto a blank pair of Converse shoes. This is a feet to accomplish.

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  Intro to Print Intensive

  Gowanus Print Lab

  If you’ve been to MoMA, you’ve seen a few of Warhol’s garishly colorful screen prints. C’mon, just look at Marilyn Monroe. From design conception to finished product, you’ll coat, expose, and learn what inks and other equipment is needed to create unique prints of your own. Instead of a Marilyn Monroe print, how about a print of your own childhood hero...someone like Tom Brady or a shipping captain.

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  T-shirt Printing Workshop

  Gowanus Print Lab

  Tie-Dye does not count as a homemade, customized t-shirt. Print your own. Maybe it’s a parrot eating a banana or maybe it’s a rhinoceros doing a kickflip. You submit the design and then transfer the image to your shirt. Look who’s stylin’ now.

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