Forged by print shops. Built for the press.
We're a small crew of screen printers, DTF operators and software people who got tired of fighting Photoshop every time a customer sent artwork. So we built Furnace Design Lab: prepress you can actually enjoy — press-ready halftones, AI vector cleanup, watermark removal and pro-grade photo retouching, all in one browser tab.
Kill the plastic-feeling DTF print — forever.
Print shops shouldn't need a graphics degree to make a shirt feel soft. Our mission is to make press-ready halftones a one-click job — no matter your background, your budget or the artwork your customer sends you at 2 AM.
Softer hand feel. Less ink. Fewer complaints. More reorders. That's the whole product.
Four principles we ship by.
Softer prints, softer hands
Every default we ship is tuned so less ink lands on the shirt. Softer hand feel, better breathability, fewer complaints.
Prepress in seconds
What used to take 30 minutes in Photoshop happens in one browser tab. Fabric picker, LPI, angle, underbase — done.
AI that respects your art
We use AI where it adds real value: cleanup, background removal, retouch. Never to replace your creative direction.
Built by print shops, for print shops
We're not a Silicon Valley SaaS bolted onto a printer. Every feature exists because a shop asked for it.
From a workshop bench to your browser.
- •2023
The itch
Founders were running a small DTG operation, hand-cranking halftones in Photoshop. Every job ate 30-45 min just on prepress.
- •2024
First prototype
A browser tool that could bang out a press-ready halftone + underbase in under a minute. Beta shipped to 30 shops.
- •2025
12 styles + AI Vector
Expanded from AM round dots to 12 halftone patterns. Added Gemini Nano Banana for AI vector cleanup.
- •2026
Watermark + Photo Upgrader
Added Evoto-style AI retouch and a one-click watermark remover. Also launched All-Access Lifetime.
A small team, tight roadmap.
We're intentionally small so we can move fast and stay close to the shops using us. If you email us, a human replies — usually the same one who wrote the code.
Prepress lead
20 years running a screen shop. Owns halftone defaults, LPI presets and fabric tuning.
AI + software
Ships the browser tool, the AI pipelines and the export codepath. Refuses to let anything run slower than one second.
Support + community
Answers your email, runs the Facebook group, gives artwork advice on request.