Basic Screen Room Training
This month’s newsletter gets back to the basics of screen making. Spring is the start of the busy season in screen printing with new companies opening their doors and new employees that need to know how to make a screen. Not just any screen mind you, but a...
The Power of S Mesh
The Power of S Threads Today’s screen printing world is in the midst of major change. PVC and Pthalate free inks are being used more and more, but they print far differently than any ink you have used in the past. Plastisol will still have its’ place, but...
Murakami Pre-stretched Screens
Screen mesh technology has come a long way from the 12xx multilament mesh days. For those too young to know what 12xx means; this was a typical mesh made of multiple
Imprimir Ingeniería: Serigrafía es único entre los métodos de impresión.
Screen Printing is unique among printing methods. It can vary from a printed medical circuit, to a 14 color simulated process masterpiece on a t-shirt, to a 100 screen fine art serigraph. While the print process is very similar, squeegee, mesh, ink, and...
Cómo separar arte para frustrar 3D
3D Foiling Trick Within a Discharge Print Foiling has regained popularity over the past few years as an accent for water base and discharge ink prints. Generally however the foiling falls short of the sparkle that foil can have when it is applied over a...
Diseño de espacio en la pantalla un pequeño Auto Shop
Screen Room Design How It Effects Exposure Quality In last month’s newsletter we discussed exposure lamps and their effect on emulsion exposure. The screen room also plays an important role in exposure quality and how it performs on press. In...
Prensas automáticas: Maximizando la Producción
Automatic Textile Presses The Hidden Costs Automatic textile presses require more company resources than meets the eye. Too often owners look past the cost of the press payments and focus only on the potential profits of increased production capacity. When...
Rendimiento de impresión vs Costos de Materiales
Print Performance vs. Material Costs Too often in life we purchase items based solely on cost alone. Following this logic then everything we purchase should be the cheapest it possibly can be. The thought process goes, ‘spend less, make more. Yet I will...
¿Quién dirige el Shop?
As a company grows an owner may have moved from a labor position to a management position. Gone are the days when screens were prepared correctly. Owner’s look around the shop as they grow and replace themselves with the highest qualified candidates...
Usando S Mesh Tema de Murakami
Using Thin Thread Mesh Discharge Ink: Discharge Prints are more vibrant and have greater details using the proper thin thread mesh. S-thread mesh allows the ink to pass with ease through a greater open area than is achievable with T thread mesh. Typically...
Cómo evitar el muaré
Moire: How to prevent Moire from appearing in your print especially your textile base plates. Moire is the interference of halftones and mesh. This interference is the result of mesh or mesh knuckles blocking some or part of the halftones in an...
Smartmesh estiramiento Estiramiento común de dispositivos
Stretching Screen Mesh The most important part of the screen printing process involves how your mesh is tensioned. The common school of thought is tighter is better. Quite often a ‘ballpark’ figure is used, ‘I stretch all my screens to 30 newtons.’ Lets...
Creación de Pantallas Durables para los Sisemas de Tinta de Base de Agua, Descarga y Plastisol
Waterbase and Discharge Ink Printing Objectives: To improve production performance, minimize down time, and optimize screen life by preparing durable stencils with quality products and screen making techniques. To understand the importance of a properly...
Usando Murakami Película
Plantillas de Película Gruesa de Murakami abren un gran rango de técnicas de impresión que pueden mejorar los gráficos de siempre y dar nuevas ofertas de impresión a sus clientes. La Película Gruesa de Murakami tiene un rango de grosor de...
Pantallas de Revestimiento Para Resultados Consistentes
Coating Screens for Consistent Results We visit many shops each year to evaluate stencil issues and to shed some light on the various processes involved in making screens. Larger shops often have automatic coaters while smaller shops perform hand coating....
