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Screen Printing
Ink is pushed through this screens in turn to reproduce the artwork. Standard technique is to spread the ink across the screen then push the ink through the screen in one stroke of a squeegee. The squeegee hasometimes not desirable. WaScreen Printing, also called silk screening, silk screen printing, and serigraphy, is a method of printing using screen stencils. Screen printing is use all over the world for commercial and private printing of all kinds of things including t-shirts, jackets, tote bags, signs, bumper stickers, control panel diagrams, cd's, watch faces, etc. You may have noticed something in common with these items; they all lie flat. Screen printing is the fastest and most economical way to bulk print, but it is limited to flat items. It is possible to screen print on curved items, however, the difficulty and added expense make this impractical for most applications. r based inks dye the fabric leaving little texture. Water based inks can dry up in screens making them more difficult to work with, but the dyed in look can make up for this added difficulty. Vinyl inks are the best inks for printing signs and bumper stickers. They are fairly durable and adhere well to sign material. However, they are air drying so care must be taken to prevent the ink from drying in the screens. There are a variety of inks for special application. A good source of ink information is a manufacturer Nazdar. Having manufactured just about every type of screen printing ink, they know what ink works best on any material. It takes some time to setup a screen to screen print making this method inefficient for small runs of 12 or fewer prints. However, once the stencil is made, many prints can be made quickly making screen printing ideal for bulk printing. Screen printing is currently the most popular method for bulk printing t-shirts. The material cost of screen printing is minimal. A large design on a t-shirt costs no more than $0.25 As volume increases, the price per print goes down. Being a large industry, supplies can be purchased in most states and many countries around the world. a rubber blade with a handle for pushing the ink through the screen. There are a number of inks for different applications. Plastisol ink is used for printing on fabric. It is easy to work with and one of the most durable inks, however it covers the fabric leaving a texture that is s Screen printing starts with a design. Just about any design can be screen printed onto any flat surface. Cartoons, full-color, and photo-realistic designs can all be printed with screen printing. The only limits are the size of your screen, screen printing equipment, and item you are printing on. A stencil is made of this artwork in a screen. A screen is a wood or metal frame with a fine screen mesh stretched across it. Silk was used hence the terms “silk screen and silk screen printing.” Silk was replaced by polyester and nylon in the mid 1900's and the term “silk screen” has slowly changed to simply te Screen printing equipment comes in a variety of sizes depending on application and volume. Prices range from thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Manual equipment, equipment operated by hand ranging from $6,000.00 to $10,000.00 is still capable of printing 300 t-shirts an hour making screen printing one of the least expensive commercial businesses to start up. Henry Trombley Copyright 2008 HCB International Enterprises Inc all rights reserved. 800-311-8962 http://www.homecashbusiness.com Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Successfully been screen printing for 8 years |
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