09.30.2010

How dishonest is that?

Sometimes I get disappointed. I developed in 1989 what is now the most traded, copied, used, and widespread t-shirt grid and three point registration setup in the industry. And I see so many out there that have modified it and claim it as their own,… more »
Categories: Screen Printer Ranting, Screen Printing History, Industry News, Graphics, Positives
09.29.2010

Screen printing presses

A curse and a blessing for screen printing is that many things can be done wrong or in a far less than optimum way and print the job and possibly have a satisfied customer. Add the low price of entering screen printing and you can see how sometimes the m… more »
Categories: Screen Printer Ranting, Industry News, Tools and Equipment, Testing/Troubleshooting
09.28.2010

It is not always the printers fault, the product has a flaw!

How many times do we have to listen to some worthless predatory parasitic dinosaur in the industry blather on incessantly about how it's just all your fault? When will you see some of them actually stand up with a little honor, quit picking out new vi… more »
Categories: Screen Printer Ranting, Printing Process, Quality Control, Inks, Chemicals
07.7.2009

How old before it is outdated?

Knowing about how screen printing worked when twisted multi-fiber thread mesh was common or the only thread available and synthetic threads were new is interesting but new products only hold a basic similarity in performance to that primitive equipment.… more »
Categories: Screen Printer Ranting, Screen Printing History, Quality Control, Testing/Troubleshooting, Substrates, Mesh, Emulsion, Inks, Positives
05.10.2009

Magic? or is that just printing?

Question: Do I have to have retensionable frames to print four color process? A Rep at a show said I had to to get good results. Answer: Retensionable frames DO make a difference by adding just that much more consistency available to the prin… more »
Categories: Screen Printer Ranting, Quality Control, Tools and Equipment, Testing/Troubleshooting, Graphics, Screens, Mesh
05.10.2009

RIP or no?

Recently there have been several machines capable of applying ink, wax, or other media directly onto a screen's layer of emulsion to replace the positive. Basically everything we need from the positive without the film. More on this later. Without wax… more »
Categories: Screen Printer Ranting, Improvising, Computers, Quality Control, Testing/Troubleshooting, Graphics, Screens, Emulsion, Positives, Expose_Develop
04.6.2009

Halftones Tips

Good EOM... Coating Screens for Maximum Effect Full Exposure, Pressure washer develop (step wedge/exposure calculator) Exposure Control Tight screen tension (you have with retensionables) Quality emulsion, most diazo dual cure emulsions a… more »
Categories: Screen Printer Ranting, Quality Control, Tools and Equipment, Graphics, Screens, Emulsion, Expose_Develop
03.19.2009

Industry strangeness

Thanks again to all of you who stopped by in Atlantic City to say hi and ask questions, the show was hectic (as usual) and I had a great time seeing the lot of you there. One strange item, I was approached by a manufacturer of screen printing "stuff",… more »
Categories: Screen Printer Ranting, Industry News, Sales and Customers

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