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
06.1.2009

Not to reclaim, screen printing heresy?

A subject that is coming to the forefront more than ever before. I crosses several subjects and i starting to become something that I know is very workable in some situations. I started in several places and with several parts but is just now comin… more »
Categories: Improvising, Printing Process, Tools and Equipment, Screens, Mesh, Positives, Chemicals, Expose_Develop, Reclaiming
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
04.30.2009

Is a tension meter a tension meter or not?

You may have seen the debate about this, and because of a recent post about this subject I wanted to review a bit about the inexpensive drum tension tuner... In fact, there have been several small screen printing supply companies who have used thi… more »
Categories: Improvising, Printing Process, Quality Control, Tools and Equipment, Testing/Troubleshooting, Screens, Mesh
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
02.24.2009

Starting out in the Screen Printing business

Choosing a press, I just returned from a regional show. One of the first questions - what press do I start with. A good question and one difficult to answer well because so much background information is necessary. Most customers orders are for one… more »
Categories: Improvising, Industry News, Tools and Equipment