Custom Screen PrintingArtwork
We will accept an design to be screen printed onto wearable merchandise in EPS, FAX, or rough drawing format. The design may be either "spot color" or 4 color process. Our art department can convert your design into as many as eight colors (spot color), or possibly 4 color process dependent on design criteria, and the color of the shirt to be printed upon. Once a design is approved, it is converted to a film positive or transparency. The customers design drives the type of emulsion, screen, ink and physical adjustments the printing department will use to reproduce the design. |
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Film Positives, and Screen Making.
Our screen making department uses the "positive" to transfer the image to a screen. After studying the image to be transferred onto the wearable merchandise, our screen making department will determine the proper screen to use. Fifty - sixty years ago, many of the screens were created from a silk like material; therefore the name silk screening came into common use to name the process. Today the screens are made of many different types of manufactured fibers. A photo emulsion is applied to the screen, and the "positive" image is transferred onto the screen with a light source. The screen image is washed out using water, and the screen dried. It is now ready for the screen printer.
Ink Mixing and Screen Printing.
After the design has been approved, our screen printing department determines the proper ink and colors required to reproduce the customers design. Our screen printers will closely mix ink to specific pantone colors as required, or use four color process ink to reproduce the proper colors on the wearable material. We will print a sample for the customer as required for approval prior to completing the screen printing job.
Our screen making department uses the "positive" to transfer the image to a screen. After studying the image to be transferred onto the wearable merchandise, our screen making department will determine the proper screen to use. Fifty - sixty years ago, many of the screens were created from a silk like material; therefore the name silk screening came into common use to name the process. Today the screens are made of many different types of manufactured fibers. A photo emulsion is applied to the screen, and the "positive" image is transferred onto the screen with a light source. The screen image is washed out using water, and the screen dried. It is now ready for the screen printer.
Ink Mixing and Screen Printing.
After the design has been approved, our screen printing department determines the proper ink and colors required to reproduce the customers design. Our screen printers will closely mix ink to specific pantone colors as required, or use four color process ink to reproduce the proper colors on the wearable material. We will print a sample for the customer as required for approval prior to completing the screen printing job.
