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 scr...
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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 available. In... Continue ReadingMurakami Pre-stretched Screens
Murakami’s Pre Stretched Screens with Smartmesh: Screen mesh technology has come a long way from the 12xx multi lament mesh days. For those too young to know what 12xx means; this was a typical mesh made of multiple threads that screen printers used before mono lament... Continue ReadingUsando 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 to get good... Continue ReadingCómo 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 image. Generally moire... Continue ReadingSmartmesh 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 look at this... Continue ReadingCreación 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 designed... Continue ReadingUsando 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 película de 100-1000 micras... Continue ReadingPantallas 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. First the... Continue ReadingMis pantallas no reclamarán fácilmente ¿Por qué?
My Screens Won’t Reclaim Easily, Why? First what do you clean your screens with? What does your screen cleaner have to do with screen reclaiming you may wonder? Well emulsions when underexposed are still sensitive to both light and solvent based chemistry which can... Continue Reading
