{"id":381,"date":"2018-05-31T10:37:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging8.dynaserverx.com\/murakamiscreen.com\/?page_id=381"},"modified":"2019-06-04T17:30:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T17:30:01","slug":"pre-press-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging8.dynaserverx.com\/murakamiscreen.com\/technical-support\/pre-press-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Press Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.48&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/staging8.dynaserverx.com\/murakamiscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Perfect-Screen-With-Logo-277&#215;300.gif&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;500ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.7.1&#8243;]<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging8.dynaserverx.com\/murakamiscreen.com\/basic-screen-room-training\/\">Basic Screen Room Training<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Let\u2019s gets back to the basics of screen making!\u00a0 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. 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