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How Does Screen Printing Actually Work?
Screen printing, or silk screening, is an age-old process to print on just about any material. With new machinery it is even possible to print on cylinders which, with traditional screen printing methods, would be impossible. The original silk used for a screen has been replaced today with a nyl...Read more -
Screen Printing T-Shirts: Design Your Own T-Shirt for Screen Printing
With screen printing t-shirts, you can either design your own t-shirts or use one of the standard designs offered by those firms that specialize in t-shirt printing. However if you want to design your own t-shirt, there are certain aspects of screen printing you should understand, because they i...Read more -
Dye Sublimation Printing Vs Screen Printing – What’s the Difference?
Question: What is the difference between dye sublimation and screen printing? Answer: The two styles of printing are markedly different. The similarities are that both are printed on substrates and both produce an image. Aside from that? Not so much. The screen-printing process uses a very labor...Read more -
Screen Printing Tips: Helpful Info on Silk Screening White Ink and Screen Print Technique
It seems that one of the most common problems new screen printers run into is printing white ink. I’ve heard a lot of questions like: Why do all my other colors print fine and white is so tough? Why is it that my white ink is so thick? Why can’t I get a smooth white ink? It’s a...Read more -
Screen Printing: Types, Development of Screen and the Printing Procedure
Screen printing is a way of printing images by forcing printing ink or paste with the aid of a squeegee through a specially prepared screen block to register a print on a substrate such as fabric, paper, leather, T-shirt etc. It is also referred to as Serigraphy or Mitography. This printing tech...Read more
