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Screen Printing Production
make.
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do.
Solving
Problematic
Printing
Solutions for mistakes that beginning
screen printers sometimes make.
By KIE TH STEVENS, CoNTrIBuTINg WrITEr
Using the incorrect white ink for a
certain substrate can result in dye
migration, turning white parts of
the print pink.
Beginning screen printers sometimes make
mistakes that have simple solutions - if
they know what to look for and do.
That's not always easy, but let's examine a few of these mistakes and identify
ways in which they can be minimized or
altogether eliminated.
Not Asking for Help
My favorite creed is,"If you need help or
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advice, contact your product vendor." Your
vendor is the expert on its product line,
so bring issues to your representative.The
help is free; it's paid for by your purchases.
The Internet may seem like a good place
to find helpful training videos, but many
of them can be misleading and cause more
confusion.There are several different ways
to coat or expose a screen, but which is
best for your situation? You can push a
squeegee rather than pulling it across the
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screen, but should you? What's the best
off-contact for a job, or what squeegee
durometer should you use? Unless you
really know what you're doing, there
generally is no perfect answer.
Again, such questions are difficult to
answer unless you can have a more indepth discussion about the scenario and
maybe share photos of the particular issue.
Otherwise, you probably will be given
the wrong advice on a solution.
Remember to use common sense; don't
take everything as truth. I've seen some
videos from "print gurus" that made me
cringe or angry because they essentially
espouse incorrect printing techniques.
Film Lacking Opacity
Opacity - how opaque the black part
of the design is on the film and its ability
to stop light from passing through - is
one of the most important aspects of film.
When holding it up to the sun, for instance,
how much light is visible through the
dark areas? The less, the better.
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Impressions - August 2018
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Impressions - August 2018
Impressions - August 2018
Contents
First Impressions
From the Show Director
Overheard
First Look
Scene at ISS
On Design
Fleecewear Takes the Retro Road
Breakdown: Embroidery on Lightweight Fleecewear
Optimizing Screen-Room Workflow
The ‘Profit First’ Wave: Part 1
Shop Talk
Embroidery Production
Screen Printing Production
Sublimation
Heat Printing
Ad Index/Classifieds
Impressions - August 2018 - Intro
Impressions - August 2018 - CT1
Impressions - August 2018 - CT2
Impressions - August 2018 - Impressions - August 2018
Impressions - August 2018 - Cover2
Impressions - August 2018 - 1
Impressions - August 2018 - Contents
Impressions - August 2018 - 3
Impressions - August 2018 - 4
Impressions - August 2018 - 5
Impressions - August 2018 - First Impressions
Impressions - August 2018 - 7
Impressions - August 2018 - From the Show Director
Impressions - August 2018 - 9
Impressions - August 2018 - Overheard
Impressions - August 2018 - 11
Impressions - August 2018 - 12
Impressions - August 2018 - 13
Impressions - August 2018 - First Look
Impressions - August 2018 - 15
Impressions - August 2018 - 15a
Impressions - August 2018 - 15b
Impressions - August 2018 - Scene at ISS
Impressions - August 2018 - On Design
Impressions - August 2018 - Fleecewear Takes the Retro Road
Impressions - August 2018 - 19
Impressions - August 2018 - 20
Impressions - August 2018 - 21
Impressions - August 2018 - Breakdown: Embroidery on Lightweight Fleecewear
Impressions - August 2018 - 23
Impressions - August 2018 - Optimizing Screen-Room Workflow
Impressions - August 2018 - 25
Impressions - August 2018 - 26
Impressions - August 2018 - 27
Impressions - August 2018 - The ‘Profit First’ Wave: Part 1
Impressions - August 2018 - 29
Impressions - August 2018 - 30
Impressions - August 2018 - 31
Impressions - August 2018 - Shop Talk
Impressions - August 2018 - 33
Impressions - August 2018 - Embroidery Production
Impressions - August 2018 - 35
Impressions - August 2018 - 36
Impressions - August 2018 - 37
Impressions - August 2018 - Screen Printing Production
Impressions - August 2018 - 39
Impressions - August 2018 - 40
Impressions - August 2018 - Sublimation
Impressions - August 2018 - 42
Impressions - August 2018 - 43
Impressions - August 2018 - Heat Printing
Impressions - August 2018 - 45
Impressions - August 2018 - 46
Impressions - August 2018 - Ad Index/Classifieds
Impressions - August 2018 - 48
Impressions - August 2018 - Cover3
Impressions - August 2018 - Cover4
Impressions - August 2018 - IO1
Impressions - August 2018 - IO2
Impressions - August 2018 - IO3
Impressions - August 2018 - IO4
Impressions - August 2018 - IO5
Impressions - August 2018 - IO6
Impressions - August 2018 - IF1
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Impressions - August 2018 - IF5
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