Extreme Applications
Establish your company as a leader in garment decorating by mastering difficult printing techniques. The author highlights two extreme applications that separate skilled and innovative printers from novices. (2007-11-07)
I never cease to be amazed at the creativity and imagination behind many of today’s garment decorations. Graphic designers are constantly reinventing the wheel and introducing innovative new graphics and ways to apply them to fabrics. Exciti . . . MORE |
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Give it Your Best Dot
Are you printing the optimum halftone line count for your screens? Find out how to test the highest resolution that your screens and screenmaking procedures can deliver. (2007-10-03)
If you talk to your neighborhood printer and ask him what halftone he typically uses for high-quality printing, he’ll tell you what his favorite resolution is. But if you ask that same printer why he uses that resolution, he’ll stall a . . . MORE |
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Planning for Your First Automatic, Part 2
The author’s discussion about upgrading to an automatic garment press continues with an examination of additional costs you’ll incur as a direct result of the new machine. (2007-09-14)
In the first installment of this column, we reviewed the basic considerations in purchasing your first automatic. They included press selection and deciding between a new or used machine. This month, we’ll cover some more points to think abo . . . MORE |
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Planning for Your First Automatic, Part 1
Making the move from a manual to automatic garment press can be a daunting task. Davis draws from his own experiences to ease the transition when the time comes for your shop to upgrade. (2007-07-06)
One of the greatest decisions garment screen printers have to make in the growth of their companies is when to make the jump from a manual to an automatic press. Many printers make this decision when the average run size outgrows the general capab . . . MORE |
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Making Photos Friendly for Simulated Process
Four-color-process printing can be a real challenge, and it only gets tougher when the job involves photographic reproduction. Learn about methods you can use to incorporate photos into your garment designs, boost their color, and enhance their edge (2007-05-23)
Many garment screen printers consider consistent success with photographic reproduction to be the highest level of accomplishment. One of the reasons that printers cringe when a photo is involved with the artwork is that the human brain has an ama . . . MORE |
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From Fish-Glue Emulsions to Newfangled Presses: Lessons Learned in Screen Printing
Roberts reminisces with an old friend and fellow screen printer, who recalls the outdated, and sometimes offensive, techniques he used and a few important lessons he learned from his many years in the screen-printing industry. (2007-05-16)
“Things are so much better now than they were when I first came into the industry. I remember back in the day cooking . . . MORE |
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Controlling Temperatures in the Printing Process
Davis explains how flash units can influence productivity and describes problems you'll see when they fail to keep their cool. (2007-05-09)
Those of us who have been in the garment screen-printing business for a while know that flash curing during the printing process was, at one point in time, a specialty application. But today, the flash unit is a tool as common to the process as the s . . . MORE |
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