GETTING STARTED WITH
SCREEN PRINITNG
Minimum 48pcs (1-8colors)
Traditional screen printing / Jumbo screen printing. We have a wide variety of specialty inks to choose from such as puff, glitter, and metallic. Lets go over some of the basics of how we process your screen printing order.
STEP#1 ARTWORK
Good prints always start with good screens and you definitely can't have good screens without proper artwork. This is a crucial part in the process that many miss when first attempting more complicated screen print jobs. We separate our artwork 1 screen = 1 color. Results may vary shop to shop so find what works best for you and your situation.
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STEP#2 FILM
We print our detailed photograph designs through a rip software that converts our raster art to halftones for screen printing. Vector files work best for traditional screen print designs which typically consist of bold blocks of color.
STEP#3
BURNING SCREENS
RASTER ART
VECTOR ART
Next we coat our clean screens with photopolymer emulsion. After they dry we expose them to light with the printed transparency film tapped to them. The transparency acts as a pair of sunglasses on a hot day and blocks the light out from hitting the parts of the emulsion the design is on. We then wet our screens with water and promptly washout the stencil.
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STEP#4 PRESS SETUP
We register all the screen to one another so they are perfectly in sync when we start inking the screens.
STEP#5 SHIP/
RECLAIM SCREENS
Once a final cure of the ink and blank counts are confirmed, we are ready to ship! Typically this entire process takes 2-3 weeks to complete, although we do have available options for 1 week rush turnaround.
That is it for our screen printing process. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on promotions. Any questions please feel free to contact us john@midnightvalleyprinting.com