It all comes together at the press! That’s where the ink meets the substrate and the truth is told. Which is why the press operator is often looked upon as solely responsible for the salability of the company’s product. It is down to them, after all, to ensure that the many variables that are inherent to the screenprinting process come together and work well once the job hits the press. Perhaps a more apt title, then, would be ‘press magician’!
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Marketing your business and creating the sale.
Creating, achieving, and excelling in graphic design.
From frame selection to reclaiming of screens.
Printing techniques, special effects, inks and improving production.
(SolutionsJournal.com) — American Apparel may be in trouble. The company, headed by the controversial founder, Dov Charney, has seen it’s stock fall significantly recently. The company just released its most recent financial results, which shows that the company’s stock has nosedived another 30-percent. Read the full story »
How one company altered their screenmaking to achieve a 13.3-percent in overall productivity. Learn how you could increase your total shop productivity even more with some simple and low-cost improvements.
It all comes together at the press! That’s where the ink meets the substrate and the truth is told. Which is why the press operator is often looked upon as solely responsible for the salability of the company’s product. It is down to them, after all, to ensure that the many variables that are inherent to the screenprinting process come together and work well once the job hits the press. Perhaps a more apt title, then, would be ‘press magician’!
UltraSol Inks announce a better way to apply foil on T-shirts. Their UltraSol Foil Adhesive is meant to be printed inline and on press, reducing the labor and time previously needed to apply foil to T-shirts.
According to a new report from NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, the market for silver conductive inks is expected to reach $1.2 billion ($US) by 2014.
(SolutionsJournal.com) — Facebook Places is huge for business. Facebook has half a billion users. Yes, that is a lot of people that could potentially become your clients. Many screenprinters are currently printing for clients that …
For years we have used Photoshop to create color separations without the use of a RIP. While, it was a closely held secret by those who developed and sold RIP software, savvy screenprinters learned how to make it work and work well. However, with the recent upgrade to CS5, you may have been amazed that the feature has disappeared. If you have upgraded to CS5, don’t fret, there is a workaround.
Often screenprinters are far too concerned with the cost of labor, ink, emulsion or the substrates they print upon. While these are important cost to be studied, the real cost of screenprinting lies in preventing downtime.
(SolutionsJournal.com) — Each month, Solutions Journal readers are treated to a wealth of information in each of five communities; Business, Sales & Marketing, Graphic Design, Screenmaking and Production. Each community has it’s own page with …
Normally, this would be a busy time of the year for Big League Screenprinters, but business is slower than usual. The owner, Sam, worries things may not pick up in the next few months. It seems that year after year, Sam is faced with the same worry. Unfortunately, Sam doesn’t have to suffer.
Quality control specialist Laurie Mullaney Associates in association with Ripware Limited, have now produced a product that will revolutionize this part of the industry – the ScreenReader – which will provide the highly accurate information necessary to linearise the RIP from the screenprinting stencil.
