{"id":31,"date":"2012-05-14T00:49:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T00:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/universaldomainexchange.com\/whoswho\/?p=31"},"modified":"2025-04-19T07:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T07:35:04","slug":"frank-blanco-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universaldomainexchange.com\/whoswho\/frank-blanco-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Blanco, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Blanco, Jr<\/strong> entered the screen printing field in 1971 as a chemist for Colonial Printing Ink Company, now part of Coates Screen. Before working in the screen printing industry, Frank worked as a lab technician for Interchemical Corporation, as a chemist for American Litho Varnish Company, and as Olivetti Underwood. Currently, Frank works for Nazdar as the Senior Vice President for Sales.<\/p>\n

In the early 70s, he worked on developing graphic ink systems. In the mid-1970s worked on further developing plastisol ink systems and the development of UV curable ink systems.<\/p>\n

Frank has delivered presentations at SGIA Conventions since 1982. In addition, he participated in the SGIA Technical Symposiums in 1981 and 1988. Frank was inducted into the Academy of Screenprinting Technology in 1994<\/p>\n

Frank has also offered presentations at the Imprinted Sportswear Shows and at the Association for Finishing Processes of SMEs. Frank has published the following works:<\/p>\n

1981 \u2013 Technical Guide Book of the S.P.A.I.
\nDirect Emulsions for Textile Printing Screens<\/em><\/p>\n

April 1987 \u2013 Impressions Magazine
\nWhat Every Printer Should Know:\u00a0 A Basic Technical Primer (1st<\/sup> in a series of three articles)<\/em><\/p>\n

May 1987 \u2013 Impressions Magazine
\nWhy All \u201cWater-Based Inks\u201d Are Not the Same (2nd<\/sup> in a series of three articles)<\/em><\/p>\n

June 1987 \u2013 Impressions Magazine
\nThose in the Know May Benefit from \u201cOvershadowed\u201d Ink Systems (3rd<\/sup> in a series of three articles)<\/em><\/p>\n

October 1989 \u2013 Impressions Magazine
\nA Textile Printer\u2019s Guide to Inks for Non-Textile Screen Printing<\/em><\/p>\n

April 1991 \u2013 Screen Printing Magazine
\nFour-Color Process Inks:\u00a0 How Are They Different (Reprinted in 1992 \u2013 Seri (Italian Screen Printing Magazine)<\/em><\/p>\n

September 1991 \u2013 Printwear Magazine
\nCooking with Plastisol<\/em><\/p>\n

October 1991 \u2013 Screen Printing Network
\nWater-Based Inks:\u00a0 Why and How?<\/em><\/p>\n

August 1992 \u2013 Screen Printing Magazine
\nUsage Guidelines for Water-Based Graphic Inks:\u00a0 What\u2019s New is Really Old<\/em><\/p>\n

February 1994 \u2013 The Press Magazine
\nPlastisol vs. Water-Base:\u00a0 Opacity and Wet-on-Wet Printing<\/em><\/p>\n

April 1994 \u2013 Screen Print Espanol
\nTintas De Base Acuos\u00e1:\u00a0\u00a0 Recomendaciones En Su Uso y Em Laforma Mezclarias (Water-Base Inks:\u00a0 Recommendation in Mixing and Use)<\/em><\/p>\n

January 1996 \u2013 Screen Printing Magazine
\nUltra-Violet Screen Inks for Metal Application:\u00a0 A Sales & Technical Perspective<\/em><\/p>\n

November 1997 \u2013 Screen Printing Magazine
\nDispelling the Myth of Water-Based Inks (co-authored with Marc Collins)<\/em><\/p>\n

March 1998 \u2013 Sign of the Times & Screen Printing en Espa\u00f1ol
\nDispelling the Myth of Water-Based Inks (co-authored with Marc Collins)<\/em><\/p>\n

Blanco is a 1994\u00a0 inductee into the Academy of Screen and Digital Printing Technology (ASDPT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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