Understand the basic terms Serigraph
This practical guide will help you quickly learn the basic conditions and materials screen printing.
1. His model.
This may be an image, drawing, cartoon, or the words you want to put on your shirt. This is the point starting t-shirt screen printing. This can be done in different ways using many different software. What is essential is that art should be done in vector format. The main professional programs (and amateur) are using Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw.
2. or "SEPS separations.
Once your art is created, each color should be printed on a transparent film separations known. These will be used to record images of each color on the screen.
3. Display.
It is a square of metal (usually aluminum) or a wooden frame with a mesh material stretched over it too. It is used to record from your SEP and printed on the actual shirts.
4. MESH.
This is the material that is stretched over the framework of the silk screen itself (as in number 3 above). The mesh material, as its name suggests, has holes, which vary in size. The holes allow the ink to flow through of the fabric, in varying amounts depending on their t-shirt design. different screens have a different number of stitches. The higher the number, ink that allows in.
5.EMULSION.
This a substance that when put on the screen, and dried in a dark room, which prevents cells preventing the ink flowing through its fabric. In areas where the emulsion hardens (in case of exposure to bright light), it locks the screen so that the ink can pass through. This is essential to ensure that there is nothing else than the image you want to print appears in the print.
6. DRESS screen.
It simply means placing the emulsion on the screen before starting to record his silkscreen artwork. See item 5.
7. A screen on fire.
Is the process of using a halogen lamp (or a very high power lamp) to save your artwork the screen image. In areas where the emulsion is kept cool (For light-blocking image) and is finally removed from the screen, the ink will produce their work.
8. Halogen bulb or high power.
These lights are used permanently dry the emulsion on the screen, so that ink can not flow through of the screen. It is used to record the image on the display of artwork, the holes while if the artwork blocked the hardening of the emulsion as in step 7 the ink can easily cross your t-shirt design creation.
9. Raclette.
It is a tool with a rubber sheet one flat side used to extract the ink evenly across the mesh.
10. Plastisol.
The type of ink used for printing screen. Ink has unique properties, for example, not dry, even when allowed to cure until a source of heat to 320 degrees.
11. Flash.
A device used to dry ink for color printing in the other above it, but not enough to heal all. It is essential when printing colors on top of another.
12. PALETTE.
A round piece of wood that makes you want to print shirt. There are several sizes to fit different job.
13. AUTO Press or "AUTO."
This screen printing press is a very important piece of computer Once configured, you can print up to 14 colors automatically. All you have to do is put the shirts on pallets and remove.
14. CLOTHING OF TRANSPORT.
A large dryer that has a treadmill in his shirt to go through it and then the other end.
I hope you find useful!
About the Author
We are a Phoenix, AZ based company that specializes in Screen Printing and Embroidery for various clients including schools, businesses/organizations, Greek Life, non-profits, and many more. Although custom T-shirt printing is our specialty, we also offer hundreds of other high quality imprintable products to fit your needs.
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