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The ABCs of Screenprinting
Want
to learn more about screenprinting? Here's a FREE 'Intro
to Screenprinting' online course taken from sections of Screenprinting Today- the Basics, with chapters on: History and
applications, Prepping art, Screens and stencils, Exposure, Press
types, Inks, and more. We have also collected a number of articles
written by Andy MacDougall and links to articles of interest
that have appeared in Screenprinting Magazine, Printwear &
Promotion, Arts Calendar, Worldprintmakers, and others.
Check out 'Screenprinting Today - the Basics' Andy MacDougall's new book which has been described as 'the bible of screenprinting'. It's fast becoming the instruction manual of choice for novice and intermediate printers in all sections of the industry, from basement start-ups to universities and colleges across North America.
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INTRO
Screen Printing (also referred to as silk screening, screen process printing, serigraphy) is a unique method of transferring or printing graphic images, and is considered... — details…
SCREENPRINTING TODAY
Screen Printing around the world is a widely used specialized printing process. Ongoing improvements to equipment, techniques, and materials have allowed today's screenprinter to reproduce... — details…
ART FOR SCREENPRINTING
The original 'art' or design' to be printed can come in many forms, but must eventually be converted to a stencil image on the screen.... — details…
SCREENS AND STENCILS
The most important single component of the screen printing process is the screen. This consists of the frame, usually wood or aluminum, and the mesh,... — details…
EXPOSURE
Exposure is the process of transfering the positive image on the film to the stencil, and includes the washout of the image on the stencil.... — details…
PREPRESS
Prepress (or make-ready) is the name given to the point in the screen printing process (and other printing processes) where the art and screen are... — details…
INKS
Inks used in screenprinting are more varied and complex than most other printing processes because of the wide range of different materials a modern screenprinter... — details…
PRESS TYPES
In its simplest form, a screen press holds the frame in a fixed position over the substrate while the print stroke is pulled. The table... — details…
SAFETY
As in any manufacturing process, be it baking cookies or building jet airplanes, there are precautions that should be taken to ensure that you, or... — details…
