Free Screenprinting Info
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.
For more answers to screenprinting questions, we recommend www.gigposters.com and check the screenprinting section of the forums. Also, www.screenweb.com and www.sgia.org Enjoy and learn!
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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 your employees, as well as the environment, are not harmed by the screen printing process... -
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... -
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 given a final check, the stock or substrate is prepared and arranged for printing, the ink has been mixed and thinned, and the drying system and items needed during the print run are assembled close at hand and ready to use... -
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 can print on... -
Exposure
Exposure is the process of transferring the positive image on the film to the stencil, and includes the washout of the image on the stencil... -
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, a precision woven fabric stretched and attached to the frame... -
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... -
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 graphic images on a multitude of different materials, not just the commonly associated products such as T-shirts, bumperstickers, or art prints... -
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 by many to be the one of the oldest methods of printing...
