Screen Printing
This brief demo will give you a good idea of the steps involved in taking your graphic and making it ready for screen printing, and why the number of colors in your design are an important factor in determining the cost of your job. The eagle image below can be reduced down to five colors, those being white, blue, yellow, black and brown, and will serve very nicely as a quick example.
Utilizing graphics software such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop, each color in the design is separated out from the others and a film positive is printed, scaled at actual size for each color.
The color-separated films are shown below:
Using the films we just printed, a screen is created for each color. The area of the screen which is blue is coated in an emulsion which will block the flow of ink during the screening process, while the white areas are clear and will allow ink to flow through the screen and on to the garment.
Screens are then mounted on a press and carefully aligned. Our talented screen printers will determine the proper pressure to use and the color layering order to achieve the best results. The press itself resembles a carousel, allowing each color screen to be swung around and independently placed over the garment plate as shown above.
Garments are placed on the press, each screen is dropped down onto the garment, and the appropriate color ink is then squeeged through each screen. The result is all the colors of our eagle being transferred to the garment one at a time.
About submitting artwork...
Here are suggested guidelines for getting the highest-quality printing from your design. If you have any questions, please call us at (503) 639-8906 and ask to speak with one of our Art Department representatives.
For the best results, send us your artwork in a vector-based format such as Corel Draw (CDR), Adobe Illustrator (AI) or Encapsulated Postscript (EPS). Change all type into outlines or paths to avoid problems with text. Use spot colors whenever possible, and please include a bitmap of your design so we may detect any inadvertent changes in our converting your artwork.
If you cannot send vector artwork, the next-best choice is a bitmap image such as JPEG, TIFF, PDF, GIF or Photoshop (PSD) file. Bitmap images should be scaled to 100% at a resolution of 250 dpi or higher. Please avoid sending web graphics or faxes if possible.
Of course, we will work with you to get the finest custom artwork possible. Bring in your sketches and ideas, we'll sit down together and create a graphic design that's just what you want!
IMPORTANT NOTE... Mac users, please include filename extension on all files.
Utilizing graphics software such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop, each color in the design is separated out from the others and a film positive is printed, scaled at actual size for each color.
The color-separated films are shown below:
Using the films we just printed, a screen is created for each color. The area of the screen which is blue is coated in an emulsion which will block the flow of ink during the screening process, while the white areas are clear and will allow ink to flow through the screen and on to the garment.
Screens are then mounted on a press and carefully aligned. Our talented screen printers will determine the proper pressure to use and the color layering order to achieve the best results. The press itself resembles a carousel, allowing each color screen to be swung around and independently placed over the garment plate as shown above.
Garments are placed on the press, each screen is dropped down onto the garment, and the appropriate color ink is then squeeged through each screen. The result is all the colors of our eagle being transferred to the garment one at a time.
About submitting artwork...
Here are suggested guidelines for getting the highest-quality printing from your design. If you have any questions, please call us at (503) 639-8906 and ask to speak with one of our Art Department representatives.
For the best results, send us your artwork in a vector-based format such as Corel Draw (CDR), Adobe Illustrator (AI) or Encapsulated Postscript (EPS). Change all type into outlines or paths to avoid problems with text. Use spot colors whenever possible, and please include a bitmap of your design so we may detect any inadvertent changes in our converting your artwork.
If you cannot send vector artwork, the next-best choice is a bitmap image such as JPEG, TIFF, PDF, GIF or Photoshop (PSD) file. Bitmap images should be scaled to 100% at a resolution of 250 dpi or higher. Please avoid sending web graphics or faxes if possible.
Of course, we will work with you to get the finest custom artwork possible. Bring in your sketches and ideas, we'll sit down together and create a graphic design that's just what you want!
IMPORTANT NOTE... Mac users, please include filename extension on all files.
