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Outdoor Letter Distance Chart
This chart includes letter heights required for various outdoor viewing distances.Full story -
An Overview of Specialty Screen Printing Inks
The purpose of this paper is to give you the information you need, to choose the correct tools and create monuments, not headaches.Full story -
Understanding Textile Washfastness
It is not uncommon for textile garment prints (when properly applied) to outlast the life of the garment itself.Full story -
Garment Discharge Printing
The new discharge ink systems can produce soft, bright colors with printing production speeds up to a level that can meet and exceed those usually reserved for plastisol printing on dark fabric.Full story -
Various Ink Systems for Metals
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Basics of Modern Color Matching
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The Influence of Solvent Based Inks When Using UCR UCA
We now want to examine which influence the ink has on the printing result, in conventional systems and in comparison to the use of UCR/UCA systems.Full story -
Solvents Used In Screen Printing
Bear in mind that what is an excellent solvent for an enamel or a poster ink may very well throw a vinyl based ink out of solution. It is necessary to know the resin family one is dealing with.Full story -
Properties of Epoxy Systems
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Theory and Practice of UV Screen Printing
As happens with every new feature in our industry, the coming of UV has triggered discussions and opinions for or against the various UV methods.Full story -
Screen Printing Ultraviolet Inks
We are confident UV is at least one answer to improving our product, simplifying our processing of these products and at the same time produce a product that will comply with controls and regulations.Full story -
Understanding Discharge
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Making Hot Split Heat Transfers
The heat transfer is now, and for the foreseeable future, one of the standard ways to imprint textiles.Full story -
Screen Printing Inks and Plastic Substrates
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Economics of Screen Ink and Color Control
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Influence of UV Inks on the Process
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Sublimation Heat Transfer Printing
Transfer textile printing is a method of printing on synthetic fibers, blends and materials such as carpeting or vinyls by preprinting the design or pattern with “sublimation” or “disperse” dyes on paper called a transfer or release paper.Full story -
Printing Inks and Quality Principles of Ink Selection
The most important precondition for correct ink selection is to define all the requirements with regard to the internal manufacturing process and the demands of the customer on the final product.Full story -
Controlling Synthetic Polyester Dye Sublimation and Migration
Since the first day when synthetic fabrics made their way into the screen printing industry, printers have been faced with the issue of dye sublimation and migration. Prior to the technological advancements made in dyestuffs, dyeing techniques and bleed resistant printing inks, dye sublimation and migration was a way of life. Still, with all the advancements made in textile printing inks, flash units and curing technology, dye migration and sublimation still plagues the textile screen printer. To fully understand the solutions to controlling the problem, one must first understand the characteristics of the components involved.Full story -
Screen Making Basics Stencil Selection & Application
Preparing the screen is the first step in the screen printing process and is probably the most important one. We can’t expect to achieve a good print result when using a screen of poor quality. The objective in any printing process is to reproduce the original artwork as exactly as possible.Full story