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What You Can Expect from Frames with Mesh Glued to Frame

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What You Can Expect from Frames with Mesh Glued to Frame
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Printing Transfers

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Question from a customer:  I had a question about transfers. I print a lot on the road for my band, as we travel quite a bit. Its becoming cumbersome with the flash dryer, screens, and inks, not to mention the chance of ink getting on stuff in the hotel rooms.  I was interested in transfers. All of the designs we have are 1 color (white) on black shirts. Is it possible to effectively pre print a bunch of these transfers and with the use of a heat press, just make up the shirts as needed? I haven’t seen a whole lot of solid white single prints on black shirts that were transfers, and wondered if they look decent.
What kind of paper/inks would you recommend?

Improve Print Results

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In screen printing, some images we see are soft, beautiful and with the colors registered perfectly. Others are heavy and, well, just poor quality. The difference can be summarized by one word: options. Printing involves lots of options and within each, a range of choices. Here, we'll examine how all of the variables affect final print quality.

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Printing Demonstration by McElroy Tees

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McElroy T's from Roger Jennings on Vimeo.

Selecting a Manual Silk Screen Press

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silk screening presssilk screening pressNearly every person buying a press asks the price, but almost no one asks about the manual press construction and features that determine profitability.

Wouldn’t you think people would be interested in the quality of printing, because that is the reputation of the screen printing shop? A good reputation attracts repeat business. Press construction and features also determine how long a job takes to set up and print. That is more money in a screen printer’s pocket than the difference in purchase price…..a lot more! No one asks these questions. So Printwear Magazine will provide the most important questions and answers.

Multi-Color Printing

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Multi-color Printing from Roger Jennings on Vimeo.

Multi-color printing is really simple, or will be after you watch this video. We take the mystery out of separating and registering colors.

Free Screen Printing Supplies

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Free Screen Printing Supplies from Roger Jennings on Vimeo.

Save money by using materials available to you without spending money with some distributor. Don't throw away ink left in a screen. Reduce labor cleaning stir sticks. This video includes lots of helpful tips to save money and time.

Screen Printing's Best Screen

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Screen Printing's Best Screen from Roger Jennings on Vimeo.

Of the many screens available, one stands out for producing the best quality prints, most production per hour and fewest problems. Once you buy a few frames you never again buy screens. Replacing mesh is a lot cheaper than buying a new screen, but better is to use the mesh over and over, and only change the emulsion. Tight screens work better than loose screens. Watch for some of the problems of loose screens, because we are probably talking about your shop.

Common Mistakes 9 of 9 - Quality Tool

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Common Mistakes 9 from Roger Jennings on Vimeo.

The squeegee is a critical tool that gets no respect, and then under performs. There are simple rules to having top quality performance from your squeegee.

Common Mistakes 8 of 9 - Temperature Guns and Dangers

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Common Mistake 8 from Roger Jennings on Vimeo.

Springs vs. shocks. Danger vs. maintenance problems. Temperature guns are waste of money. Platen brackets can be a problem or a solution. Which do you have?