Screen printing

Here is the brief introduction of screen printing.

1. Screen Printing

2. Introduction What is screen printing? Screen printing  is essentially a stenciling technique used to apply ink to a surface through a mesh  screen. It is also called silkscreen, or serigraphy. A stencil containing your design is placed on a mesh  screen  stretched across a frame and your product is placed under the  screen .

3. History   First appeared in China during the era of  Song Dynasty Art ( 960-1279 ). Than made its way to Europe in the 18th century .  In 1907 Samuel Simon patented screen-printing in England. At first, the process was used to print interesting colours and patterns on wall paper and fabrics and then by advertisers .

4. 4 01. Textile Industry 02. Advertising Industry 03.   Sports Industry . Uses of Screen Printing Screen printing is used to print on fabrics ranging from cotton and organza to silk and polyester.  Flyers, posters, hand outs, advertisements and other point of sale or graphics products are all screen printed.   T-shirts printed with the logos of popular teams, souvenirs like caps, baseball bats and a host of other items are all screen printed.

5. Uses of Screen Printing

6. Tools for Printing Screen. Squeegee.   this is the tool you will use to push the ink through the stencil Emulsion. photo sensitive emulsions are used to create a stencil Ink. two different inks for t-shirts are an air dried  water base , and an oven cured  plastiol .   The colors to choose from are endles s . Film Positive.  using an ink jet printer or laser printer you would print onto a transparent film Wood or aluminum frame.

7. Methods 01 Half Tone Printing 3 Spot Color Printing 4 CMYK or Color Printing 2 Duo Tone Printing

8. Process 01 THE DESIGN IS CREATED 3 THE EMULSION IS EXPOSED 4 THE EMULSION IS WASHED OFF, CREATING THE STENCIL 5  THE ITEM IS PREPARED FOR PRINT THE PRODUCT IS DRIED, CHECKED AND FINISHED 8 2 THE SCREEN IS PREPARED 06 The ink is pressed through the screen onto the item 8 07

9. Process of Printing

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