How To Screen Print -Step by Step process
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ธ.ค. 2012
- Had a lot of people and clients want to know the process and how we are able to take a design to have it printed on a shirt. Here's a video of just that!
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My boss is starting to teach me how to screen print next week(I do embroidery, digital printing and some office stuff right now) so this video was super nice. I know bits and pieces of the process so it was nice seeing it all put together! Thanks!:)
Thank you for the instructional videos. I just bought all of my parents neighbors screen printing equipment including all of his sublimation equipment. He ran his business out of his home for 35 years. Anyways I worked with him for a few weeks plus he is going to help me for the next year at my shop. Channels like yours are a huge help to me as I learn the basics. I hope that this coming summer to open up my own shop. Thanks again, excuse me as I go watch the rest of your videos
We had a little experience with this over the years. Thank you for showing others some of the things involved.
I have been in prepress for 40 years and this is the first time I have seen the screen process, pretty interesting
love the step by step process, really helps. We getting ready to do our first tee in mid April 2018 So excited.
Thank you
This is the process id love to learn. you ended up on my deep dive of research and youtube university. thanks for that.
Great Job, using the video for educational purposes. I wish the music was lower. Some parts are hard to hear!
Shawn Racioppa wtf
What an awe inspiring process!
fourambition, woaooo I love it...
You make look easy...
I'm starting at my home, I have small machine, no bad for start...
Thank you for your patiencie and show your tips
starting my new job in 2 or 3 days thank you for the VIDEO!
Do you need a degree for this job?
Thanks for the video, I've made the decision to do lots of research on screen printing!
Great work guys! Awesome video!
My dad started a screen print business 25 years ago man i respect him for that
Great tutorial. We use the Vastex v1000 for live screen printing. It holds great registration.
We had the films already printed and i just brushed over how to send us files. This was more for our clients who didn't know anything about the screen printing process. Once colors are in spot, they separate out pretty easily in Indesign printer settings. And to answer your other question, Vastex 2000hd 6/6 and we have a 4/4
Great video, thanks for taking the time to help us understand the process. The spot color was something new to me. I'll definitely do that going forward when I send creative to our vendor. Some feedback for you, the level on your background music track is a bit high so at times it's difficult to hear the instruction. All in all, a great video, thank you.
I love how you cut to the chase, great approach. I'd like to know about how to register accurately for 2 or 3 colors. Especially, how you know when to pull down your second and third screen so that they line up properly. Please advise if you can. Thanks.
people think you press a button and a shirt falls out of the sky.
Larry Overstreet lmao
Larry Overstreet exactly
Larry Overstreet I tell the people that rush me the same thing.
Larry Overstreet you literally have to educate your customers.
It's Not Like what u say😂 everybody knows there's a process, but doesn't know what kind the process is
Thank you for a very good video to explain the process!
Fourambition That's a nice little video...just got my first press... that's all I've got lol but it's my first step taken... nice video... might fire some questions your way sometime... thanks
Great video, and your super fluid. Hope to get that way someday.
This was fantastic!!! Thank you for making this video!!! :D
Great Video! talking and demonstrating at the same time, make's learning very easy. chur!
Great video! Very helpful!
Brilliant video. Have just ordered a nice starter kit, and this video really helps. Thank you!
Which kit did you get?
iR3CT Intro2Pro 4 Colour 2 Station Tabletop Waterbased Kit from a company in the UK..cant wait to get it!..:)
Hell Yeah. Legit and to the point. Great Video.
I Lov simple instructions not to much talking. Great Job definitely will b paying attn to Ur Video's
Thank you this was really interesting and informative!
Thank you for the video. It was really informative.
You can use that t-square to center and have a common spot for multi color prints so you don't need an extra ruler. Long live production!!
Dope video! got a question, i just recently bought a epson 1440 printer for transparencies. Could you make a video on how to print them, i've tried to print on transparencies so far and it just keeps saying the paper needs to be reloaded when i already have it in there smh.
Awesome bro, great job!
Great video, If I wanted to design logos and graphics for t shirts what program would you recommend for a MAC? Also do you guys have website?
Thank you. Great work!
Great video, thanks. Are you using special in könne that Epson 1400?
Great presentation!
that is fab i am going to start screen print transfers is this a good idea or bad
Thanks man this was great information
Registration points.....makes life as a screen printer/color separation artist much much much easier.
This video is the most helpful I've found after days of searching, few questions bro, I really don't know much of this so Im probably going to sound stupid. The screen you use, it looks like just a frame and glass, also has a green material over it or idk if thats just the color of the glass/screen. My question is where do I obtain one of those, do they sell the frame complete or I have to build it up and find the green screen. Cause I know that the green thing some sort of film right?. but how exactly is it called, also about the printer you used to print the images, can I have the name of it or how should I ask for one of those at a store?. Plz help me out. Amazing video btw.
Really dope. What would a home version look like? DIY but still great quality.
What is the scaled down version to fit in a garage or something
Bro this video help me get a silk screening job!
Great tutorial , thank you
when we print film positives we put alignment guides on our film. It make registering the film onto the platen easier and for the burning also
I work in d.t.g. printing/screen printing and we are in the process of printing stadium cushions. Having problems with the ink smearing. Do you have any tips?
Great work and great equipement,will that make printing costly?
Awesome info my friend!
Awesome video! Thank you!
Great video! How do you like those vastex machines?
thank you for making this video.... what is the software that you are using?
wow,,,great job..nice way to show people that want to get into this bizz....like me...lol
You make it sound more complex then it actually is.
awesome stuff cheers for this
Nice video! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much that's great. Hope to see more like so.
This is pretty awesome
if you received a jpeg file that was not spot colored or if the measurements werent standard would there be anyway to resize the image before printing it or could the printer match the colors (as close as possible) in order to print (2 or 3 color image) ??
Great video how do you use all over printing
Awesome process, thanks for sharing. I just started working in a place with similar equipment and the process they use takes longer when printing, I think it might be something to do with the inks. Can you recommend a good ink that you can use straight out the tube? Many thanks
Can you only screen print on clothing that has a flat surface? I have some t shirts with a bumpy texture but I don’t know if it will work
I remember doing this in high school and it was my favorite class. Ended up going back multiple times to help too. Counselor made fun of this class because it would "drop the GPA", but I loved it.
Thanks sir..great lesson
very cool video how and why do you choose the type of mesh screen? i heard you say "its black ink so ill use a 200 mesh screen".
Great demonstration
curious is the water proof film a special type of printer paper or can you uses regular multipurpose paper. And is there a solution for laser printers if you don't have an inkjet? Also for the vaccum developing press what is it can you uses a regular uv lamp or florescence lamp? As i have the photoresist chemicals and screen printing ink but i am just trying to figure out how to print and develop the design on my mesh. I can develop the graphics design in software fine the issue is printing out the design and developing it. At the point of washing it down is the part i can do and beyond.
yes we print on 100% polyestor all the time. Those wicken dryfit shirts are becoming very popular
We've never had a screen expose by leaving out prior the exposing. Granted, they are never out longer than a minute because im pretty quick about getting them lined up and in the exposure unit. May depend on type of emulsion you use but ours has to have that UV black light to properly expose
I was wondering about the exposure of the screens.
Thank You for your time.
Thanks I needed this video
M tech smart print ideas is best learning channel for screen printing
I noticed after you did the emulsion you washed the screen off in the light, a lot of other sites/videos say that you should do this while still in a dark room... is that not the case? I am new at this and want to make sure I don't ruin a screen or make any mistakes. Thanks!
It depends on the nature of the job, spot colour artwork without fine detail isn't affected as much as halftone artwork
thanks for the step by step guide.
awesome video sir
appreciate it. great video!
GREAT BREAKDOWN. Screen Printing is not a simple process. You make it look easy but in the end its a lot of work that people/customers just don't realize go into making a custom shirt.
Do most screen print shops retain the screen of their design or is it washed and discarded for the next design? Once the screens are created, that is the hard part right? From my inexperience it looks so...
iR3CT We usually reclaim and reuse the screens for future orders. We only keep the screen if we know we'll print again very soon
Y'all make that look hella easy
What kind of emulsion are you guys using. it seems that you are doing things in a very bright room.
Hey greetings from Venezuela, have a good shop with good machines screen printers I'm also just do the same process that only more traditional home emulsion, but anyway I like your advice on many silkscreen hope you continue placing more videos .. thanks
Can someone tell me the quality difference between this method and using a printer with full range color printing and a heat press? Is this for bulk order processing? I feel like these 8-12 screen printing presses are too limited on color. I'm thinking about getting a home unit to make some swag for my channel and am confused as to what I should be considering.
@rochelle Renee, This was just as short video to show people who don't screen print what the process is like. We have a dark room we store screens squeegee side up. There's so many variables with what kind of exposure unit, mesh count, type of emulsion etc. Best way to know your exposure time is use a test strip. Flash drying is just so wet ink doesn't stick to back of screen, about 5 secs. Hope that answers some of your questions.
we use a workhorse lumitron exposure unit and expose for 3:55 and uses a backlight
whats the best ink to use for screen printing t shirts? @fourambition
its good man planning to start my screen printing business in Kenya Africa.
watching from kenya too
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Awesome! Thanks man.
wow ..... good work...
What emulsion are you using? I was told that you have be be in an dark room?
any recommendations on screen o printing equipment to start of
God I still have nightmare of flash units and I haven't printed in 10 years. Printer were responsible for pulling their orders, shooting screens, screening, folding and boxing up their order so at least once a year especially when we were busy someone would accidentally forget to pull the flash. Thankfully I don't ever remember any pallets getting destroyed but we did have a few with some nice scotch marks. lol We had that exact press but our other 3 were Atlas presses.
how long is the exposure time to reveal the mesh?, What kind of light you use
What application is used
When do you put the emulsion on the frame, is it not light sensitive? What does the frame do in the Lumitron?
After coating with elmosion how long should it dry for. No one seens to say the time. Thanks
Hi,
Thank for the tips... Didn't see the emulsion step, how to know the exposure time, the light source step or how to store screens to dry emulsion.
Do you have to use a darkroom to apply the emulsion... ?
What type of light bulb...?
How do you know how long to flash dry ...?
How do you know how long to expose...?
Love,
Rochelle
Do you only have black ink in your Epson printer. Or do you have the yellow blue etc ink in there as well?
Hi! Great!! Job, what model is the Epson?
what is the difference in screens does each color have its own screen
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Our shop has vastex presses as well. Good presses. Why 4ambition doesn't use an auto flash is beyond me.
They are always turning their flash by hand. Just curious. Other than that they do good work.
what kind/name paper you use for film and ink you use...thanks
could you please make a video on how to set up a 4 color picture from your computer before printing it. ( separating 4 different colors from the picture before printing it )
THIS IS AWESOME!!!
Where are you located?