A good screen printer, competent in screenmaking and all other stages of the process, can produce better results by hand-printing than the most sophisticated automatic machine...
Two months ago, when Dan Pratt and 30 other Pratt Corp. employees exhibited at the GlobalShop retail-display trade show in Chicago, visitors got a glimpse of...
If you are in the business of printing color, you are also in the business of mixing and matching color. Every printer has been faced with...
In the early 1970s, increasing environmental awareness inspired the development of the first VOC-free inks that cured with ultraviolet (UV) energy. These safe inks promised the...
When you consider all of the variables in the screen-printing process, those that occur early tend to have the greatest impact on the final printed results....
As someone who toils daily in the manufacturing of stencil systems, it is in my best interest to ensure that anyone who makes screens for a...
Densitometry. It sounds complicated–even painful. If you tend to shy away from quality-control devices, the word densitometer might send you screaming into the night. But the...
Last month, we began our look at flatbed graphics presses by categorizing the wide selection of press makes and models into three general configurations: clamshell, two...
For many years, UV-curing technologies have had profound effects on a variety of imaging processes. As screen printers, we are aware of the substantial and growing...
Looking for a way to increase pad-printing productivity and efficiency while improving the durability and resolution of your prints? The introduction of UV-curable inks for pad...