Anyone who has ever invested in new production equipment knows that buying a graphics press is like buying a new house. It can be a painful,...
Companies that use screen printing as part of a broader manufacturing sequence tend to treat it as an engineering process. Their aim is to understand where...
Today’s print buyers are demanding more and more process color–and at line counts higher than those traditionally done with graphics screen printing. The ability of digital-printing...
Last year, Screen Printing magazine introduced readers to screen-printable electroluminescent (EL) lamps that can be used in electronics and other industrial and graphics applications. The technology,...
In many companies, a visit to the screenroom is reminiscent of a trip through Sherwood Forest: Resembling an arsenal of long bows for Robin Hood and...
Artist and professor Malaquias Montoya has used screen printing as a medium for social change since his first position 40 years ago in a San Jose,...
Accurately reproducing a broad range of colors is the goal of every screen printer. However, as we learned in Part 1 of this series last month,...
Four-color-process reproduction has challenged screen printers since the moment the first halftone separation hit screen mesh. During the past decade, sophisticated design software, alternative screening methods...
In the world of commercial glass and ceramic decorating, few matters have drawn quite as much attention recently as the issue of lead-based inks. In the...
Editor’s note: This article was updated from an original version that appeared in the January 1996 issue of Screen Printing magazine. If your business involves screen...