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...
As another year comes to an end, I would like to summarize my thoughts on achieving consistent quality control through process standardization. The greatest challenge in...
Ever since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began requiring chemical manufacturers in our industry (and others) to supply their customers with material safety data...
As garment screen printers across the land attempt to come up with new printing methods and effects to dazzle the consumer, many are applying unique processing...
In "The Do’s & Dont’s of Special-Effect Inks," I reviewed the do’s and dont’s of special-effect printing from the standpoint of artwork engineering and process sequencing....
On close inspection of most screen-printing businesses, one single issue tends to stand out: the amount of training we offer our employees. Some companies offer regular...
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,...
Let’s define a "bad hair day." For starters, hair has nothing to do with a bad hair day. You don’t even need hair to have a...
UV inks have revolutionized graphics screen printing, but curing these finicky formulations remains a challenge to any shop interest in hig-quality, high-volume production. Besides matching ink...