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The Screen Printing Process

How we turn your ideas into reality!

The Screen Printing Process > Step 2 > Step 3

 

STEP 2 (Now we're ready to roll!)

After the art has been approved, we need to output the film that we use to make the screens:

 

Just to give you an idea of what we are saving you, take a look at these prices taken from *another* film output business

 

THESE PRICES TAKEN FROM A FILM OUTPUT SITE

Circle R only charges a one time film fees (no screen fees) of $12 per color for spot color jobs and $20 per color on process print jobs. We will let you know in your initial quote if there will be any film fees for your project.

Turning out the lights:

All of the artwork films we print are then pre-registered and checked for detail and quality:

Once the art is completely approved in-house, we send the job to our screen department.

The first step in the screen department is to coat the screens with a photosensitive emulsion:

Next, the screen dries and it's placed on the vaccum light table and exposed with a 3000 watt metal halide light.

 

The final touches:

 

After being exposed, the screen are then washed out with a pressure washer at around 1300 psi. Once the image is washed out, it is double checked with the films for accuracy and quality.

 

The actual printing process:

 

Each color in the design must be blocked, taped, setup, and squeegeed. For smaller runs, we use one of our manual presses, for larger runs with more colors, we use our 8 head automatic press. By "flashing" or drying the ink between each color layer, we are able to give you bright, consisten, professional quality printing with years of wear and tear :-)

 

Blocking	Tape
Setup	Print

 

There you have it!

Most ALL other companies charge for this process (normally called setup fees and screen fees)

Circle R is truly in the business of saving you money on quality printing.

No strings, no gimmicks, no kidding.

Let us get started on your project today so you can send us comments like these:

I got the T-shirts today. They really look fabulous. Thanks a million! I will put the check in the mail today for you and will send you a picture when we get back from our [rafting] trip --Sabrina

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