There is no single method for analyzing costs, and therefore, establishing the value of our printing work. Ultimately, the sale price is defined by the market, on which it is necessary to align to be able to work. Let’s know about some general parameters.
What is screen printing?
The term screen printing is a summary of the Latin "service," which means "silk" and the Greek term which means writing. Screen printing is an ancestral technique of printing on multiple supports. It came from Japan and was popularized in the 60s and 70s in the United States with the hippie movement.
Today this printing technique is used in different sectors of activity, but also in culture and graphic arts. It is the screen-printing craftsmen who practice screen-printing: they have all the technical know-how and perfectly master the graphic chain. So, whenever you consider screen printing always choose the cheaper screen printing pricing.
We told you about the four-color process as a digital printing technique, know that screen printing is different, but it allows with the right material and know-how to produce magnificent quality customizations.
How does screen printing work?
Screen printing works in the same way as the stencil technique: we will mainly use a screen printing screen, ink, and a doctor blade to print on the medium of our choice. For each color to be printed, there will correspond a screen and a passage of the doctor blade, which means that for each color, there is a complete process to repeat.
Here is a catalog of everyone the resources needed for screen printing:
⮚ DTP software (Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop)
⮚ A printer to print on transparent paper (rhodoïd)
⮚ A screen (screen printing frame) with a stretched silk canvas
⮚ Emulsion (a photosensitive product which hardens in light)
⮚ An insole use to insulate the screens for each color of the logo.
⮚ Ink suitable for different media
⮚ A screen printing doctor blade
⮚ Now would you like to know the stages and the production time for this personalization technique?
What are the steps for screen printing?
Here are some important steps for screen printing with the material we saw earlier:
- The logo to mark: you must have a logo or a creative in vector or in high definition to guarantee a clean result. If you don't have a logo or plan, ask our realistic studio.
- The PAO infographic: this is the stage where your logo is worked so as to respond well to the technical constraints of screen printing. If it is a logo in several colors, the design will be cut into several parts corresponding to each color.
- The artwork: this is a transparent film corresponding to a color of your logo and which we will use for the sun exposure. We find above your visual printed in very intense black to prepare the stage of sunstroke.
- Coating: this is the stage of preparing the screens. We're going to come and put a photosensitive product that hardens in the light.