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Ghosting Problems: What’s the Solution?

Ghosting Problems: What’s the Solution?

Ghosting—the word that strikes terror and headaches in new and seasoned printers alike. Ghosting occurs when the screen-printing ink reacts to the dyes in the garment. This issue might not be noticeable right away, but before you know it you will find your image repeated on the backs and bottoms of your whole print job. Nothing is more embarrassing than sending a load of shirts home to a customer only to receive that dreaded phone call a day or two later.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1892)/Comments (0)/
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MagnaColours Launches Make the Switch Initiative for Screen Printers

MagnaColours Launches Make the Switch Initiative for Screen Printers

MagnaColours announces a new initiative entitled “Make the Switch,” aimed at screen printers. The program is designed to help shops transition from plastisol to water-based inks.


Friday, February 23, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1015)/Comments (0)/
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Printing on Heavyweight Fleece

Printing on Heavyweight Fleece

Screen printing on fleece is by no means a new process; fleece is only second to T-shirts among garments in terms of printing popularity. This installment of the Impressions Tech Tips Newsletter will feature printing on the American Apparel® Mason Fleece Drop Shoulder Sweatshirt (style HVF496W).


Wednesday, February 21, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1005)/Comments (0)/
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Quality Ink Without the Price Tag

Quality Ink Without the Price Tag

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Don’t let the hype fool you. It’s not necessary to pay an excessive amount of money to get a quality product.
When it comes to quality ink, what’s inside the container should speak for itself; otherwise, don’t buy it. Just because someone says their product is better, or just because the packaging or names look modern and hip, the hype is not necessarily true, nor is the product necessarily better.

Friday, February 16, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1069)/Comments (0)/
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Beyond SFX

Beyond SFX

By mastering the ever-expanding range of special effects that can achieved on apparel today, you can take your relationship with clients to an entirely new level.

As many successful print shop owners have learned, adding the hottest special effects to your product offerings allows you to add sizzle to your sales. We all strive to set ourselves apart from ordinary apparel decorators, and that's why we reach into our bag of special-effect tricks. Plus, screen printers have resources and tools at their disposal that decorators using other processes don't, enabling them to add that extra something that can win the order. 

Wednesday, February 14, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1104)/Comments (0)/
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How do I reduce the chance of error or misprints?

How do I reduce the chance of error or misprints?

Is your shop experiencing one too many errors when printing? Or maybe it's just your worst fear. Try these four tips for avoiding the ever-dreaded misprint.


Monday, February 5, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1054)/Comments (0)/
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The Dawn of Simulated Process Color

The Dawn of Simulated Process Color

At a time that many high-end garment printers were struggling to produce realistic images in CMYK, an artist took an entirely different approach that would eventually take the industry by storm.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1275)/Comments (0)/
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The Advent of CTS Technology

The Advent of CTS Technology

Getting from computer screen to printing screen proved to be harder than it first looked.

Innovators, engineers, and tinkerers have been searching for a way to accelerate the screen making process for decades. For every printer, from the artist who burned her screens in the sun to the multimillion-dollar retail graphics provider with 18-foot screens, traditional prepress was an arduous and expensive parade.
Of course, before the advent of digital artwork and computerized film production, this parade stretched on even longer. “Everything took an amazing amount of time,” says Richard Greaves, an industry veteran and consultant. “A full-color set of separations cost $800 to $1000 and took a week to produce. And sometimes they worked; sometimes they didn’t.”
As innovations like PostScript, PageMaker, and eventually Illustrator and Photoshop enabled and simplified digital art creation, companies began exploring ways to leverage this in the screen making workflow. The first hurdle was getting output with a sufficiently dense black. Laser printer manufacturers like Qume, and then Xante, developed a way to lay down a thicker deposit of toner onto rough, vellum-finished paper; soon, early inkjet manufacturers took notice of the “film issue” and found a way to lay down more ink, too. Integrated digital imagesetting systems like the Autotype Aspect gained strong footholds.
Friday, January 12, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1351)/Comments (0)/
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Adjusting Dryer Temperature for Winter

Adjusting Dryer Temperature for Winter

For most screen printers, there is minimal heating or cooling inside their shops. This leads to seasonal temperature fluctuation that printers, and their equipment, must deal with.


Wednesday, January 10, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1280)/Comments (0)/
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Ghosting: Fabric Discoloration Test

Ghosting: Fabric Discoloration Test

When talking about a ghost image, the actual cause of the discoloring is due to the deterioration of one of the dyes in the fabric. This most often happens from the pigment degradation of yellow dyes. This creates discoloration in the form of blemishing a light green shirt into a blue ghost image. This is true with other colors as well. To test a garment for discoloration, follow these five steps:

Monday, January 8, 2018/Author: Anonym/Number of views (1274)/Comments (0)/
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