An expert look at five factors that indicate what’s next for direct-to-garment printing.

An expert look at five factors that indicate what’s next for direct-to-garment printing.

Using dirty, stained screens can lead to low quality prints and expensive stencil breakdown. To help you get the cleanest screen possible, CPS manufactures a complete range of haze removers to cover all your screen cleaning needs.
Screen stains can be caused by dried-in inks, fused (locked-in) stencils and/or Diazo stains. Screen printers don’t all use the same inks and stencils so there is no ‘universal haze remover’ for all screen stains. It is important to choose a haze remover that is right for your shop. This guide answers many commonly asked questions about which haze remover to use:

Garment decorators are unique because it’s not uncommon that they perform a variety of tasks — sales, production, marketing and accounting — on a daily basis. Because they wear so many hats and are often competing to win business, decorators may miss opportunities or make emotional decisions to secure accounts. 

Prior to 2004, printing images and designs on garments was done mainly with manual methods like screen printing for longer runs and heat applied vinyl transfers for shorter runs. Fast forward to present day, the age of direct-to-garment (DTG) printers.  Equipped with the latest digital technology, DTG has revolutionized the industry by providing endless color, design and customization possibilities.

Tips to minimize downtime—and keep your crew productive until you're up and running again. 
No matter how diligent you are with preventative maintenance, there is no way to avoid every equipment failure. But there are ways to be prepared when it does happen. 

Using dirty, stained screens can lead to low quality prints and expensive stencil breakdown. This How to Guide provides essential advice on how to choose the best haze removal system to remove screen stains and ghost images.

Dip tanks, the screen reclaiming method of choice in the US, are attracting more interest in Europe. But why?
You just soak your screens in the tank of chemicals and rinse; right?  With the increasing interest in this screen reclaim technique, we are being asked more and more about this process.
Dip tanks allow an all-in-one cleaner (a mixture of Aquawash and stencil remover, or a specialised stencil remover) to soften the stencil and ink at the same time, freeing you up to rinse and clean another screen whilst it is in the tank. Alternatively, you can use dip tanks separately with an Aquawash based product for the ink removal in one tank and a stencil remover for the stencil reclaim in another tank.
Before you re-fill your existing dip tank or consider purchasing your first dip tank, here are some of the common misunderstandings of this stencil reclaim process: