![]() Please check out our online screen printing design site, this is a special site that you can design and place your orders! You can't screen print on polar fleece, knit caps, 6 panel caps or most towels. Designs with 4 or more colors can get expensive, especially on dark colored garments. Fine detail and small letters are no problem and 4 color process printing gives the illusion of a full color photo. The size of the design doesn't effect the cost, so it's an economical choice for large designs like you find on t-shirts and jackets. Printing on dark colored items is more expensive because it requires a white base coat in most cases. Pricing is based on the number of colors in your design. Each color is printed one-at-a-time from a separate screen, either by a person holding a squeegee in the case of a manual printing press, or by a machine which pulls the squeegee in the case of an automatic printing press. The term "silk-screening" comes from the silk mesh that was originally used on the screens, but today's screens use a polyester mesh on a wooden or aluminum frame. Traditionally the design stencils were hand cut or painted, now a days the screens are coated with a photo emulsion which creates a negative image from the design transparency when exposed to UV light. ![]() Is the process of decorating a material with a stenciled design by forcing ink through a mesh screen, transferring the design from the screen onto the material. ![]()
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