•PRE-PRODUCTION• |
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Films / Separation - Your design (preferably in Illustrator format
.ai or .eps) is color separated by our graphics department and
converted into film "positives" |
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Illustrator
format - vectorized artwork |
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Film
Positives |
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Screens - A silk mesh is stretched over a frame, coated with photo
emulsion and stored in a darkroom until completely dry |
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Silk
Mesh |
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Silk
Mesh stretched next to screen with photo emulsion |
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Stored
in a darkroom until completely dry. |
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Screen Exposure - Your film is then used to "burn" your
image into the coated screen using an exposure unit. After burning
the screen it is washed out in a booth and the image becomes exposed
creating a stencil. |
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Film
placed on exposure unit. |
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Exposure
unit with screen |
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Screen
being washed out in a booth. |
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Screen
with exposed graphics creating a "stencil." |
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•Production•
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Registration - Each screen is now ready to be "registered"
into position and locked into place on our automatic 12 color
press. |
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Screen
locked into place on our automatic 12 color press. |
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Inks - Our ink department matches your custom color, then it is
applied to the corresponding screens and ready for printing. |
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Ink
department section |
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Printing - Your garment is then positioned on each pallet and
is printed in sequence, one screen for each color. |
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Ink
being applied to product. |
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Drying - At the end of the print cycle the garment is then placed
on a conveyor belt dryer, this process "cures" the ink
into the garment and is the final production process. |
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Conveyor
belt dryer. |
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•Post
Production • |
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Inspection - Your finished goods are then inspected for any pinholes
or inkstains and spot cleaned if necessary. |
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Inspecting
finished good. |
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Packing / Shipping - After final inspection your goods are folded,
packed and sealed for shipment or delivery. |
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Finished
product being folded and ready for shipment. |
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Finished
producted folded and packed. |
