Water Based Inks
Print Flash Print white on dark garments
Wet on Wet with a flashed under base on dark garments
Wet on wet on light garments
Metallics & Puff Inks
Bonus print on a cardboard box
Overview of process
Primary Variables to control in Pre-press
Pre-Press
Film positive Density
Standard VS “S” thread
Mesh Selection
Understanding Technical specs
Tension and its role in printing
Coating Screens Manual Vs Semi-Automatic
Pre-Registration system on Manual Press
Pre-Registration system on Automatic Press
Screen drying Cabinet
Setting up on press
Adjusting off contact
Squeegee - Speed, Angle, Pressure & stroke
Flood - Speed, Angle and Pressure & stroke
Soft flood and minimizing screen drying out
Squeegee
Understanding durometer and its impact
Single Durometer vs double and triple durometer
Print with All types of squeegees to see differences
Registration
Comparison Micro Registration vs Pre-Registration system
Set up prints using Pre-registration systems
Adjusting Print Parameters
Print Order
Squeegee adjustments
Flood Bar adjustments
Flashing
Types of Flash cures available
Setting base time and temp to match TDS of ink used
Adjusting Flash time for cold and hot pallets
Avoiding Overflash
Cooling Fan
Screen print Vector image jobs
Wet on wet onto light substrate
Print Flash Print onto dark garment
Wet on wet over a flashed underbase
Day Two - Print Poly on both Manual & Automatic Press
Printing on Performance wear with specialty plastisol inks
Screenprinting High-Resolution 80 lpi Images
Screenprinting Vector image
Overview of process
Understanding the differnce between LC, LC/LB & Poly LB inks
Selecting the correct combination of inks based on the cost garment for minimal risk
Primary Variable to control On press
Difference between Sim & 4 color process
Variable to control to avoid dot gain and dot distortion
Moire pattern and how to avoid it
Variables to control color gamut on press
How to avoid and correct color shift
Speed Up Pre-Press
Coating Room
Understanding the technical aspects of emulsion
EOM and its impact
Minimizing RZ value
Discuss variables in coating manual
Humidity and its hidden headaches
Demonstrate Coating Screen with Fully Automatic Screen Coater
Use Spyder 2 CTS system to image screen in perfect register
Expose screens using V-Lux glassless LED
Pre-Press Environment
*Controls, features, benefits plus hands-on use
Pre-press
Preferred dot shapes
Frequency and its impact
Exposure calculator and its critical role in high-resolution screen making
Critical Job information to include on Film positives
Mesh selection
Measuring to control variables
Measuring Emulsion over mesh - Use a Positector to measure EOM
Measuring humidity - TQM Aqua check to measure humidity in emulsion stencil
Measuring screen tension—use a tension meter
On-Press
Setup Multi-color jobs using a Pre-Registration system
Adjust On Press settings Sim Process
Difference between Hard and Soft flood
Fine-tune Squeegee and Flood bar, Speed, Angle and pressure for ink viscosity
Pro‘s and Cons of Double Squeegee’s
Smoothing Screen
What is it?
How and when to use it for best results
Set up job with smoothing screen
Set Up Mobile Forge in head iron
Dryers
Electric vs Gas
Setting base Temp and time to TDS
Measuring temp with a donut probe
Mapping Dryer with a donut probe
Day THREE
Let's get creative with Specialty Inks
Specialty ink multi-color, mixed genre print on dark and light garments using a variety of waterbased and plastisol inks, puff, metallics, glow-n-dark and more.
Pre-Press Screens
Create a Photo screen with CTS Spyder 2
Create a Photo screen with Goccopro DTS printer
Pre-Press Ink Management
Using a Formulator Ink Mixer
Modifying viscosity
Understanding Ink Rheology
Types of Fabrics
Cotton, Poly, Poly Blends & Nylon
Printing characteristics
Inks and printing characteristics
On Press
Setup multiple jobs on press using CTS Pre-Registered Screens
Adjusting Squeegee and Flood bar settings for ink and mesh selections
Frames
Static Frames vs Retionsable
Value and benefits of each
Demonstrate ECO Frame panel replacement
We will be printing with both types of frames
Workflow
Staging
Carts
Production loops
Automation
Clean Press is a Profitable Press
Basic Press Maintenance
*Press maintenance from the Owners Manual
Platen Options
Discuss specialty platens and profitability of niche markets
Post Press
Main Variables to minimize fluctuations in quality
Various methods to use a DIP Tank
Benefits of Water Filtration Systems
Automate Post Press
Inpro Tigerclean TC-110 Screen Reclaiming Unit
Overview of benefits of automating pre-press
Demonstration of reclaiming screen
Discuss Auto Developers and their benefits
Additional profit from Packaging
Auto Folder Demonstration
Cost and Benefits
Discuss auto baggers and high-production models
Key Performance Indicators
Why they are important
