Background Information For Screen Printers

This is a book for the beginner and experienced alike, it is a collection of knowledge one person gained while working in screen printing for over fifty years. He has worked as a teacher, production manager and business owner. The book contains information covering the background history of the core items such as mesh, stencils, squeegee and inks, all of which are key factors of the screen printing prosess. Also there is a considerable amount of useful practical advice that has been gathered together by the author over time. This book should give the reader some confidence in understanding and working with the process. It clears away some of the mystique and misunderstandings that have been attached to screen printing through the years and trims the process back to its basics. For people who only wish to learn about the process they will find a wealth of information on some of the applications of screen printing from the simplest uses with school children to its contributions in electronics. Screen printing has an omni presents about it, sometimes seen, sometimes unseen it contributes to or is part of many of the items we use everyday; it is truly a child of our modern consumer society

Polychromatic screen printing is for painters, monoprinters, watercolorists, textile artists, screen printers, deconstructed screen printers, and anyone interested in obtaining multiples from one painted image on paper or fabric. Why labor over one painting when you can paint once and get multiples? This innovative process produces a limited-edition series from the original painted screen - with no color registration. Similar to an extended monoprint process, it yields 4-6 prints from a single painted image. For all levels of ability. No solvents are used. This method combines both painting and printing. It allows the same flexibility and spontaneity as painting on paper or fabric. You simply paint all the colors of your image directly on one print screen. One pull of the squeegee prints the image onto fabric or paper. Then pull the squeegee again for more prints. This newly expanded book is a complete step-by-step manual for the process with 88 photos and 11 illustrations. Included is background information for traditional screen printing, highlighting the distinct advantages of polychromatic screen printing.

This review covers the background and a basic overview of the technology involved in screen printing. The author also explores the applications of screen printing in the following areas: graphics printing, fabric decoration, industrial printing, electronic printing and ceramic transfer.

Companion CD contains logos, artwork, photos, and designs that demonstrate various techniques discussed in the book, along with project and exercise files! Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers details the features of Photoshop CS3 and explains how to utilize the software in print facilities. This book takes you through the process step-by-step with a number of projects relating specifically to the needs of screen printers that range from configuring settings and creating custom background colors to building images with layers and colorizing images. Discover the impressive toolset Photoshop provides for creating and editing artwork. Learn how to create images and logos best suited for screen printing and offset printing. Find out how to perform color separations and print those separations using specialty films and vellums. Understand the pros and cons of using spot color, sublimation, heat transfers, and other printing technologies.

This book describes step-by-step everything you need to know about four-color seperations, using specialty films and vellums, and printing with Post-Script printers.