By Jess

8th April, 2008

This week we screen printed a two colour job. Big deal; we print two colour jobs nearly every day.

But it was a big deal - it was a big print area - 52cm wide by 62 cm high!



How did we do it?

Firstly, we used very large screens (in comparison to our normal screens which maximum print is about 32cm wide by 48cm high).

The boys also built a special hinge (which you can see in the left side of the photo) and attached it to one of our tables to achieve the right angle and area for printing.

The pieces of material were lined up with an image on the table to ensure the two colours would be in line (as each colour was printed in a separate run).

A big squeegee was used to apply the pressure, and it took strength to equally apply the pressure for the entire length of the screen.

And I am happy to say, it all went swimmingly!

We successfully screen printed nearly 100 pieces of fabric to be sewn together to make uniforms. This technique allows for a really big print, as the material is sewn up after being printed- you aren't limited by seams.

In fact, you are really only limited by the size of the fabric; we can screen print anything!

Labels: Photo, Print size, Screen printing

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