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Screen printing is a process used to
transfer a design to material such as a t-shirt, jacket and
lanyard. Both manual and automated printing machines are in
operation. Several steps are involved. First a clear acetate
film is created of the image to be printed. Next the film is
exposed to a fine mesh screen. The screen is opaque in all areas
except for where the imprint design is located. The screen is
then placed over the material to be printed and lowered in the
exact imprint position. The next step ink is moved over the
imprint area of the screen resulting in ink be pushed through
the fine mesh and onto the material. The screen is then lifted
and the process is repeated for multi-color designs. In between
printing the previous color is dried using a flash drying unit
which is placed over the material. For single color jobs the
material is typically sent through a conveyer belt drier set to
approx 350 degrees to dry the ink.
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