Below is a video and the steps to help you work through the screen print process.
Steps
Follow the steps below for printing a 1-color design.
- Be sure your screen has completely dried from exposing it.
- Tape off borders of screen on the front side (ink side).
- Tape of registration marks and any pin holes (little spots ink may be able to come through) on the back side (print side).
- Place screen into printhead with the bottom of your design closer to the printhead and the top of your design closer to you.
- Lower the printhead with the screen and align your registration marks to the pallet.
- The top of your design should generally align with the top horizontal line. For a standard print you should align the center marks to the center line on the board. If you are wanting a pocket hit, align it to the red line.
- Once the screen is aligned, tighten the screen down as much as you can (we don’t want it to wiggle).
- Place your shirt onto the press, you load it by placing the bottom of the shirt over the pallet. The collar should be just off the top of the pallet.
- Place ink onto your screen.
- Pull the squeegee and ink across your design at about an 80 degree angle.
- Pull the ink across a maximum of 3 times before you check to see how it printed.
- Once printed, pull your shirt off the press and place it onto the conveyor dryer
- Be careful with the shirt as the ink still hasn’t cured.
- Yay!