Screen Printing Glossary
December 25, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Screen Printing in Omaha, NE
DPI (Dots-per-inch) - Screen printer resolution and often used to describe scanner resolution. DPI is also used as the designation for a scan. Like printers, the higher the number the higher the resolution.
Flash-Curing - Screen printing is usually done wet screen printing ink going onto wet screen printing ink.
Halftone - A screen printing halftone is a series of large and small dots that represent image areas of a continuous tone image. Screen printers use halftones in their artwork.
LPI (Lines-per-inch) - This actually refers to the number of dots-per-inch in a halftone but the term is LPI and NOT DPI.
Process Color - Commonly used in offset printing, Process Printing uses the four pigment colors of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black - called CMYK. You can use this type of printing in screen printing to create full color designs.
Screens - A screen printing screen is like a printing plate. One screen is needed for each color to be printed.
Separations - Screen printing art needs to be separated when making screens for a screen printing job.
Special Inks - or special effect inks are screen printing inks that puff, feel like suede, glitter, sparkle, reflect and glow.
Underbasing - When screen printing on dark shirts, the screen print normally needs a white layer of ink under the colors to allow the colors to be bright on the garment. This layer of ink is called an Underbase.
Plastisol Inks - Plastisol based screen printing ink is the most common ink to use in t-shirt and garmet screen printing.
Water-Based inks - Water-based screen printing ink is not recommended for use by professional screen printers.
PVC/Phalate Free Ink - This screen printing ink is a relatively new kind of ink. PVC/Phalate Free Ink offers the same printing benefits of plastisol but without the toxic components of two toxic chemicals. Also, the screen print has a softer feel on the t-shirt.
Metallic Ink - Metallic screen printing ink uses small particles suspended in the ink. Screen printers use metallic ink for t-shirts that need an extra zip. Football designs, basketball designs and tournament screen printing jobs.
Expanding (Puff) Ink - Screenprinters use puff ink additives with plastisol screen printing inks to raise the design or ’screen print’ off the t-shirt’s fabric. Screen printing puff ink is used in the screen printing process to create a 3D look to your screen print design.
Gloss - is used by advanced screen printers as a clear base laid over plastisol inks to create a shiny finish.
Screen Printing and Awards
December 6, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Welcome to Exclusive Touch Awards and Screen printing, Omaha Nebraska’s Source for all your screen printing and award needs. Placing orders for your next screen printing job or for a great selection of awards for your next event is just a phone call away.
Exclusive Touch Ltd - Awards and Screen Printing, is known for fast turnaround, great t-shirt designs, screen printing quality and much, much more! Exclusive Touch Ltd - Awards and Screen Printingis located at 3663 No 129th Street (129th and Maple) in Omaha, Nebraska.
