The ultimate guide for Screen printing in London

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The ultimate guide for Screen printing in London
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Index

• What is Screen printing?
• Types of Screen Printing
• Benefits of Screen Printing
• Disadvantages of Screen Printing

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What is Screen printing?

• In Screen printing process, the ink is forced
  through a mesh or stencil to print onto the
  desired material a particular design.
• Either by cutouts or by an impermeable material,
  the liquid moves only to the areas permitted by
  the screen.
• Only one colour can be used at a time so it is
  important to create a screen for each.

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Types of Screen PrintingManual Screen Printing

• This process is complete by hand, as indicated by
  the name.
• It can be done by only one person, or by two
  people for better performance.
• One person , for example, uses the squeegee while
  the other person holds the screen.
• The quality of the clothing is not affected
  whether it is done by hand or by machine, in
  fact, some people may argue that the manual work
  has a better finish as it is done more carefully.

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Automatic Screen Printing

• The automated method is the same as the manual
  one with the only difference being the human
  aspect.
• Although some aren't fans of the automated
  presses, they've got their benefits.
• They have reduced production time substantially,
  thanks to
• Larger displays, which make more space for design
• Dry Systems
• Rotatory screens for output continuous

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Benefits of Screen Printing

• Vibrant Designs-
• Screen printing produces vivid colours which
  other printing techniques are hard to reproduce.
• Techniques such as direct-to-clothing (DTG) use
  cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) dots to
  replicate their images and although it's nice for
  detail, it typically pales (literally) when
  opposed to screen printing.

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• Speed and Efficiency-
• The screen printing process is usually the
  fastest of the bunch after the screen has been
  made.
• Big Order Friendly-
• Some screen printing machines are so effective
  that up to 4600 T-shirts can be printed in one
  hour.
• Variety-
• There are many different types of screen printing
  inks which produce different effects and
  textures.
• Some machines have also screened large enough to
  cover a complete T-shirt which leads to
  overprinting.

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• Good Quality-
• Screen prints have been known to maintain their
  vibrancy for years and years because of the thick
  inks.
• Long Lasting-
• Because of the composition and thickness of the
  inks used in screen printing, designs imposed
  with this process can endure much greater stress
  than others without sacrificing the print
  quality.
• Screen printing often makes the use of ink than
  other techniques.

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• Versatility-
• A printing process as flexible as screen-printing
  is hard to find.
• It can be done on almost any surface, given,
  among many others, it is paper, cloth, wood ,
  plastic and even metal.
• Straightforward-
• It is a fundamental process that doesn't change
  irrespective of whether it's automated or done by
  hand.
• The tools are not difficult to substitute, and
  will not become outdated as easily as other
  technologies.

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Disadvantages of Screen Printing

• Set Up Costs-
• As you might have noticed, as opposed to the time
  they spend planning the template and making the
  images, the time people spend actually printing
  is much less.
• Unfortunately this translates into setting
  costs.
• When ordering low amounts that are not
  recommended with screen printing, those costs
  increase.

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• Unsustainable-
• While efforts have been made to produce
  eco-friendly inks and displays, the fact that
  screen printing wastes a lot of water is still a
  reality.
• Water is used to mix inks and clean the windows,
  which may not seem like much at first, but
  factories produce hundreds of garments a day (if
  not thousands) and it can get overwhelming when
  we start adding up.

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• Costs Add Up-
• It turns out that having to build a screen can be
  a bit of a hassle for each colour.
• Colorful designs confuse the process and make it
  more costly, which is why it is easier to keep
  the designs with as few tones as possible for
  screen printing.
• Relative Complexity-
• It may sound like a paradox because, depending on
  the design and project, screen printing may be
  very complicated because it requires more steps
  than other methods.

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Best custom clothing company

• Custom Clothes London have been in personalised
  clothing for the last few years and have been
  serving customers in and around London.
• We are a fully staffed and professional
  organization with latest equipment and are
  constantly adapt to changes in the industry and
  the processes incorporated within it.