If you didnt know, my first press comes from the DIY Screen Print Kit. Its a one color table-top press (unboxing video here) which means you need a table top to mount it to. Or I guess you could lay it in your lap? I could use any old table or I could buy an […]
For my first press, I’m starting off small with the DIY Screen Print Kit from Ryonet. This one is the one color press that’s really affordable but has pretty much everything you need to screen print at home. If you’re considering the kit, here’s a quick unboxing to show you all the good stuff you […]
Okay this is crazy and cool and I just saw it on the internet. Cam Watt, a design and media teacher, used his 3D printer at home to create his own screen printing kit and it looks freaking awesome. He even shares on his blog how you can make one too. That is if you have a […]
If your print shop has an art department, you know how important it is to get things out on time to make your customers happy and you happy. Not-Missing-Deadlines:It makes everybody happy!™ The longer a design request sits in your art department, the more money you are losing plain and simple. The goal should be […]
When I first got hired to work as a production artist at a print shop, there were already two other artists on-board and we were all using different design software. One of them was using a super outdated version of Corel Draw, the other was using Macromedia Freehand before Adobe bought them up, and here […]
This post comes from a question David from the UK (yes we’ve gone international already) sent to me. He emailed me and said he was having problems with his emulsion and it was taking about 2-3 days for his coated screens to dry even in a drying box. If everything is done properly, it should only take […]
RIP software is pretty important to the print shop workflow because it gives you outstanding control of your halftones, allows your wide format printer to handle large file sizes without locking up, and more importantly it saves you time. Usually you can hit print from your art program, select your RIP software and halftone settings […]
Let’s face it, sometimes when you’re dealing with another customer’s artwork it can be tough to get them to send you the correct file. You might request that they send you print ready vector art and all they have is a screenshot pasted into a Word Document. When you finally get vector art from them, […]
