Screen Printing

In order to be successful in screenprinting you must complete the following: receiving an order, creating a screen, printing a sign, packaging the orders, and sending out shipments. Every worker must perform their job correctly in order for the process to go smoothly. Each of these steps are key to the screenprinting business. The first step in this process is receiving an order. When a business needs signs they place their order. They can choose the complete layout of these signs. Once their order is placed, a worker puts it into the computer. That computer will create a film of their sign. This film will be an identical copy of the costumers soon to be signs. A worker will tape the film to a screen and place it in an oversized photo scanner. Here, the scanner will take the image on the film and transfer it to the screen. Five screens are made for this one image. Each screen is unique, since each one does something different. Certain screens use certain colors which make up an image. After all five of the screens are ready and prepared it will be time to move on to the next step. In this next step the order the customer placed will be created. The five screens are put into place in order by their color. Every sign that is created is made up of the same five colors; Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Black, and Clear. No matter the image they all contain these five colors. To produce an image it is imperative to know the specific amount of color needed. While the screens are in their place, machines run the signs under each one of them. A squiggy will glide across the screen allowing ink to print the image onto the sign. When all five of the colors blend together you receive a clear image and an amazing looking sign. Once you have your signs printed, you can move on to the next step which is packaging the orders. When signs are printed and come off of the machines they have to be premasked for protection. Premask is a layer of paper that covers the