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CMYK T Shirt Print-Screen Printing one rupee
Wednesday, 28 Apr, 2010 – 20:51 | 4 Comments
CMYK T Shirt Print-Screen Printing one rupee

Screen printing CMYK on white T shirts can produce results equal to that of any DTG printer, so at what point does it become impractical to create screens and put it on a digital printer? …

Screen Printing foil on T-shirts
Thursday, 15 Apr, 2010 – 20:39 | No Comment
Screen Printing foil on T-shirts

Advertees will finally introduce foil to the range of screen printing techniques on offer, just a few more trial runs using different screen meshes and pressing times and we are good to go. This is …

Are Retensionable frames worth the time and money??
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 20:24 | No Comment
Are Retensionable frames worth the time and money??

Possibly the only reasons any screen printer can give for not introducing retensionable frames to their workshop would be the costs. And all the time involved in maintaining mesh tensions. Having used Newman frames for …

A special offer on Screen Printed T-shirts
Tuesday, 6 Apr, 2010 – 17:39 | No Comment
A special offer on Screen Printed T-shirts

Finally the launch of the new Advertees web site has taken place, still plenty of alterations to be made and information to be added, but the new prices are now official. It has been some …

Advertees spring clean complete
Tuesday, 23 Mar, 2010 – 19:19 | No Comment
Advertees spring clean complete

February into March is always spent making preparations for the busy season, and this year has been a good one in terms of getting things done. Machines have been fully overhauled replacement valves, o-rings and …

Easiway: a quick method of reclaiming silk screens after use
Wednesday, 24 Feb, 2010 – 19:29 | No Comment
Easiway: a quick method of reclaiming silk screens after use

Reclaiming screens in a busy work shop can become a real problem for t-shirt printers, we have tried many methods and products over the years, most are unpleasant to work with, expensive and time consuming.
Easiway …

Growing interest in water based screen printing.
Thursday, 18 Feb, 2010 – 20:41 | 2 Comments
Growing interest in water based screen printing.

Slowly there is a growing awareness to  the advantages of  a water based screen print. Customers are also showing a certain amount of understanding regards its limitations, and prefer to be flexible in their requirements …

2009 Cornwall Film Festival
Sunday, 18 Oct, 2009 – 13:45 | One Comment
2009 Cornwall Film Festival

Thought it might be a good idea to write a post before the festival starts this year. The  8th Annual Cornwall Film Festival is going to deliver a huge variety of Film in just three …

Screen printed T-shirt for Enochian Theory
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 22:30 | No Comment
Screen printed T-shirt for Enochian Theory

Prog Metal Band Enochian Theory recently supplied a very challenging design to us. We immediately thought the design would be suited to the waterbased bleaching method known as discharge. The distinctive artwork was created by …

Epson 4880 as imagesetter?
Wednesday, 30 Sep, 2009 – 20:20 | No Comment
Epson 4880 as imagesetter?

Years of  printing excellent ultra black film on our epson 3000 lead us to believe a similar size, brand spanking new, epson printer would do the same job or an even a better one, but …

Newly installed T-shirt printing machine
Saturday, 26 Sep, 2009 – 12:06 | No Comment
Newly installed T-shirt printing machine

It is never a good time to install large machinery, and the interruption in production certainly makes the busier periods a time to avoid. When you add the removal of a wall to the scenario …

Making way for new auto.
Thursday, 30 Jul, 2009 – 17:42 | No Comment
Making way for new auto.

The arrival of our new 8 colour automatic is getting closer, but preparation for the machines delivery is nigh on impossible with our current workload.

The new machine will bring much needed added capacity, and make …