Articles by Steve
Space is always an issue for a busy screen printing shop, the more space you have the better. It is also essential to use your space efficiently. So with this in mind we have finally …
This is first thing we think about when separating your design for screen printing.
Butt or trap registration? What are they?
Every now and then we come across T-shirt prints which have all the qualities we like, water based printing is a must, good design for screen print is another plus.
T shirts which are organic, or …
Screen printing light colours on to dark T shirts is unlikely to become environmentally friendly any time soon (our recommendation to anyone who has a strict environmental policy is to print on to lighter T-shirts …
Simulated process separations were our choice for this T-shirt design, the subtle tones required for the egg were not suited to the index process. We find simulated process separations are a little more time consuming …
Gradients require a little thinking about when screen printing. Moire patterns are tricky to avoid, many printers have their own rule of thumb calculations to decide on meshes, the most common are 3.5 or 4 …
The weather has been glorious, we have finally turned the corner, when the sun comes out you can feel summer is on the way. The chickens at Advertees are loving it, unfortunately I am not …
This T shirt design by Murkin uses 6 colours and is printed at our maximum proportions of 14×16. We prefer to print slightly under these dimensions especially when using half tones, but will make exceptions …
Our new, or not quite so new gas dryer, is finally up and running. It is not pretty, and took far more time than expected to install (Finding a gas fitter for commercial appliances in …
Delivery of a new gas dryer has held things up a little this week, but all being well we should be up and running again by the weekend. Once this oven is fired up we …

