What should you know about screen printing for branding?

Screen printing is an important branding service called silk screening or silkscreen printing. It is a process of transferring a stenciled design to another surface such as a mesh screen, rubber blade or ink. A simple process of screen printing includes the creation of a stencil on a mesh screen and pushing the ink for creating and imprinting the design on the below surface. Some of the common surfaces that are used in screen printing are fabric, metal, and plastic can be used. It is a very popular technique like Katy embroidery service because of many reasons, but the most compelling reason is the vast choice of colours that can be used, its reduced effect and the printed surface. Here is the process of screen printing:

Creation of design: The initial process of Katy screen printing is creating the design. When the design is decided, it is printed into a transparent acetate film, which is then used for creating the screen or stencil.

Selection and preparation of the screen: When the design is ready, it is time to select the screen and the mesh count. The mesh count is the total number of fibres present in one square inch. The mesh count you require depends on the design that is being printed.

• A high mesh count can print fine details while preserving a fair ink coating.

• Screens having lower mesh count allow the flow of ink through because of wide openings.

• On selection of the mesh count, it is then coated with a light reactive layer of emulsion.
  
  Emulsion exposes: The transparent acetate coating is kept on the emulsion-coated mesh screen under a bright light that makes the emulsion become hard and developed. It should be noted that when several colours are involved in any design, then separate screens should be used for varied colours.
  
  Creation of stencil: Exposure of the screen for a specified time makes the uncovered part of the screen hard and the remaining unhardened emulsion gets rinsed away for leaving behind a clear imprint on the screen. Then the screen is dried and if in case there are any touch-ups needed, it is done by the printer to make the imprint close to the real design. Now the stencil is ready for getting used.
  
  Preparing for the print: The material that is to be printed is then kept on a printing board and the screen is present on the top of the material in the required position, ready to get printed.
  
  Application of design: Here, the printed design comes to life. The screen is first lowered down to the printing board. The required colour ink is added onto the screen top. A sponge evenly distributes the ink across the length of the screen. Then the ink presses through the open part of the stencil and then transfers to the underlying silk thereby printing the design on the product.
  
  Finishing: At last, the printed product is then heat cured by making it pass through the dryer, thereby creating a smooth design. This is done to avoid fading away from the design.

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