How Screen Printing Actually Works In Real Production
Screen printing is a straightforward process, but there’s more going on behind the scenes than most people expect. A mesh screen is prepared for each colour in a design, ink is pushed through with a squeegee, and the image is layered onto fabric. Simple idea. Slightly more setup in real life. Once the screens are made, production becomes efficient. That’s where scale starts to matter. A 50-shirt order behaves very differently from a 500-shirt order, and that’s something printers think about immediately when quoting jobs. That’s just how screen printing operates—setup heavy upfront, fast once it’s rolling. Not complicated, but very process-driven.
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Screen printing is a straightforward process, but there’s more going on behind the scenes than most people expect. A mesh screen is prepared for each colour in a design, ink is pushed through with a squeegee, and the image is layered onto fabric. Simple idea. Slightly more setup in real life. Once the screens are made, production becomes efficient. That’s where scale starts to matter. A 50-shirt order behaves very differently from a 500-shirt order, and that’s something printers think about immediately when quoting jobs. That’s just how screen printing operates—setup heavy upfront, fast once it’s rolling. Not complicated, but very process-driven.
Read full blog here: https://kirkwoodtradingcompany.com/benefits-of-custom-screen-printing-tshirts/
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