screen printing a pattern
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- spifflink
Does anyone know how to go about preparing a pattern swatch to get screen printed? It's going to be used in the big roll printers to make panels on the outside of these bags. Any advice would be awesome, thanks
- fiver0
what's your question then? how to make a pattern swatch or how to set up for print?
- spifflink0
sorry, i've set up the swatch, but yeah how to set up for print. not sure what the printer wants
- inkpink0
if its overseas production try to find out the width of the roller and setup your pattern repeated at document exact size.
good idea to also expand/flatten the pattern, and keep a copy of the working tile in your swatches. when dealing with factories, anything that could go wrong will go wrong.
- fiver0
neither do we. it depends on the fabric and the fabric color (whether or not you need a white flash underneath). other than that , it should be as simple as setting up the pattern as black with reg marks to be burned to a screen. ask them.
- spifflink0
ah cool thanks, yeah that's we ended up doing. phew sounds like i was on the right track then haha
- BonSeff0
lets see the swatch and I will break it down for you.