Screen Printers, Silk Screen Printing, Bristol, Somerset, Avon, Bath, UK

Introduction

GENERAL INFORMTION ABOUT POINT OF SALE & SILK SCREEN PRINTING
Walk down the High Street and you will see many examples of silk screen printing. In shop windows you will see displays and posters advertising products for sale. You will also see buses and lorries with advertising on their sides, electrical items, notice badges, shop signs, estate agent boards, car window stickers the list is endless. Silk Screen Printing is a great process for producing point of sale in small or large quantities of advertising material. We can print on paper, board, PVC and plastics, foamboard or Foamex and corrugated plastic called Correx and many other substrates that conventional printers cannot use. We work from supplied artwork or we can produce artwork from your specification. Our workforce is here to help you in every way. Silk Screen Printing is produced by adding one colour at a time to the chosen material, so it is possible to produce one, two, three and four colour printing, plus extra spot colours. It is a very economical way to produce any amount of strong visual images. We can silk screen print up to a size of 1700mm x 1000mm. We have semi automatic silk screen printing machines that enable us to produce all your print requirements, plus a large flat bed hand bench machine capable of turning out smaller quantities for specialist needs. We also offer a digital print service to compliment our silk screen printing processes. Many point of sale products, such as dump bins and leaflet dispensers require our special hand finishing and packing department. All finished goods are then carefully packed and despatch throughout the UK. HOW DOES IT WORK With silk screen printing we now use a polyester/nylon mesh which is stretched across an aluminium frame. The mesh is coated with a light sensitive emulsion which when dry, will block the holes in the mesh. The image that needs to be printed is output onto film via an image-setter. The film positive and the mesh are then exposed to ultra-violet light in a machine called a print down frame. The screen is then washed using a jet of water and the light sensitive emulsion that has not been hardened by the ultra-violet light is removed, leaving an exact replica of the image that was supplied on the film positive. Now the screen can be set up in the printing machine. The substrate is placed under the screen and ink is placed on the top side. A rubber blade called a squeegee is pulled across the top of the screen, it pushes the ink through the mesh onto the surface of the substrate, gradually making up the image one colour at a time. To repeat the process the squeegee floods the screen again before printing the next impression.

GENERAL INFORMTION ABOUT POINT OF SALE & SILK SCREEN PRINTING

Walk down the High Street and you will see many examples of silk screen printing. In shop windows you will see displays and posters advertising products for sale. You will also see buses and lorries with advertising on their sides, electrical items, notice badges, shop signs, estate agent boards, car window stickers the list is endless.

Silk Screen Printing is a great process for producing point of sale in small or large quantities of advertising material. We can print on paper, board, PVC and plastics, foamboard or Foamex and corrugated plastic called Correx and many other substrates that conventional printers cannot use.

We work from supplied artwork or we can produce artwork from your specification. Our workforce is here to help you in every way.

Silk Screen Printing is produced by adding one colour at a time to the chosen material, so it is possible to produce one, two, three and four colour printing, plus extra spot colours. It is a very economical way to produce any amount of strong visual images.

We can silk screen print up to a size of 1700mm x 1000mm. We have semi automatic silk screen printing machines that enable us to produce all your print requirements, plus a large flat bed hand bench machine capable of turning out smaller quantities for specialist needs.

We also offer a digital print service to compliment our silk screen printing processes.

Many point of sale products, such as dump bins and leaflet dispensers require our special hand finishing and packing department. All finished goods are then carefully packed and despatch throughout the UK.

HOW DOES IT WORK

With silk screen printing we now use a polyester/nylon mesh which is stretched across an aluminium frame. The mesh is coated with a light sensitive emulsion which when dry, will block the holes in the mesh. The image that needs to be printed is output onto film via an image-setter. The film positive and the mesh are then exposed to ultra-violet light in a machine called a print down frame. The screen is then washed using a jet of water and the light sensitive emulsion that has not been hardened by the ultra-violet light is removed, leaving an exact replica of the image that was supplied on the film positive. Now the screen can be set up in the printing machine. The substrate is placed under the screen and ink is placed on the top side. A rubber blade called a squeegee is pulled across the top of the screen, it pushes the ink through the mesh onto the surface of the substrate, gradually making up the image one colour at a time. To repeat the process the squeegee floods the screen again before printing the next impression.