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Printing
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Prepare Your Screens and Run a Step Wedge Test
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Step 1 - Clean the Screen

• Degrease your screen on both sides(use degrease
  brush)
• Rinse with pressure washer
• Apply micro grit on screen(use grit brush) to
  roughenup fibers - DO THISONLY 1 TIME TO A
  SCREENthen RINSE
• Dry screen in Drip Drain - No dust!

Dont Touch After Cleaning!!
Wet - Degrease - Micro Grit - Rinse - Dry
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Step 2 - Coat Your Screen(Your Instructor will
do this - you get it set up)
Do This in Subdue Light Only!

• Get Emulsion from refrig and stirwith wooden
  stick only!!
• Pour Emulsion into scoop coater
• (After taking off plastic protective piece)
• Tilt Screen and coat flat side ofscreen first
  starting at bottomand spreading to top
• Coat other side of screen
• Must be coated evenly and smooth - no bubbles
• Dry flat side up in light tight cabinetin
  storage room overnight

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Step 3 - Step Wedge Test
Do This in Subdue Light Only!

• Must run test for each type of mesh to determine
  proper exposure time
• Tape test strip to flat side of emulsified blank
  screen
• Place screen flat side down onto glass on
  exposure unit
• Use rubylith to cover sections of test strip that
  you do not want to expose
• Cover corner with rope so the blanket wont seal
  air inside the frame

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Step 4 - Step Wedge Test (contd)

• Hold down top of exposure unit / turn on vacuum /
  expose for 1 min. (turn dial past 2 min. and then
  back to 1min. to set timer)
• Move rubylith down 1 more section and expose 1
  min
• Repeat until test strip complete
• Mark down your test times

Do This in Subdue Light Only!
Hint Clean glass on exposure unit and if one
bulb burns out replace all of them!
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Step 5 - Step Wedge Test (contd)

• Your screen stays light sensitive until you wet
  the emulsion with water
• Take off test strip
• Wet both sides of screen with sprayer
• With flat side of screen facing you stand back
  and with soft spray wash _at_ top of screen and work
  your way down
• Turn screen around and lightly wash inside of
  screen
• Blot out image area with special towels on both
  sides
• Put in sunshine to dry or in front of a fan
• Write down your test results and post

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Now Youre Ready to Create Your Own Piece of Art
Work!
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Step 1 - Design your one color art
work

• Document size is maximum 8.25 x 10.75
• Design art work using one color (black area will
  be where the ink goes through the screen)
• Make sure you put registration marks outside
  artwork so you can line up on screen with
  T-square
• Print out a proof on plainpaper first to check
  your artwork
• Print out your final art workon a special paper
  calledvellum on the Xantepostscript printer

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Step 2 - Coat your screen
Do This in Subdued Light Only!

• Open pink Emulsion and stirwith wooden stick
  only!!
• Pour Emulsion into metal tray(take off plastic
  protective piece)
• Tilt Screen and coat flat side ofscreen first
  starting at bottomand spreading to top
• Coat other side of screen
• Must be coated evenly and smooth - no bubbles
• Dry flat side up in light tight cabinetin
  storage room overnight

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Step 3 - Attach positive

• Attach the positive(your art work printed on the
  vellum) to the flat side of the coated screen
  backwards with scotch tape
• Use a T-square to make sure its straight and
  centered within the frame

Do This in Subdued Light Only!
Hint Put a mark with apermanent marker on
eachsection of the frame to indicatethe center
point
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Step 4 - Expose

• Place screen flat side down onto glass on
  exposure unit
• Cover corner with rope so the blanket wont seal
  air inside the frame(can expose 2 screens at a
  time -drape rope over both)
• Hold down top of exposure unit / turn on vacuum
  / set exposure time (turn dial past 2 min. and
  then back to 1min. to set timer)

Do This in Subdued Light Only!
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Step 5 - Wash your screen

• Your screen stays light sensitive until you wet
  the emulsion with water
• Wet both sides of screenwith soft spray
• With flat side of screen facing you stand back
  and with soft spray wash _at_ top of screen and work
  your way down
• Turn screen around and lightly wash inside of
  screen

Do This in Subdued Light Only!

• Blot out image area with special towels on both
  sides
• Put in sunshine to dry or in front of a fan

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Step 6 - Tape screen

• Use plastic tape to tape up short sides of
  screen frame first(pinch tear)
• Tape long sides
• Use scotch tape on the underside (flat side) of
  screen to tape out registration marks
• Block out any pinholes(use small brush and
  Screen Filler/Block out)

Note Wait 15 min. to let dry
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Step 7 - Place on press

• Put your vellum art work on the platen, line up
  and tape(use a pencil to indicate the center of
  the platen)
• Mount screen in the press where you want the
  image to print on the shirt

YOUR ART WORK
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Step 8 Add Ink

• Add ink

• Put your vellum art work on the platen, line up
  and tape(use a pencil to indicate the center of
  the platen)
• Mount screen in the press where you want the
  image to print on the shirt

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Step 9 Load shirt on printing
platen
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Step 10 Print with the squeegee
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Step 11 Remove the shirt
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Step 12 - Put in dryer
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YOUR DONE!

• Put the shirt on.