1. Designing Art for Screen Printing

It all starts with an idea brought to us by our customers. The idea is taken to our in house designers who make a computer generated version of that idea, using the t-shirt color(s) the customer has chosen for their order. Once the design has been completed it is posted to our Art Approval Directory.

2. Producing the Art for Screen Printing

Once the screen printing design is approved it goes to our production artist, who takes the design apart with a process called color seperation. Each color of the design will have its own screen. Before the production artist can take the design to the screen department they must print each color on a film positive.

3. Preparing the Screen(s) for Screen Printing

Screen printing relys on well constructed screens. The film positives from the production artist go to the screen department, who prepares the screen by coating it with photosensitive emulsion. The color seperated positive is attached to the emulsion coated screens, and taken to be burned for t-shirt printing. The screen is placed into a unit that exposes it to ultraviolet light. The ultraviolet light burns the design into the screen, removing the emulsion to let ink come through the screen. This is very important to get the best screen printing results.

4. Screen Printing Your Custom T-Shirts

Screen printing finishes by transferring the ink through the screen onto the shirt. To begin this process, the press is loaded with the t-shirt printing screens. Ink colors are then poured onto the proper screens. The screen printer then loads the t shirt making sure that it is even and sitting straight on the screen printing plat. Once it is loaded properly the printer lowers the screen and pulls the ink across it with a rubber screen printing squeegee. The t-shirt is then removed and placed on a belt that runs under a special dryer. This dryer will cure the ink at 320°F. At the end of the dryer, Quality Control inspects each garment to ensure the garment meets our high quality standards.

Quick Links

• Screen Printing - The Process
• Screen Printing - Sizes & Locations
• Screen Printing - Ink Colors
• Screen Printing - Speciality Inks

T-Shirt Screen Print Dimensions

Wilflex Standard Plastisol Colors

	Yellow		Gold 8000		Dolphin Orange
	Bright Orange		National Red		Dallas Scarlet
	Russell Cardinal		Burgundy		Maroon
	Brandywine		Purple 50200		Russell Purple
	PMS2567 (Lavendar)		Navy Blue		Bear's Navy
	Deacon Blue		PMS658 (Lt Blue)		Contact Blue
	Winter Blue		Deep Aqua		Dallas Green
	Kelly Green		Black Light Green		Dk. Chrome Green
	Dark Brown		Spice Brown		PMS466 (Lt Khaki)
	Rebel Flesh		PMS217 (Lt Pink)		Panther Pink
	Russell Gray		Dark Gray		Black
	White

Wilflex Super Opaque Plastisol Colors

	Super Primrose		Super Lemon Yellow		Super Dolphin Orange
	Super Clockwork Orange		Super Red		Super Drake Red
	Super Purple		Super Fuchsia		Super Bright Blue
	Super Royal		Super Marine Blue		Super Turquoise
	Super Dallas Green		Super Spring Green

Wilflex Specialty Ink Colors

	Silver Shimmer		Ultra Gold Shimmer		Glow In the Dark
	Yellow Sparkle		Fluorescent Yellow		Fluorescent Orange
	Fluorescent Red		Fluorescent Purple		Fluorescent Pink
	Fluorescent Magenta		Fluorescent Blue		Fluorescent Green