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A printing technology that was developed by Al Bernstein who was an artist. The image is drawn or painted on a carrier template or film. Subsequently, the printing forms, the color separations of the motive, are cut and stung in the positive negative procedure. During the printing-process color is brushed by hand through the printing forms and fixed afterwards. There is practically no limitation of the size, the number of the colors, or hand pulled prints. In comparison to industrial screen printing, a Pigmentograph cannot be automated. It remains a pure hand pulled artprint with by hand made forms, a Polyautograph.
Screen print graphics are pictures or photographs that are used in the process of screen printing. Screen printing is used to do many duplications of the same design for example in t-shirt printing.
Stephen Russ has written: 'Practical screen printing' -- subject(s): Screen process printing 'Setting up in screen printing'
Screen printing information can be found on various websites. Respect Printing is a website run by a group of people dedicated to performing screen printing jobs. Their homepage offers detailed information on screen printing.
Screen print graphics are pictures or photographs that are used in the process of screen printing. Screen printing is used to do many duplications of the same design for example in t-shirt printing.
Textile printing ingredients typically include dyes or pigments to provide color, thickeners to control viscosity, binders to help adhere the color to the fabric, and various chemicals for special effects like foaming or embossing. Each ingredient serves a specific purpose in the printing process to achieve the desired design on the fabric.
A frame with a screen attached, a squeegee, ink, the patten (for each color used) and a table
Mathilda V. Schwalbach has written: 'Silk-screen printing for artists & craftsmen' -- subject(s): Screen process printing, Textile printing 'Screen-process printing for the serigrapher & textile designer [by] Mathilda V. Schwalbach & James A. Schwalbach' -- subject(s): Screen process printing, Textile printing
First, the image is separated into up to 4 colors. Then each color is printed on a piece of clear plastic in black. Then the sheet of plastic is taped to a printing screen which has a light-sensitive gel on it, and exposed to light. Then the screen is washed, and only the area where the image was can pass paint through. Then the screen is attached to a printing press where shirts are run through, and each color is added to the shirt. Then the shirt is run through a dryer (like a pizza oven) on a conveyor belt, and folded.
Andy Warhol made screen printing famous.
Well, water transfer printing can be a bit more pricey and expensive than screen printing by a double of screen printing's price. However, water transfer printing produces more vibrant and lively prints and results.