what a screen printer is? i am a screen printer and it seems like i have to explain it to everybody. i realize it is not a highly profiled job but it's not that uncommon is it?
2007-03-23 16:59:28 · 6 answers · asked by c n 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
yes, i've seen several of the rotating multi-station tee-shirt operations.
working with a printer i actually built a 4'x4' frame, stretched a silk, and applied the pattern for a candidate's campaign signs in 2004.
we produced dozens of 4'x'4' signs in my backyard. it was very interesting and challenging work, but i would NOT try it again.
2007-03-25 03:43:01 · answer #1 · answered by buzzards27 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've fabricated the devices and managed the inking, messy way to go. I suspect that automation and technological advances created a larger market for larger production totals as Aldara states.
It's not yet a dying artform, and one might still find kiosks at fairs and on boardwalks where someone still keeps at it, but certainly for any label merchandise they aren't employing thousands to lift the screen frame, place the T shirt, close the frame tight, squeegie the ink over the screen, remove the shirt, hang it to dry, and then pack it.
Since you are already, I applaud you. It would be a shame to see any creative effort or method fall away to machinery and mass production.
Steven Wolf
2007-03-25 09:35:50 · answer #2 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, I know what a screen printer is.
Do you print T-shirts or some other manufactured product?
2007-03-24 00:03:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of 'silk screen' printing. Applying images to cloth, or paper, right?
Addition: My guess is it's less common now than before due to mass production.
2007-03-24 00:04:11 · answer #4 · answered by SunDancer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, I know what it is, I've done it once or twice myself at home. It is uncommon, but not rare.
2007-03-24 00:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by Brian G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-03-24 00:02:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋