KEIP BROS. TRADING CO (PTY)LTD

SCREEN & PAD PRINTING SUPPLIES

5 First Street - Booysens Reserve - Johannesburg - P O Box 2390 Southdale 2135 South Africa

Tel: +27 (011) 835-3129/0      Fax: (011) 835-2423      E-Mail: keip@global.co.za

 

Screen Printing Training Course

1. History
  • stencil, hair, silk & manmade fibres

  • durability


    • 2. Technical Aspects of Mesh (screen fabric)
  • per centimetre / per inch

  • size of aperture and thickness of weave of fabric vs. ink deposit value

  • definition vs. mesh count


    • 3. Mesh choice - Textile & Graphic
  • types of ink e.g. conventional vs. UV

  • type of fabric e.g. owelling


    • 4. Types of Positives (artworks)
  • examples


    • 5. Registration
  • marks

  • positioning on screen (textile & graphic)

  • areas A, B & C


    • 6. Preparing a screen
  • degreasing
  • de-coating

  • cleaning

  • degreasing #2


    • 7. Coating a screen
  • coating trough profile

  • number of coats

  • additional coats


    • 8. Exposing a screen
  • light source vs. Distance vs. Mesh (& colour) vs. Definition

  • washing out & touch up


    • 9. Setting of screen in clamping system (machine)
  • snap-off (height)

  • parallel


    • 10. Squeegee
  • choice of hardness (shore)
  • angle of squeegee

  • pressure of squeegee


    • 11. Floodcoating
  • rules


    • 12. Printing
  • textile
  • graphic
  • specialised


    • 13. Problem solving
  • questions & answers
    • Pad Printing Training Course

    Theory & Practical

    1. History

  • History of pad printing

  • 2. Artworks and litho positives
  • Computer generated artworks, laser film positives & photographic posies

    3. Cliché's
  • Water-wash, solvent wash and steel cliché's
  • Exposure times & depth of plate

    4. Choice of silicone pads
  • Pad shapes and hardness
  • Cleaning of pads and storage

    5. Types of pad printers
  • Manual vs. electronic printers

    6. Types of jigs
  • Pens & lighters
  • Golf balls
  • Glasses and ceramic mugs

    7. Setting of the pad printing machine
  • Cliché, pad and jig

    8. Inks and thinners
  • Viscosity
  • Mixing ratio of ink to catalyst

    9. Setting the manual pad printer
  • One colour and two colour prints

    10. Cleaning up after printing
  • Cleaning cliché's, ink well & machine

    11. Internet sites
  • www.marabu.com
  • www.padprint1.com

    12. Questions & answers
    • Enquiries
    For further queries email us at: enquiries@keip.co.za