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Worksheets7.0 Screen Printing
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Number that refers to the size of the openings in between the filaments of thread in the screen.
weave
mesh count
pixels size
exposure time
type of ink used for silkscreen printing on to textiles
oil based
organic ink
Plastisol
inkjet
The alignment of one color of artwork with another
truing
orientation
registration
alignment
An industrial printing technique that creates a sharp-edged image by pressing ink through a design on silk.
Seriography
offset
Screen Printing
Silk-Screen
The piece of equipment used to cure the shirts.
curing oven
flashing unit
drier
exposure unit
This occurs when an ink that is printed migrates outside of its printed area into surrounding areas of the shirt
overprint
offset
leaking
bleeding
A light sensitive liquid chemical that is applied to the screen, it becomes most light sensitive when dry.
synthesis
emulsion
exposure
windex
This is used when we need to RECLAIM the screen for another job.
emulsion remover
transparency
white scrub pad
washing station
This is the clear piece of "plastic" with your artwork printed onto it in all black.
Film Positive
transparency
plate
mesh
The process of exposing a printed shirt to a heat source less than that of the curing oven in order to make the ink dry to the touch
Flash Cure
curing oven
air dry
quick dry
Spreading ink over the screen and then pushing the ink through the screen respectively.
inking the shirt
flooding and stroke
bleed and fill
pull and push
The rectangular wood or metal body used to hold the stretched mesh in a fixed position
Screen
Plate
Platen
emulsion
This is the piece of equipment that will shine light on your emulsion coated screen curing the emulsion
curing oven
flash unit
wash tank
exposure unit
Curing the emulsion where your artwork is located
exposing
washing
heating
flash burn
Space between screen and printed material on your screen press?
off contact
safe zone
alignment
trimming
