Screen
Printing
Screen printing
is our primary method of production. We do not have any offset, lithographic or
flexographic printing presses.
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Largest ImageWe have printing presses capable of printing up to 4'
x 8' in a single pass. We can print larger images, but they must be printed in
sections. For example, we can print a 4' x 20' banner. With our press it must
be printed 3 times per color.
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Die Cutting
Our steel rule die cutter has a maximum image
area of 14" x 22". We do not do thermal die cutting.
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Pad Printing
Single color pad printing is available. Our
pad printer is manually operated making it suitable for short runs. It is especially good
at printing golf balls.
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On Site Sign Installation
We sometimes
install simple ground level post signs, but as a general rule, we don't do on site sign
installations. We don't have a crane or a bucket truck. We don't install signs beyond the
reach of simple extension ladders. We don't do any electrical work nor do we install light
boxes. If you're in our area and you need this type of service, we can refer you to local
sign shops that do this type of work.
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Digital Imaging We have a large format inkjet printer. It prints using
CMYK and can handle images 35.5" wide by almost any length. It prints on a variety of
media.
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Sheet Fed Printing
Presses
All of our printing presses are sheet fed.
Some are semi-automatic. We do not have any roll to roll or automatic printing presses.
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Halftones
If you don't require fine screens, then you
can use halftones in your artwork. Since we use solvent based inks, halftones are
not easy for us to print. To compensate for the difficulty created by the solvent based
inks, we generally use halftone screens of 25 to 45 lines per inch.
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Special Fabrication &
Finishing
We have a small wood shop equipped with a variety of wood working saws, drills,
routers and other tools. We also have a limited number of steel working tools as well as a
mig welder. We often construct special displays, signs and frames for special projects.
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Large Sheet Trimming
Our main paper cutter can handle 50" stock.
We also have a slightly more accurate cutter that can handle stock sizes up to
30".
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MAC
vs PC
Files
In an effort to make it as easy as possible for you to provide us artwork on disk, we have
both MACs and PCs in our art department.
On our brand new G3 PowerMac we have Quarkxpress 4.0, Adobe Illustrator 8.0 and CorelDraw
8.0. On our PCs we have CorelDraw 8.0, Adobe PhotoShop 5.0, Signlab, and Postershop.
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4 Color Process Printing
It is difficult for us to
print anything but coarse halftones, so we are not currently offering 4 color process
printing.
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Scratch Off Ink
Screen printing is the by far the best method for applying specialty inks.
One of the most common specialty inks is scratch-off ink. Most instant win lottery game
tickets are printed with scratch-off inks. We can print scratch off inks without any
problems.
Screen printing is the by far the best method for applying specialty inks.
One of the most common specialty inks is scratch-off ink. Most instant win lottery game
tickets are printed with scratch-off inks. We can print scratch off inks without any
problems.
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Fabric Printing
Most fabrics are printed with plastisol ink which must be heated to 300 to 400
degrees in order to cure (dry). As long as the printed piece can fit through our
24" heated conveyor dryer, we can print fabric.
Most fabrics are printed with plastisol ink which must be heated to 300 to 400
degrees in order to cure (dry). As long as the printed piece can fit through our
24" heated conveyor dryer, we can print fabric.
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Cap Printing
We offer single
color printing only. Caps must be suitable to screen printing.
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Cylinder Printing
If you only need one color
and the object is relatively small, such as a plastic mug, but not as small as an ball
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Solvent Based Ink or UV Ink
We are currently using traditional solvent based inks. We plan to add a UV dryer
within the next 12 months. When we do, we will start using UV inks for as many
products as possible.
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We use a leading sign making software package (Signlab) connected to a Gerber
13" sprocket fed plotter. Vinyl graphics are suitable for many one of kind signs and
banners as well as for automotive graphics.
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Lamination
We have two laminators.
Our 24" model is designed for traditional heated laminates. Images slightly under
24" can be fully encapsulated.
Our second laminator is
capable of handling 36" cold mount laminates.
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Vehicle Graphics Installation
We have a
vehicle bay accessed by a 10' x 10' drive in door. If your vehicle will fit through the
door, then we can apply graphics to it any time of year in any weather. If your
vehicle must be lettered outdoors, then favorable weather conditions are a must.
Cold weather (below 55-60 degrees) prohibits the proper application of graphics.
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T-Shirts & Garments
Our manual
t-shirt printer can handle four colors with a 13" x 13" maximum image size.
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