Welcome to the Catspit Productions screen printing forum for beginners and intermediate printers. We encourage screen printers of all experience levels to participate and help new and beginning screen printers. The basic threads will be based on the screen printing process overview on the Printing Articles page. There are also threads for each of the vendor’s on the Print Supplies page. Please respect each vendor’s thread by only posting items relevant to that specific vendor. Vendors are not permitted to contribute to other vendor’s threads but they may contribute to other threads on the forum as well as their own vendor thread.
This forum is offered as a free learning and educational tool for beginning and experienced screen printers. It is our hope that the tools and information provided on this forum and website will help you in all of your screenprinting endeavors. All of the information provided here is on an as is basis without guarantees of any kind and it is ultimately your responsibility to research your topics thoroughly. Website Legal Information.
Forum Rules
Please keep the forum clean and family friendly. Trolling or aggressive behavior is unacceptable. Posting solely for the purpose of generating links is not allowed. Please make positive and productive contributions to the forum. Commercial vendors selling new products and services are prohibited from using the forum as an advertising venue. Commercial advertising posts will be deleted and commercial users abusing the forum will be banned without notice. The purpose of this forum is to help teach people how to screen print tee shirts and should be used as such. There is a no tolerance threshold for abuse. Catspit Productions reserves the right to ban any user for any reason without notice. Thank you for your cooperation in making this a valuable educational screenprinting forum.
The Business: Advertising, Customers, Marketing & More
This section is all about the business side of screen printing. This may include but is not limited to business procedures, marketing and advertising, return or misprint policies, customer relations and pricing. Basically anything that has to do with the business side of screen printing.
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Getting Started
This is the place to talk about what it takes to get started. This would include what equipment to buy, space requirements, electrical needs and anything related to getting ready to begin screen printing. Have a question regarding what it takes to screen print tee shirts? Please post them here...
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Creating Artwork
Anything and everything to do with creating artwork for screen printing. This is where you can discuss graphic software and color separating techniques plus much more.
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Making Film Positives
This is the place to talk about how to create film positives for screen printing. You may discuss topics like RIP software, inkjet and laser printers, film positive products, thermal printers and image setters.
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Screen Making
This section is all about screen making. This would include stretching, mesh prep, and coating the screens with emulsion. All related topics such as screen storage and trouble shooting for getting screens ready to expose.
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Exposing & Washing Out The Stencil
Here you can discuss issues related to exposing screens for screen printing. This includes determining the exposure, light sources and washing out the stencil in the washout booth. Emulsion issues may also be addressed here.
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Setting Up On The Press
This section is for issues relating to setting up print jobs on automatic, manual rotary or fixed station printing presses. Topics like registration, off contact, micro registration and how to use a manual textile press with the flash cure on multiple color print jobs. Automatic press set up, usage and auto features may also be discussed here.
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Using Plastisol Inks
Here you can discuss any issues related to working with plastisol screen printing inks. This would include curing, mixing colors, additives, brands, usages and much more.
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Using Water Based Inks
Here you can discuss any issues related to working with water based screen printing inks. This would include curing, heat setting, mixing colors, additives, brands, usages and much more.
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Printing The Tee Shirts
This is the section concerning all things that relate to printing on press. Topics may include but are not limited to loading the pallets, screen set up, registration problems, squeegee durometer, how to screen print using an automatic, manual rotary press or fixed station presses and general trouble shooting on any print job.
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Reusing & Reclaiming Screens
This section is all about how to reclaim screens by removing the stencil with emulsion remover. Topics include working with emulsion removers, pressure washers, trouble shooting and waste disposal concerns.
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Heat Press Equipment
This forum is the place to discuss the heat presses themselves. Do you have a question about heat presses? Do you want to share your favorite heat press? Would you like to post a heat press review? This is the place.
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Digital Transfers
This forum is for talking about digitally printed laser and inkjet heat transfers. You can discuss how to print and press them as well as which ones work best and what printers provide best results.
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Plastisol Transfers
Here is the place to post on topics related to screen printed plastisol transfers, papers and adhesive powders. Methods of printing and semi curing would be appropriate here.
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Vinyl Transfers
In this section you can talk about working with plotter cut vinyl transfers. What vinyl’s and plotters work best and which software you like best. Techniques of layering multi color transfers, weeding and pressing should be included here.
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Sublimation
The topics in this area should deal with sublimation. You may post about the papers, printers, inks and/or systems for sublimating textiles or other novelty items a screen printer might sell.
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RhinoTech
This forum is dedicated to RhinoTech. RhinoTech is a participant in the Catspit Productions discounted print supplies program. Here you can discuss RhinoTech equipment and supplies. You may direct questions to RhinoTech as they may respond directly here.
Saati
This forum is dedicated to Saati. Saati is a participant in the Catspit Productions discounted print supplies program. Here you can discuss Saati equipment and supplies. You may direct questions to Saati as they may respond directly here.
Integrity Print Supply
This forum is dedicated to Integrity Print Supply. Integrity Print Supply is a participant in the Catspit Productions discounted print supplies program. Here you can discuss Integrity Print Supply equipment and supplies. You may direct questions to Integrity Print Supply as they may respond directly here.
Classifieds
In the free classifieds forum you may post screen printing items you may wish to sell or give away. This section is intended for individuals and not companies selling new products or services. Commercial posts will be deleted and commercial users will be banned without notice.
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Networking
Here you may share your thoughts on social networking and promote your social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and your personal printing websites.
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YouTube
This forum is dedicated to all of our YouTube audience and sharing videos. Feel free to post your favorite YouTube screenprinting videos here and discuss how to make the most of YouTube as a social networking platform.
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