Our Process

Step One
The journey from idea to shirt is a detailed one. We start with the customers idea and have a long conversation to make sure we understand the job, amount of colors, number of prints, etc. Next we move to the art department who takes your idea and starts shaping it into the final design that can be put to screen and actually printed. The next step is getting the art proofs ready! Now that we have a really good idea of the way the art is supposed to look we turn the art dept. loose on the project. After getting some ideas together, one of the talented members of our art staff e-mailed the customer with some ideas and gain approval. The next step…sending the proofs

Step Two
We work with you until you LOVE your proof! Only after you approve the proof do we print the order. Now We’re Ready to Roll!

Step Three
After the art has been approved. We need to output the film that we use to make the screens. Turning out the lights: All of the art is then pre-registered and checked for detail and quality: Once the art is completely approved in-house we send the job to our screen dept. The first step in the screen department is to coat the screens with a photosensitive emulsion. Next, the screen dries, it’s placed on the vacuum light table and exposed with a 3000 watt metal halide light.

The Final Touches
After being exposed the screens are then washed out with a pressure washer at around 1300 psi. Once the image is washed out it is double checked with the films for accuracy.

The Actual Printing Process
Each color in the design must be blocked, taped, setup, and squeegeed. For smaller runs, we use one of our manual presses, for larger runs with more colors, we use our 14 head automatic press. By “flashing” or drying the ink between each color layer, we are able to give you bright, professional quality printing, with years of wear and tear.