Can you screen print over the zipper?
I'm not going to say that screen printing over a zipper is impossible but I am going to say it is something that we definitely do not do. There are quite a few problems with trying to do this and the end result is not satisfactory for the screen printer or the customer.
First off, having a zipper on a product is advantageous only if the zipper works. Printing ink over it will likely become a teeth in the zipper and potential cause it to run off the tracks. Even if the zipper doesn't come off the tracks, the printed design will be split in half and more than likely messed up.
The only possible solution and it isn't a good one, is to break the design in half and print as close to the zipper on each side as possible. There also isn't a way to print right up to the zipper. Even if we were able to print as close as possible to the zipper, it would still be very difficult to have the design even on both sides because the product would need to be put on the platen at two different times.
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