What is the term registration when it comes to screen printing?
Registration, as it relates to screen printing, is very different from signing up for your classes at school. It is simply the process of making sure the design lines up exactly as it should for the print. This can be done in two different phases of the screen printing process.
The first phase to create tighter registration is during the design of the artwork. Trapping the artwork will give each color a little stroke so that everything lines up together without any space.
The second phase is positioning the screens and securing them properly to make sure every t-shirt gets the same print in the same location. Sometimes this part of the process can take extra time because a sample needs to be run and adjustments have to be made. Once the screens are secured and screwed in tight, the print lines up beautifully for the rest of the run.
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