Quickstartguide:Screenprint

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Steps to take for screen printing a two colour design on paper.

Make a design

Make colour separations and print both layers with black on transparant sheet

Coat a screen with light sensitive emulsion

Expose screen to UV light

Wash out the non-exposed parts

Let the screen dry

In the drying drawers, don't place it in a drawer above a non exposed screen to avoid dripping water on a non exposed screen.

Get paper.

Paper sheets thickness and weight doesn’t mater Use paper sheets of the same size

Mix inks

one part acrylic paint one part screen print medium

Place the screen in the clamps on the print table.

Stick the transparent to a sheet of paper

Place the paper on the table and line it up with the image on the screen.

Place lay marks

Result, prints on paper

Clean the screen