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Article: Screen printing...steady as she goes!
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- GATFWORLD
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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CopyrightCopyright Graphic Arts Technical Foundation Jan/Feb 2000. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The screen printing industry has had an excellent year and is expecting 2000 to be strong as well. Screen printing has truly become a commercial imaging process since the 1930s with the development of synthetic printing fabrics and durable photo-emulsion. The screen printing industry will enter the new century as a quiet giant, with its many segments connected by the commonality of process but obscured (and strengthened) by its diversity
Most commonly associated with t-shirt and garment decorating, screen printing is often erroneously referred to as "silk screening" by the uninitiated. In fact, silk has not been used for commercial screen printing for more than 35 years! Screen printing ...