Step 1 – Take a piece of clear acetate and place it on your printing table. The acetate will be used for registration purposes.
Step 2 – Tape one side of the acetate to the table using painter’s tape. I find painter’s tape is really easy to work with but you can substitute whatever you like.
Step 3 – Flip the acetate over and tape the other side. This will ensure that your acetate doesn’t move around.
Step 4 – Flip the acetate out of the way to make room for your screen frame.
Step 5 – Place the screen frame into the hinge clamps.
Step 6 - Check the positioning of the screen and make any necessary adjustments.
Step 7 – Cut a few pieces of card stock and tape them to the bottom corners of the screen frame, opposite the side of frame clamped by the hinges. This lifts the mesh off of the printing surface (“off contact”) which produces superior results when printing.
Step 8 – Here’s the screen frame “off contact” and ready for some ink!
Check out Screen Printing Tutorial: Paper – Part 2 for the next steps in this tutorial.
