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How many reg marks are really needed?

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BRGtshirts:
Okay, because we're all trying to make it to Christmas and I've got the spirit, I'll share our reg marks, not so much for edification but probably more to give some people a chuckle. 

a) you'll see we do three at the top and bottom. That's a holdover from long ago. Our artists have them as a group and pull the down onto the art board in one fell swoop, so no big deal except the taping out part.   I've heard the '2 at the top , 1 at the bottom' for a long time, but still have never committed to doing something like that for fear of registration issues. A few years ago we had terrible image twisting on press which was eventually traced back to different length pegs (MHM press) but I guess I've never recovered as we're on a whole new screen system and that's a non-issue now.

b) the shape is something we created on our own. Idea behind the diagonals were to give a better idea which way something was out. Charlie Taublieb one time mentioned about adding a small filled in square for easier identification of something being out, but won't touch these things again until I want to reduce number and change/modify the shape.

so there you go. one of the many secrets to our success and use of tape  :)  (oh, and btw, I have no idea about the dog art haha).    Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Croft:
cross in the centre top and a reg. mark to left and right about 6" out has served us well , use it regularly with tri loc setup with no issue, then all that needs to be taped off is one strip across the top.

Sbrem:
4 forever, but 3 is fine as well, or as those show-offs say, none, lol...

Steve

inkman996:
None, but thats because we have a CTS.

Homer:

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--- Quote from: GraphicDisorder on December 15, 2020, 12:36:30 PM ---We haven't used reg marks for nearly a decade.

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This and have been tapeless for 5+ years

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