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How do we keep new people from excessive frustration?
yorkie:
Not till they are bloodied and beaten, are people ready for the hard truth and it is then that the vultures feed.
One thing which would be helpful, would be to have a single package which would be purchased, which could produce the benchmark shirt. The package would need to include the computer file, film, screens, ink, a printed shirts and a half dozen blank shirts. "in theory" anyone should be able to take the contents of the package and reproduce the printed shirt. Then take the film and burn a replacement screen which matches the provided screen, then produce fresh film...
Too many printers have the "my crap don't stink attitude". A printer will never be good, till they see every flaw in every print, then pro-actively works to prevent the same problem from re-occurring.
Fresh Baked Printing:
--- Quote from: yorkie on May 25, 2011, 03:55:00 PM ---Too many printers have the "my crap don't stink attitude". A printer will never be good, till they see every flaw in every print, then pro-actively works to prevent the same problem from re-occurring.
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Right on! My crap prints make me a better printer!
blue moon:
--- Quote from: yorkie on May 25, 2011, 03:55:00 PM ---Not till they are bloodied and beaten, are people ready for the hard truth and it is then that the vultures feed.
One thing which would be helpful, would be to have a single package which would be purchased, which could produce the benchmark shirt. The package would need to include the computer file, film, screens, ink, a printed shirts and a half dozen blank shirts. "in theory" anyone should be able to take the contents of the package and reproduce the printed shirt. Then take the film and burn a replacement screen which matches the provided screen, then produce fresh film...
Too many printers have the "my crap don't stink attitude". A printer will never be good, till they see every flaw in every print, then pro-actively works to prevent the same problem from re-occurring.
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this idea, but would take it even further. Why not have some good, high end prints, films and screens for the experienced printers? The film can be something useful for calibrating the exposure times and mesh selection (35-75 lpi 0%-100% blocks). We get some great prints with a 55lpi halftones and a sample shirt printed with a screen like it. Or something similar . . .
Not having a screen printing background, I still struggle to find appropriate quality benchmarks. I have used some Andy Anderson's prints and have set the bar pretty high, but I always wanted to know, what is the industry standard? Are we better or worse and by how much? I know my spots lack, but my sim is pretty darn good. How much more do I have to work on my spot colors? Having something to look at would be very helpful.
prozyan:
--- Quote from: Fresh Baked Printing (bkd001) on May 25, 2011, 02:11:45 PM ---When I first started, I spent quite a bit of time on the phone with Roger Jennings.
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Ha, Roger got my feet wet too. It was always nice to be able to call him up and get some solid advice.
Artelf2xs:
It's amazing how many people come to me that bought a youdu printer or a franchise like PrintMe or even a transfer press and are shocked that it is all " So technical" I thought you just put ink in the screen and pulled the squeegee??
I say you just tell them to go to youtube, type in print your own t-shirts, watch every vid and they will be an expert.......
At what not to do
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