Printing Plackets on an Auto?

[3Deep]

Ok I want to print some plackets on my auto, How do you guys do it, and now here is my dumb idea of using what I got, I thinking about cutting a slot in one of my old squeegees and a matching slot in on of my old flood bars to move over the buttons.  I thought about cutting them down to half, but the choppers pressure would be half cocked...trying to do this without doing anything to pallets.

Darryl

[ebscreen]

Sleeve pallets unless you need to print both sides. If you do, cut a squeegee but
you shouldn't need to cut floodbars unless there's something I don't know about
Anatol's.

[3Deep]

Ebscreen, I don't have sleeve pallets( would like to have some), I want to try and work with the pallets I have now and the reason I want to cut a slot in the flood bar is the flood bar would catch on the buttons same as the squeegee would do.  With the slots I thinking you could print plackets on a flat pallet as you would a teeshirt.

Darryl

[ebscreen]

I had thought most machines flood with the tables down leaving clearance for a placket.
That's what I get for assuming!

Stranger things have been done, but that's gonna be real hard on your mesh.

[3Deep]

Ebscreen your right!!!!! I was thinking way to dam much....I'm good I'll cut the slot on squeegee and use a not so tight screen... might work might not or it's back to the manual press.

Darryl

[T Shirt1]

Or cut the area for the placket out of an old platen. 

[Frog]

Or, if it's easy to raise your off contact, build up the area next to the high seams and buttons.
I have pieces of dense foam sheets and neoprene and such for these and other problem garments.

[3Deep]

I cut a slot in my squeegee a 70 duro and low and behold it's working, the screen is about a 13 to 14 newton screen and I put blue tape down the middle to keep the buttons from wearing on the screen...the sample prints look great!!! this will work for now until I get the correct set up.

Darryl

[Parker 1]

Or, if it's easy to raise your off contact, build up the area next to the high seams and buttons.
I have pieces of dense foam sheets and neoprene and such for these and other problem garments.

I like this idea.  I've seen printers do this for full and 1/4 zip hoodies and pull-overs.

[prozyan]

I  too  notched a squeegee  for this purpose.   Works  great.

[3Deep]

Frog the only problem I have with that is, I'd have to do that on eight pallets, but some thing to think about and build to slap on the pallets when I'm doing plackets.  What I did today worked out fine for this job.

Darryl

[Frog]

I'm just a little concerned of a break-through from the buttons, even with a short squeegee. Run some tape there for a little reinforcement.

[TCT]

We have had the buttons pop a screen. But that was before we cut a squeegee like you guys are talking about.  As far as flooding,  we just put a mess if ink in and raised the flood bar. I kind of remember somewhere that made specialty squeegee and flood bar for this, probably Action.
The sleeve boards are a good idea also, never thought of that. We actually have 4 (if I remember correctly) extra sleeve boards for anatol, if you are interested. Probably let them go for a song....

[3Deep]

Beat ya to that Frog, but thanks for the advice anyway,  printing plackets on my manual just takes to long since I only have one pallet set up for it, printing on the auto today took only a half hour.

Darryl

[Logoman]

We tape a piece of cardboard on the back of the screen where the buttons hit and use a short squeegee