Screen Printing, From the Production Line
Screen printing knowledge from people who actually run the machines.
Written from industrial production experience — automotive-grade discipline applied to process, inks, equipment and quality. For print shop owners, engineers and serious hobbyists.
Explore the Foundry
Automotive Interior
Our home ground: plastic substrates, adhesion, IMD/INS and the automakers' quality bar.
02Process & Technique
Mesh, tension, squeegees, curing — and how to fix every common print defect.
03Inks & Materials
UV vs solvent systems, low surface energy plastics and surface treatment.
04Equipment
How a factory actually evaluates presses, exposure units and dryers.
05Quality & Testing
Adhesion standards, abrasion and climate tests, first article inspection.
06Tools
Free shop-floor calculators and converters — mesh counts, openings, and more. No sign-up.
Latest Guides
- Ink Performance Testing: The 10 Properties You Can Actually Measure
An equipment-first guide to ink testing — viscosity, fineness, adhesion, hardness and six more properties, each with the instrument that measures it and what the result tells you on press.
- Sawtoothing (Jagged Edges) in Screen Printing: Causes, Mechanics, and What Actually Fixes It
Why straight edges print as staircases in screen printing: the mesh-grid mechanism, washout anchoring, EOM gasket sealing, the 22.5° mesh angle, and which press parameters can soften sawtoothing when you cannot remake the screen.
- Screen Printing Defects: The Complete Field Guide
A working atlas of the print defects you will actually meet on a production line — what each one looks like, why it happens, and how it is usually fixed. Each entry links to a deep-dive guide.
- Screen Printing Mesh Terms Explained: What That Spec Table Actually Means
Mesh count, thread diameter, mesh opening, thickness, weave type — the six lines in every mesh listing, explained in plain language with a real screen under the magnifier.