Once you have an image, we separate the image into layers. Each layer or color of art for printing needs to be on its own screen. Once the colors are printed separately, you then have a complete image. Each layer is printed onto a film for “burning” the screen. Using a template, each film is placed upside-down and taped to the screen. The screen is then placed on a light table wehre the UV light makes a negative onto the photo sensitive emulsion. Once the light has done its job, we rinse the screen, and the image comes through.

After having all of the layers of the images burned onto the screen(s) we line up the screen(s) to make the image. Each film has registration marks to make the image easier to line up with each color. Designs are normally printed lightest to darkest, but it depends on the design.White ink is usually used for the base to make colors pop on darker colored shirts so that is used as the first screen and all the colors lined up accordingly. At this point, we ad the requested colors of ink to each screen for printing.