HT Screenprint

HT Screenprint Services have been operating from our base in Dalgety Bay since 1993 and supply to a varied range of customers.

The advantage of screenprinting over other print processes is that the press can print on substrates of any shape, thickness and size, whether 1 colour or full colour print. A significant characteristic of screen printing is that a greater thickness of the ink can be applied to the substrate than is possible with other printing techniques.

The image that needs to be printed is output to film either by camera or image-setter. This film positive and the mesh on the screen are sandwiched together and exposed to ultra-violet light in a device called a print-down frame. The screen is then washed with a jet of water which washes away all the light sensitive emulsion that has not been hardened by the ultra-violet light. This leaves you with an open stencil which corresponds exactly to the image that was supplied on the film.