How to Make Screen Printed Umbrella
There are several printing methods used in umbrella making, of which screen printing is the most common.
At first, a screen is made by a screen dryer, and then the screen is fixed to a square wooden frame, the workers then pour the paint into the frame, which is then covered with a triangular cloth. They oil-sweep it and the pattern is printed on the cloth. This procedure can be done mechanically or manually. Screen printing is characterized by a clear pattern color, usually printed on the color of the pattern or the company logo is the most ideal. Screen printing is the silk fabric, synthetic fiber fabric, or metal screen stretched on the screen frame, using hand-carved paint film or photochemical plate-making method to make a screen printing plate. When printing by scraper extrusion, so that the ink through the image and text part of the mesh transfer to the substrate, the same as the original text. Screen printing equipment is simple and easy to operate, and printing and plate-making are simple and low-cost and have strong adaptability.
Screen printing is widely used in a wide range of common printing products: color oil paintings, posters, business cards, binding covers, commodity signs, and dyeing textiles.