Custom Screen Printing

SCREEN PRINTING - Say no More.... WE are the pioneer of screen printing and have been offering everything from High Tech process screen printing to as simple as a one to 10 color logo. Your custom tshirts and sweatshirts will look great.

Bring your design in and let one of our professionals help you decide whats best for you to satisfy your look and budget. Click "Read More" for additional information.

Guertin Graphics & Awards uses state of the art high speed automatic multi color screenprinting equipment. Our professional printing staff can handle even the most complex designs and give you the beautiful, vivid prints you need to give your organization recognition.

Screen machine

Screen printing is a process that uses fine screen meshes stretched tightly over frames. The mesh is coated with a material that is used to create a type of stencil. Ink is then pushed through this stencil onto the material and made permanent through the use of heat. Multi colored designs are created by using a separate screen for each color. We can custom mix any color in the spectrum, and can also match pantone colors and special effects colors such as glow in the dark, reflective, and fluorescent.

Below are some examples of the different types of artwork that can be screenprinted, along with the printing process used for each. These samples of artwork were created in our in-house art department, according to the requests of our customers. We can create your design using your own ideas, sketches, or images, or you can submit your own art directly. If you choose to submit your own "camera ready" art, please check our Customer Artwork Reqs page for the requirements.

One Color Sample

The simplest designs are one color "Line Art". When choosing a one color design, it's important to keep in mind the color of the item you are printing on. If printing on dark colors, the artwork must be created as a negative or "reversal" as shown below.

This is an example of a simple two color design. Adding even one color can make a simple design much more interesting and eye catching.

This design appears to be two colors, but is actually three. Whenever printing colors on a dark shirt, it's often necessary to print a separate white "underlay" underneath the overall design. Keep this in mind when creating your shirt design.

Four Color Sample

To print the image to the right, the best option would be to use "Simulated Process" color. This is similar to 4 color process, except that it spot colors (spot colors are specific to the artwork, whereas 4 color process always uses cyan, magenta, yellow and black regardless of the artwork) including custom mixed colors to match specific art requirements. This is the most complex option, but can have the most dramatic results. Because it's on a dark background, the first color to be printed is white, all dark shirts require a white underlay for all colors of ink except black, otherwise the other colors would not be visible. In textile printing, a dark shirt would be most colors, including royal blue, red, green etc. Only the lightest colors can be printed without underlay. Because the body of the motorcycle is done as a separate color in this design, it could be printed in any color, so the bike can be different colors without redoing any of the artwork or screens.

Spot Sample

This design consists of 7 colors including a white underlay, but there appears to be several shades of blue due to the use of halftone shading in the design. Halftones (or areas where one ink color is printed using small dots to decrease the density of the color) can be often be used to make one color appear to be several colors.

Four Color Spot Sample

This is an example of a 4 "spot color" design. Spot colors are used when there is no blending of multiple colors to create other colors, as shown below. The advantage to using spot colors, is that they are usually solid areas of color, so they are bright and vivid, and they can be precisely mixed to exactly the shade required.

Below is a sample of an image that would be printed using "4 color process". This means that the image would be separated by computer into 4 basic colors, cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. All the subtle variations in color would be created by the mixing of these basic 4. 4 color process is best for printing photographic images, however process color inks are transparent, and so can only be printed onto white or other light colored materials.

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