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  • Camera-Ready Art

    Camera-Ready Art

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    Camera-Ready Art: Production ready art. Artwork that requires no alterations or modifications and is ready for output onto film or vellum.

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  • Ultraviolet Light

    Ultraviolet Light

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    Ultraviolet Light: Light with a wave length shorter than that of visible light. It is so named because the spectrum consists of electromagnetic waves with frequencies higher than those that humans identify as the color violet. Ultraviolet light is commonly called black light. UV light is the ideal type of light for exposing screen and curing certain types of ink.

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  • Screen

    Screen

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    Screen: A wooden or metal frame with mesh tightly attached to it.

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  • Tension Meter

    Tension Meter

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    Tension Meter: Device used to measure screen tension.

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  • Flood Stroke

    Flood Stroke

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    Flood Stroke: A heavily angled squeegee stroke used to fill the screen with ink. A squeegee angle of 60 degrees is typical.

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  • Chiller Plate

    Chiller Plate

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    Chiller Plate: A metal plate that is applied to a flashed print to absorb the heat from a print.

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  • Scoop Coater

    Scoop Coater

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    Scoop coater: A metal tough used to dispense emulsion for the purpose of coating screens.

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  • Composite Image

    Composite Image

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    • Screen Printing Photo Glossary
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    Composite image: A combination of all the color separated films.

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  • Carousel

    Carousel

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    Carousel: A screen printing press consisting of several print heads and/or platens that can be moved in a rotary fashion for multicolor printing.

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  • Blockout

    Blockout

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    Blockout: An emulsion like chemical that is used to cover pin holes and to block out any area of the screen that you do not want ink to pass through.

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