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“We are a flat sheet printer who was looking to get into the screen printing trade. After comparisons to the competitors we were sold mainly on the service Ryonet® promised to deliver, along with the equipment.” What attracted you to ROQ (S.Roque) in the first place and what made up your mind to purchase a […]

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So, you’re struggling to dial in your exposure time. Welcome to the club. This is the most common issue we hear about at Ryonet. In fact, questions about exposure time come in from screen printers every day. Multiple times a day. Most of the time we suggest getting a step wedge test to really dial […]

Using a ink mixing system offers a lot of benefits for your screen printing shop, including color flexibility, cost savings, and an added benefit to your customers. And there are a number of things that you can do to make mixing your own water based ink a bigger benefit to your shop. But there’s one […]

Getting into water based printing isn’t as hard as most long-time plastisol printers think. I’ve been printing with water based inks since 2008 and have helped hundreds of printers successfully transition over. If you step into it the right way, water based printing can actually be easier and save you time and money, versus printing […]

Screen Change: Changing a screen on an automatic press can be messy and clumsy. But not if you have the right tools. With a ROQ screen change is a piece of cake! 1. Get your clean screen and squeegee ready to be put into place. 2. Release the screen clamps, front and back. 3. Use […]

“One In A Million started screen printing in 2008 with a Riley Hopkins® press and small dryer. After a few years we invested in our first automatic. We bought a Brown press – what problems didn’t we have? It wasn’t funny.” What attracted you to ROQ (S.Roque) in the first place and what made up […]

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These are the main processes in screen printing. Design your art. Create your film. Expose your screen. Rinse your stencil. Register your art. Print your desings. Clean your art. Reclaim your screen. While screen printing is often placed in the “arts and crafts” category, it relies on very defined processes to be successful. In order […]

“Niche or be niched.” –Unknown Maybe you’ve heard that quote before, maybe not, but it’s truer in screen printing than in anything else. Screen printing is a very competitive business. If you think you just can go buy a bunch of equipment, hang a sign on your door that says “open for screen printing” (or […]

Printing wet on wet has several advantages, but mainly, it is faster. And anyone who owns and runs their shop knows, time is money. Printing wet on wet not only keeps your pallet cool because you are not flashing in between prints but also skipping that need to flash your area able to crank up […]

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“We started January 21, 2011. We printed everything on a Riley Hopkins® four-station, six-color press (which we love). We were receiving orders for 100-500 for local colleges, and they usually gave us a five-day notice and wanted to know if it was possible to get it done. We never said no, but we realized that […]

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You’ve just bought the Green Galaxy® Fusion Mixing System…now what? If you’ve selected your color and are ready to pull your scale out and start a rainbow chemistry lab, you’re on the right track. All you need is: – A gram scale (least 0.1 g (optimal .01 g) – Empty containers for mixing and storage […]

We had a blast with our customers this year! Here’s the list of our top 5 favorite screen printing moments in 2014: Riley Hopkins Goes Black – Feb 12, 2014 We started this year strong, and we made some very drastic changes to our Riley Hopkins presses both aesthetically and functionally. Read our article about […]

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