D-Shaped Bag

502131 - "D" shaped bag from Redi-Medic. Another customized bag, your choice of embroidery or silkscreen printing.
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Silk Screen Printing

Legendary references point out to the fact that silk was discovered in Asia. In Silkscreen printing, screens were originally made of a piece of absorbent fine silk. Silkscreen printing originated from simple Japanese stenciling art forms. The modern Silkscreen process has evolved from ideas adopted by John Pilsworth in 1914 in San Francisco, California. This is known to be the first reference material on how to use a Silkscreen to form multicolor prints. It is a source of information that is applied even today.

Screen printing, also known as Silkscreening or serigraphy, is a printing method that usually creates a sharp edged single color mage using a stencil and a porous fabric. An image created using this technique is called a screen-print or serigraph. In electrical terms, silkscreen refers to the writing on a printed circuit board. This method maybe used in etching copper wiring on a circuit board.

This technology gained its popularity from the “Pop Art Movement” of the 1960s. At present, this method is increasingly being used in fine arts and small-scale commercial printing. Silkscreening gained popularity during the First World War. The industry flourished in response to the increasing demand for printing flags and banners. Consequently, the use of graphic stencils also increased.

There are several ways to create a pattern for screen printing. The simplest way to create a silkscreen pattern is by hand. One can acquire a desired shape by cutting a piece of paper or plastic film and fasten it to the screen or by creating an illustration on the screen itself. A more artistic method involves painting a picture with drawing paint. After it dries, it is coated with screen filler. This is again dried and then, water is squirted on it. This washes away all the material leaving behind a stencil spray. This method permits the artist to stay true to the portrayal technique and yet create multiples.

Silkscreen printing is most commonly used for t-shirts, garments and other fabrics. It is also used on ceramic objects, metal, wood, paper, glass, and synthetic items. This technique is essential and ideal to represent bold and graphic designs. Today screen printing is more flexible than conventional printing techniques and is being increasingly used in a wide variety of industries.

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How to silkscreen your own t-shirts

For those who wonder how it's done, here's a video showing the steps. Of course, there's a lot of work involved. Look no further! Don't forget to go and download the pdf to get all the details and supply lists. http://makezine.com/podcast

Here at Redi-Medic, we have some help from what I call "the octupus"; makes printing a little faster:

4 Color Printing and Pantone

Colors exact attitude and moods. They are essential in a way that they give off meaning and feelings. This is also true with the printing systems.

The two common color printing systems used in printing services are Pantone and CMYK. Let us tackle them one by one.

Pantone Matching System (PMS), Spot color or Pantone color is a color system based on a set of inks which are mixed to produce solid colors. These colors are now used in printing your job order. The colors here are mixed prior to mixing thus, they are more accurate and consistent all throughout the printing job. Also, Pantone colors can be 'screened'. This means that fewer dots of color are used per inch therefore, the color emerge lighter. Pantone colors are indispensable when it comes to logos, stationery packages and the likes. This is especially true if the customer is interested in exacting the accurate color in the original image.

The use of Pantone colors in printing services is expensive compared to CMYK. This is the reason why the use of Pantone colors is limited up to three colors only. However, Pantone colors on your logo, graphics or your corporate color ensures that exact colors can be yielded.

Cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) colors also known as 4 color printing or process color printing uses the four ink colors in order to yield tiny dots referred to as screen or line screen. These dots contain tiny rainbow of colors. This is the reason why it can produce a full range of color. Thus, when your printing needs demand a wider color application, you can opt for 4 color printing.

4 color printing services is less expensive than Pantone color printing. If you further want lesser expense then go for CMYK digital printing instead of 4 color printing. Nonetheless, the colors, thickness of paper and types in digital printing are oftentimes limited. They are dependent on the printing machine's capabilities and specifications.

A word of caution in using 4 color printing: Do not expect to yield metallics and very bright colors. Most often than not, these colors vary depending on the printer's range, calibration and colors to be printed. Moreover, color accuracy may not be that exact. To expand the range of colors, use Pantone colors alternatively or go for a six or seven color printing. That way, you are not that limited in the choice of printing colors.

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Color Blender

ColorBlender is a free online tool for color matching and palette design. You start by picking a color and a 6-color matching palette (a "blend") will be automatically calculated. The blend of colors can be saved or exported to your graphic design application.

http://colorblender.com/

Silkscreened Bag - Millarville Rodeo

An example of Fine Silkscreening on a custom bag, this one for Millarville Rodeo. For complete customization options, or to get a quote on custom bag creation, see
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Signature Series Bag Color Options

Our Signature Series offers the largest selection of nylon fabric from which to choose. Embroidery is available as well as silkscreen printing.

Customized First Aid Kits at Redi-Medic®

Why settle for 6 or 7 stock colors, when you can design your own case. Redi-Medic® offers the largest selection of fabric colors to match your logo or corporate colors. Select the case colors and select the accessory colors. Your imagination is the only limit. We can do a 'virtual' design of your case to show you the possibilities. Be creative and present a superior product.