GC 2070 Exam 1 Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) What is screen printing? - Correct Answers ✅Transferring an image by forcing ink through a stencil (opening) Screen Printing Products - Correct Answers ✅T-shirts, towels, glassware, posters, decals
Screen Printing: Printing speed? Run length? Compared to
other processes? - Correct Answers ✅*Speed:* slow, long
prep time
*Run length:* short runs, economically viable
*Compare:* very versatile, thick ink for outdoor durability,
opaque ink covers well, brilliant colors Types of Screen Printing Presses - Correct Answers ✅*Flatbed Press* (Clamshell/Four Poster) Sheet fed *Cylinder Press* Sheet fed, 4,000 to 6,000 impressions per hour *Rotary Press* Web fed, 200 feet per minute *Carousel Press* 1 / 3
GC 2070 Exam 1 Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Textile or CD Printer SGIA - Correct Answers ✅Specialty Graphic Imaging Association What segments of the market does SGIA support? - Correct Answers ✅Lots of them, know 4 Ex. Digital imaging, screen printing, signs, point of purchase, decals, graphics, textiles, garments Industrial screen printing is ... - Correct Answers ✅The ability to print virtually any liquid onto virtually any solid, makes it the most flexible of all the imaging processes Mesh filament materials - Correct Answers
✅*Monofilament:* single strand per thread
-more expensive but reuse often
*Multifilament:* many strands per thread
-stencil adhere better, thicker ink deposit, clean poorly -less expensive, throw away after 1 use What is mesh made of? - Correct Answers ✅*Nylon* -flexes, stretches for container printing 2 / 3
GC 2070 Exam 1 Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) -absorbs water and liquids, so may change size *Polyester* -does not elongate much, stable -stronger -takes tension better *Silk* -weaker -expensive *Cotton* -cheap -very weak *Stainless steel* -very strong -conducts electricity
DdMO - Correct Answers ✅D: total mesh thickness
d: one thread thickness
M: width of mesh opening
O: open area of screen
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