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Summary: Making sure your image is in the same place can make a screen print look more professional. Learn how to set up your screen from a printmaking expert in this free video.
Kate Van Der Riet is an Oakland, California based printmaker, specializing in intaglio, lithography and screen printing. She learned printing at University, where she studied under a...read more
"Now that your proofs are perfect, you're ready to set up your registration. Lift your screen and you want to fold your acetate over your table. Just run your arm over it and make sure it catches the glue and is nice and smooth. Lower your screen down and you want to pull a print on to your acetate. This way you always know where your screen is printing. Lift your screen back up and flood your screen. Then you can take your good surface, your good paper, and you're going to slide it underneath your acetate and you can sort of shimmy it around to make sure that your print is going to go down in exactly the right place. Then you want to lift your acetate up. Get that out of the way. Make sure that's solid, lower your screen down and go ahead and pull your good print. And flood back up. And there's your good print."
eHow Article: Making An Even Screen Print