Thermal Screen Masters
Riso Screen Masters or Thermal Screens are used to carry the image to be printed - the image is burned in to the thermal screen.
Thermal screen is made from a durable polyester mesh backed with a heat sensitive plastic film; when carbon based artwork (photocopy, laser print, carbon pen drawing, etc.) is placed against the plastic side of the screen and passed through the thermal screen maker, the plastic backing melts away, resulting in a stencil being created. (No need for emulsions, exposure units, cutting or solvents.)
After printing with water-based inks, the framed screen can be cleaned easily with water, then dried and stored for future use. When used with water-based inks, the 70- and 100-mesh screens can produce several hundred prints; enamel and plastisol inks can be used for smaller runs. The 135- and 200-mesh screens allow finer detailed designs to be created; use a ScreenFax or Gocco printer to image the 135- and 200-mesh screens. A standard thermal screen maker (3M or Panenka) can image the 70- and 100-mesh screens.
We can make a custom thermal screen for you created with your personal design. Send us your black and white artwork and we'll send you back your custom thermal silk screen in the size of your choice.
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Thermal screen is heat sensitive material to which your design is 'burned' to when thermal screen printing.Thermal screen is made from a durable polyester mesh backed with a plastic film which burns away when passing through the thermal screen maker
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Thermal screen in an economical roll. Carries burned image when thermal screen printing .
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