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      • Cracking emulsion
      • Design not appearing
      • Design still visible after reclaiming a screen (ghost image)
      • Details washing away when revealing the design
      • Drops appearing in the dried emulsion - Coating too thick
      • Emulsion getting damaged when revealing or printing
      • Impossible to fix the springs
      • Ink is too thick
      • Ink not passing through the screen
      • Irregular emulsion layer - Waves visibles in the coating
      • Nothing prints onto my transparent films
      • Print quality decreasing on the same screen
      • Printer stains on the transparent film - Bad stencil prints
      • Screen can't be reclaimed - Impossible to remove the emulsion
      • The arm of the press doesn't stay up
      • The screen print looks transparent - White/Clear Ink Printing
      • Thick fabric printing - Screen lowering stuck by the fabric
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Screen Printing

  • Cracking emulsion
  • Design not appearing
  • Design still visible after reclaiming a screen (ghost image)
  • Details washing away when revealing the design
  • Drops appearing in the dried emulsion - Coating too thick
  • Emulsion getting damaged when revealing or printing
  • Impossible to fix the springs
  • Ink is too thick
  • Ink not passing through the screen
  • Irregular emulsion layer - Waves visibles in the coating
  • Nothing prints onto my transparent films
  • Print quality decreasing on the same screen
  • Printer stains on the transparent film - Bad stencil prints
  • Screen can't be reclaimed - Impossible to remove the emulsion
  • The arm of the press doesn't stay up
  • The screen print looks transparent - White/Clear Ink Printing
  • Thick fabric printing - Screen lowering stuck by the fabric
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Nothing prints onto my transparent films

 monochrome, screen-printing, sp_usage, stencil, usage

▶  Description of the problem

You can't print your stencil on your transparent film using your printer.

▶  Possible origins

  1.  You are printing on the wrong side of your transparent film.
    1. You're trying to use a laser transparent film into an inkjet printer or vice-versa.

      ▶  Solution

      There are 2 types of printer technology, totally different: inkjet printers and laser printers.

      Check the transparent film you ordered and see if they're supposed to be compatible with your printer.

      If you have the right transparent for your printer,  try to turn your transparent film upside-down and print on the other side. Some models have different textures on each sides and one of them is the one that should be printed.

      If you ordered the wrong model, you'll never be able to print on it with this printer. Either use another printer or order new transparents adapted to yours. 

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