[sdiy] US Industrial Silk Screener Recommendations

[Joel B]

What do folks usually expect to pay for your panels? My friend used to  
run her own silk screen business and has a massive machine (bigger  
than my station wagon...) in storage waiting to be put back into  
service... Not automated, just sweat powered

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On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:40 AM, "Chromatest J. Pantsmaker" <chromatest at azburners.org 
 > wrote:

> Check out those "shopping mall" t-shirt or "sign" shops... I know my
> house-mate owns a business in Tempe, AZ which can "print" full-color
> onto a white aluminum sheet.  There are size restrictions (probably
> the size of the metal, or 11"x17" which is how big the printer is).
>
> Ask the places if they can do sublimation heat transfers onto  
> aluminum signs.
>
> This is the way that I'll be doing my panels.
>
> And in case you're wondering http://www.brandxstore.com is the store.
> They specialize in t-shirts, but can do a whole lot more.
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Steve Thomas <S.Thomas at qmul.ac.uk>  
> wrote:
>> You could also look into companies that offer a relatively new  
>> process
>> of direct printing onto unsealed anodized aluminium subtrate and then
>> sealing afterwards. No masks are required as in silkscreening..its
>> literally just like printing. The printers themselves are probably
>> hideously expensive..but do seraches for companies offering direct
>> aluminium (or 'aluminum') printing.
>>
>> These are the sorts of machines I mean:-
>>
>> http://www.hmantel.ch/p_dp_00e.htm
>>
>> cheers
>> steve
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