Here at WSP we can imprint your existing corporate logo or you can use our in-house design department to create something new & exciting. Once the artwork is in the computer & approved by the customer, the separations are printed out. This is where each color is printed out individually on special vellum paper.

These separations are taken to the screen printing department where they are placed on a screen that has been coated with a light sensitive liquid that hardens when exposed to white light. The areas that are covered by the positive art separation do not harden and are left to wash away with water, leaving a negative of the image on the screen. The screens are then put onto one of the 2 types of screen printing presses, automatic or manual. The automatic is used for larger quantity jobs and the manual, where the operator does everything by hand, is for smaller jobs.

Then the registration process begins. Each different ink color is put into the back of its respective screen. To print that color, a squeegee is swiped across the screen to fill the template with ink & then swiped back again to lay the ink into the garment. For registration you must lay down one color & then meticulously line up each color so they all register properly.

Once the setup & registration are finished, the garments are put on the pallets to proceed around the press. Each color is printed on the garment until the design is complete, the shirt is then back where it started to be taken off the pallet & run through a textile dryer that heats the garment to 340 degrees. This cures the ink onto the shirt allowing them to be stacked or worn without the fear of the ink rubbing off.

If the job has more than one location to be printed (i.e. left crest & full back) we must continue the process until the job is complete.

When all locations & garments are finished, the items are carefully boxed ready to be shipped or delivered the customer.