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Screen Printer

DOT Code: 979.684-030

Industry: textile
Alternate Titles: silk-screen printer

Prints designs on textiles, such as cloth, towels, bath cloths, sheets, and pillowcases, using screen and squeegee: Sets register guides along edge of printing table at intervals specified for pattern repeat. Pours color paste onto screen and positions screen against guides over cloth. Draws squeegee across screen to press color paste through open portion of screen and print design. Repeats process with different screen for each color in design. Washes screens with water or solvent to remove color paste.

GOE: 06.02.27 STRENGTH: L GED: R3 M2 L2 SVP: 3 DLU: 77