Let’s Start a Screen Printing Company

Screen printing, also called silk screen printing, has plenty of practical applications such as printing T-shirts, computer discs, posters and signs. Screen printing also works well on plastic, glass and metal. Even in hard economic times, there remains a powerful market for screen printed items. It is feasible to start a screen-printing company with a comparatively tiny capital investment as well as a willingness to learn the basics of screen printing, promotion and tiny business operation.

•    A fabric screen stretched over a frame with an image embedded on it, a squeegee and some ink are the three main elements of screen printing. The screen is placed over the item such as T-shirt or the piece of poster paper to be posted. After that ink is put into the screen and the squeegee is used to force the ink through the screen onto the printing surface. In order to start a screen printing company it will be necessary to learn how to screen print.

•    After you learn to print, consider what type of printing company would you like to start. Find out your goal such as do you want to print and sell T-shirts and sportswear, poster, glass or plastic metals? Try to find out what types of screen printers are in your area. Your business planning and marketing strategy will be depend on your decision about what type of screen printing your company will specialize in.

•    There are variety of screen printing equipments are available on the market. So there is a chance to getting inexpensive, well designed equipment that can be setup in a garage, extra room or basement. For washing out and developing screens you can use sink or extra bathroom.

•    You can set your price by visiting area shops and checking with industry veterans and suppliers. Figure in your labor costs and a markup on the shirts or paper you print on as components of your price.

These are some tips that will help you to start a screen printing company. Most of the Print London companies offers screen printing services. For more information you can consult them.