The Make-Ready Printing Process And Technique

Make-Ready Name Institution Date The make-ready printing option allows the operators to adjust the printing process to meet the required specifications (Biegeleisen, 2012). There are now automated make ready operations that are more efficient than manual preparation, and which reduce the make-ready time. Regardless of the printing techniques when using the make-ready option the aim is to make the best impression that can be obtained (Hatae & Hansuebsai, 2016). In the screen printing process, various colors can be utilized to assess whether the final image meets the required criteria. There are test prints that result from screen-printing and are mostly spontaneous and unplanned and depend on material used and pressure applied. The make ready process can result in monoprints, but with different layers and one can experiment with different colors to get the best results. The make-ready printing technique requires use of pressure over the printing plate and while there can be various variations on plate mountings there is transfer of ink or paint to make prints with different layers if this is required. Similarly, the pressure setting affects the plate and blanket, where the plate is adjusted to get the required image where the image can form without aberrations, kinks or scratches (Leach, 2012). Loosening and tightening the blanket in the printi...