Tri-Loc Registration !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Screen Printer · October 17th, 2012, 03:49 PM

I have a Tri-loc and the Carrier Sheets have been a pain.

I went to Alan's a while back and saw his system. Really neat!
I also got a Little info from Brian! Thanks guys!

I changed my whole system around.

I removed my Tri-loc from my exposure unit and mounted it to my light table.

Now I can register my art on my light table with double sided tape.

The art sticks to my screen and I burn it.

Just did a 6 color job and I just had to adjust one color slightly.

This is the ticket!

NO MORE CARRIER SHEETS!!!!!!!

Just wanted to share.

Binkspot · October 17th, 2012, 08:37 PM

Glad to hear it all worked out for you.

screenprintguy · October 18th, 2012, 11:27 AM

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

screenprintguy · October 18th, 2012, 11:29 AM

are you putting the tape on the screen first, or on the art?, what holds the art in place on the alignment grid awaiting the screen? when I go to put a screen in the tri loc exposure jig I sometimes see my film shift from the screen touching it, so I usually put a little peice of tape to hold the film in place on the glass before popping in a screen, how are you getting passed that? this is interesting, would like to hear, and or see more pics.

Thanks

Mike

Screen Printer · October 18th, 2012, 01:17 PM

I put a 3" piece of clear tape in 3 areas on the art...
2 on top (left and right) and 1 on bottom center.

Then I put a piece of double sided tape on top of the clear tape.

This way when you remove the double sided tape..it does not leave residue on your art. The clear tape stays on the art. Double sided tape will leave residue on film but not on the clear tape.

The double sided tape is sticking off the film about 1/8"...which will hold it down to the light table.

Nice!

I also found that the film was easy to shift on the exposure unit...especially if you used the carrier sheet again.

Aligning is so much better my new way.

Thanks to Alan and Brian!

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Originally Posted by screenprintguy

are you putting the tape on the screen first, or on the art?, what holds the art in place on the alignment grid awaiting the screen? when I go to put a screen in the tri loc exposure jig I sometimes see my film shift from the screen touching it, so I usually put a little peice of tape to hold the film in place on the glass before popping in a screen, how are you getting passed that? this is interesting, would like to hear, and or see more pics.

Thanks

Mike

srimonogramming · October 18th, 2012, 02:46 PM

Here is what I did to our Tri-loc. I think it worked great as it's supposed to work, but we gang images up to save on our screen usage because if we didn't, we'd be burning through 40-50 screens a day instead of 20-25. I tried to mimic the MHM FPU as much as I could while maintaining the tri-loc's stop blocks so you can see in the pics how we achieved that. I flipped the FPU jig, raised it the right height so that the blocks would touch the screen frames in the same location when it's on the press jig and used my simple geometry skills to place the film grid in the right location and we then don't have to use double sided tape. The film positioning is much quicker now than the way we had it before but I think both ways are as accurate with one another so it could be personal preference as to which way you want to do it.

I'd love to have the time to redo this setup and make it look better but as far as functionality, it's perfect. But I'm a perfectionist so over time this will be modified and perhaps one day it will morph into something that looks as great as it performs.

Screen Printer · October 18th, 2012, 07:37 PM

Check it out here.

Mister Tees · October 18th, 2012, 09:05 PM

...I am doing something similar. Using it as a wall-mounted FPU for the moment. Currently wont work with the TriLoc palllet on-press due to stop-block orientation, but I will be working on a solution to that when business slows a bit

Lux Inks · October 18th, 2012, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Screen Printer

Check it out here.

So are you just lining up your registration marks to the grid on your light table?
Do you have registration marks already set dead on that matches your grid that you just place your seps into each time that you output?

Thanks,
Paul

Screen Printer · October 19th, 2012, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Lux Inks

So are you just lining up your registration marks to the grid on your light table?
Do you have registration marks already set dead on that matches your grid that you just place your seps into each time that you output?

Thanks,
Paul

I made a master alignment sheet for my light table.

It has
1- a horizontal line for top of image
2- a vertical center line that runs from top of image down to the bottom
3- left chest
4- right chest
5- registration mark top center
6- registration mark top left
7- registration mark bottom center

I saved the file as Master Alignment sheet.

I opened the same file and rename it to Template and save as a template.

Now..I removed everything except the registration marks
I do have guides setup to show top of image and center of image.

I add the color name close to the top ....out of the print area to show what screen is what color.
For instance...the word red would be red..so it will show up on the red positive.

Now I go back to my Master Alignment sheet and remove the bottom register mark. then print it.

Now I create my art ...save.....then select all then copy it
I paste my art on the Template keeping the top of image and center Left to right perfect.

Now I click on my bottom register mark and use the arrow key to move it up close to the art..........so I can place 2 items on the same screen.

Now I print my art work.

I bring my Positives to the light table...add the clear tape...then the double sided tape.

I align my top center register marks.
Then align the bottom register mark to the centerline.

The Top left register mark should automatically align.

Stick it down to light table then place the screen.

Burn screen.