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GraficaNewsIndia
VOL - 2
MUMBAI
ISSUE - 6
JUNE 2014
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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Bhargav’s blog - pg2
Value addition in Gujarat - pg4
Fespa Award winners - pg7
Technical Article - pg8
Other side of Printer - pg10
Awards competitions - pg12
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Bhargav’s Blog
'Printing' plays a greater role
in branding of sports events
and decoration of sports
goods
The heat is on in Brazil! As many
as 32 teams are striking with
determination to seize that Golden
FIFA Football World Cup'14. Many
of the printers may not be aware
While watching the ongoing world
cup football matches, make sure
you also look at the audience and
identify/list out all those printed
products. The football fans are
waving PVC cheer sticks, balloons,
flags, and many other promotional
items, et al which are screen
printed. The garments/t-shirts/
socks/caps, wore by players and
audience, have the impression of
screen printing (Direct to garment
or heat transfer). In some cases
they are printed on digital (DTG or
sublimation).
So, as printers/screen printers you
have every reason to watch sports
with a big smile. Because even
before start of a sports event such
as FIFA world cup or IPL, 'printing'
plays a greater role in branding of
sports events and
decoration/product identification
of wide range of sports goods.
undertake value addition on note
books using our Nano Premier
League (NPL) plus. Similarly,
Nova Publications, the giant
printing unit of Jalandhar based
They roll out over 120,000
umbrellas per month.
Evergreen Publications Group, has
been successfully exploiting
Grafica's Cylinder Press with
inline UV to extensively offer value
addition on teaching aids and wide
range of children's books to make
it visually appealing and to
stimulate Kids' mind.
Then there are bag manufacturers
in Rajkot in Gujarat state, who use
our Nano-Print/Nano-Print plus
screen printing machines to print
school bags. These are screen
printed on duly cut PVC, resin,
canvas, sheets after which it is
stitched.
Charity begins at home! So, on
our part, through the Yashomati
Dhirubhai Mistry Foundation,
every year we offer educational
assistance to children of Grafica's
employees. Since we conduct free
workshops at our DMI institute, I
always appeal to participants to
make contributions towards
education of at least one kid of
their employees or in the
community. You would agree with
me that lack of education is the
root cause of all our problems in
the society. From our editor, I
heard that some of the printers are
already doing yeoman service to
society in their own way. We will
try to highlight these aspects in
our future issues.
Screen printing is backbone of
school stationery
manufacturing:
Meanwhile, a hectic academic
that the very striking and colorful
football 'Brazuca', created by
adidas and produced by sport
goods
manufacturing
companies in
China and
Pakistan, has the
impression of
screen printing!
Sports events of
mass following
such as world cup
football, IPL
cricket or
Olympics, bestow
huge
opportunities for
printers. We have customers in
Punjab and NCR region who
produce decals for sports goods
such as footballs, cricket bats,
hockey sticks, et al. The bats,
gloves, shoes, helmets, cheer
sticks, t-shirts, etc, that you have
seen in the IPL cricket series, had
the impression of screen printing
(in some cases digital as well).
season is going on. Parents/school
kids are busy in buying their
stationery such as note books,
geometry sets (including Plastic
scale), school bags, shoes,
umbrellas, raincoats, et al. I would
like to draw the attention of our
Screen printing's connection
readers that these items have the
impression of screen printing
process.
Even these
days there
are note
books with
value
addition/UV
special
effects, done
through
screen
printing. For e.g., Delhi based
Shree Venkatesh Industries
(India), a whole sale paper trader
and manufacturer of stationery,
with Monsoon:
Since it is monsoon season, let me
also share with you that the raincoat or the umbrella you are
holding have the impression of
screen printing. For e.g. Mysorebased SunTex uses Grafica's
screen printing machine to print
umbrellas which they produce for
their parent company Sait Nagjee
Purushotham & Co. Pvt Ltd, the
owners of SUN brand umbrellas.
Let Charity begin at Printers'
Heart!
As the academic season'2014 has
begun, it's also time for us to
render some charity. Because
scores of parents may find it
difficult to send their kids to
school as they are left with little
funds in their coffer; they have to
meet both ends … house expenses
and kids' education and health.
It's awards time:
I congratulate all winners in
FESPA-Munich Awards'14
competition. Some of them have
shared their views about why it is
important to participate in such
competitions (pg 7). As you would
read in this issue, there are many
awards competitions lined up in
the coming months (pg 5). Hurry
up and rush your entries to these
awards competitions.
All the best friends and enjoy the
monsoon season ahead!
Bhargav Mistry
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LETTER TO EDITOR
Rajkot l Ahmedabad l Baroda l Surat
SPI'14 Vikas Yatra - Gujarat
Sept 18-21, 2014
Printers in Gujarat eager to visit Screen Print India Expo'14 in Goa
During the recently concluded
Gujarat-leg of SPI - Vikas Yatra,
scores of printers in Rajkot,
Ahmedabad, Baroda and Surat
expressed their eagerness to visit
Screen Print India Exhibition'14 to
be held on 18-21 September 2014
in Goa. They liked the 'sure
leisure/pure business' concept of
SPI'14 exhibition in Goa.
As the Lead Sponsor and
Knowledge Partner of the SPI
Expo'14, Grafica had participated
in Vikas Yatra in Rajkot,
Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, on 28,
29, 30 and 31 May 2014,
respectively.
A huge collection of premium
quality screen printed samples
(graphics, industrial and textile),
sourced from DMI and leading
printing companies (including
Grafica customers) were on display
at the Vikas Yatra, which gave a
'See and Learn' experience to
scores of creative minded printing
professionals including some of
the valued customers of Grafica.
Dear Bhargav Sir
After my recent visit to FESPADigital in Munich, Germany, I
would say screen printing still
rocks. When I was there I was
feeling proud of Grafica's advance
screen printing technology that I
am using and the techniques I
learnt in DMI workshop. At the
FESPA show, I felt that the Digital
technology could be an ocean of
opportunities for some printers
but not for everyone. I wanted to
check whether digital can coexist
with our screen printing business
(ceramic and glass decal). Upon
introspection, I felt the need to
improvise my existing screen
printing capabilities and sharpen
the skills in decal printing before
digital technology eats up my
business.
We keep working in the same way
as you taught us in DMI workshop.
With your guidance, we look
forward to grow further in our
business and will strive become
one of the best companies in
ceramic decal printing.
Meanwhile, on behalf of my team I
would like to thank you for
recognizing us in your Grafica
News India (May'14 issue).
Harsh Gandhi, Partner,
Marigold Creations, Faridabad.
Mfr of ceramic and glass decals
Training on Advanced Screen Printing
@ Sigma Institute of Printing
Bhargav Mistry to speak at IndusPRINT
South Asia on Oct 11, 2014 in Bengaluru
Bhargav Mistry, MD, Grafica Flextronica, has been invited to speak at
the forthcoming IndusPRINT South Asia 2014 to be held on 11th
October 2014 in Bengaluru. Bhargav, a firm believer in screen-printing
technology, will speak on "Innovations in Industrial Screen Printing".
“Recently we had conducted training on basic screen printing and heat
transfer printing on 6th - 7th June 2014. The training had Practical and
Theoretical sessions. We used Grafica's Nano-Print to demonstrate the
use of automatic machines in screen printing,” reports Nikita Shah,
Sigma Corporation, (Grafica's representative in Hyderabad)
According to an official communiqué issued by IndusPRINT South
Asia'14, the seminar will examine the emerging applications for inkjet
and print such as product decoration, labelling, packaging, functional
deposition, 3D printing and additive manufacturing.
For registration contact, Divya Vinekar,
M: +91 9892363269 Email: [email protected],
www.inkjetforumindia.com
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Spot Light
'Value Addition' concept spreads across Vibrant Gujarat
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you
desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you
will”
George Bernard Shaw
“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird;
that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple,
awesomely simple, that's creativity”
Charles Mingus
And the advent of UV special effects has caught the imagination of
creative minded offset and screen printers across Gujarat. Now that
several printers (both offset and screen printers) have invested in
Grafica screen printing machines exclusively to offer value addition, vis a
vis, high end UV special effects, what is also called as print decoration or
print embellishment.
Since the inception of its DMI institute, Grafica has been aggressively
promoting value addition concept through regular workshops,
educational tour (road shows), presentations at industry forums, live
demo at national, regional exhibitions. In such events Grafica also
displays a huge collection of screen printed samples to demonstrate
creative use of various UV special effects on offset printed commercial
and packaging jobs, wedding cards, social stationery, etc.
Over to Vibrant Gujarat story of screen printers!
“Sustained growth in offset printing business is possible
AHMEDABAD
only with value addition through screen printing”
Pravin Patel, MD, Shree Printwell Offset, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad based Shree Printwell
Offset Pvt Ltd has recently
installed Grafica's CamShell, a
heavy duty screen printing
machine and screen making kit to
offer high end value addition in a
big way. With this investment, the
company now moves on a growth
trajectory.
“We invested in Grafica's 30” x 40”
CamShell to make our printing
unit self reliant in value addition
since customers prefer under one
roof printing service,” asserts
Pravin Patel, MD, Shree Printwell
Offset.
He adds: “Through their inhouse
publication, Grafica News India,
Grafica is really making great
contribution for the development
and growth of screen printing in
India.”
Sitting l to r - Pravin Patel & Bhavesh Patel
Standing l to r - Dwipal Patel, Alpesh Patel
& Harshad Patel
Interview:
From where did you get 'value
addition' inspiration?
The thought process to invest in
advanced screen printing started
after getting inspiration from
Grafica during our visit to their
stall in one of the exhibitions. We
saw some striking value addition
samples which demonstrated
creative use of various UV special
effects over offset printed
commercial and packaging jobs.
Then and there only we realised
the importance of value addition in
context of commercial printing. I
would say Grafica team injected a
new thinking in us about the
complementary role of screen
printing in offset printing.
It is a well known fact in
commercial printing that spot UV
(matt and gloss) are very normal
and old print finishing technique.
Today, 75% of our jobs
(commercial and packaging)
involve value addition. When we
suggest our customers about use of
various UV special effects they like
and accept the idea, after all they
want their jobs to be outstanding.
We offer glitter, abrasive, crystal,
reflective and other ornamental
UV special effects to embellish
commercial and packaging jobs.
In what way screen printing
benefits offset printers like
you?
We consider screen printing both
as an asset as well as our USP. We
are maintaining a growth of 30-
40% per annum in our printing
business; we believe that sustained
growth is possible only with value
addition. In the normal offset
printing arena, there are too many
players with cut throat
competition.
There is a great benefit to us and to
our customers, if we have
everything inhouse; it gives us
total freedom to offer value
addition right from design to
dispatch. We can now undertake
complicated jobs requiring
application of various UV special
effects over offset printed
commercial and packaging jobs.
About Shree Printwell Offset
Shree Printwell Offset Pvt. Ltd was
founded by Pravin Patel, founderdirector. Their current 20000 sq.ft
print facility in Ahmedabad
employs about 160 persons. They
offer commercial and packaging
printing services to corporate
customers in
India and
abroad. Their
customers
include:
Telecom
companies,
educational
and research
organizations, industry bodies,
PSUs, corporate houses, MNCs,
healthcare, ceramics, pharma,
retail chains, cosmetic, food, and
pesticides companies.
Shree Printweel has Two 4-colour
offset, One 5 colour offset, and
high end digital printing press.
Apart from a design studio and
complete pre-press facilities
including colour proofing, they
also have post press facilities: 3
Thermal lamination machines, 2
Lamination machines, PUR
binding and Folding/cutting
machines.
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Spot Light
Aarti Printers, Surat
Aarti Printers have invested in two Grafica's Nano-Print plus,
Nano-UV, Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1, Nano-Sharpener to seize big
opportunities in value addition. “We got the value addition idea and
inspiration from DMI workshop in 2011,” says Harshal Rathod of
Aarti Printers, Surat in Gujarat state. Besides wide range of
commercial printing service with value addition, the company
undertakes designing work for general Packaging, Labels, Water
and soft drink bottle wrapper, food and snacks Pouches, and
corporate logos, et al. (Full story in future issue)
Production team at Aarti Printers
Harshal Rathod
Sai Nath Poly-Lam, Ahmedabad
Sai Nath Poly-Lam is a full- fledged post press service provider,
catering to over 150 offset printers and design studios in Gujarat
state. They undertake all types of commercial and packaging for
pharma and real estate sectors. With Grafica's Nano-Print
plus/Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1, they offer value addition, an
inspiration received from Grafica. “Today, about 80% of our jobs
involve value addition,” say Chetan Rathod and Bhargav Rathod.
(Full story in next issue)
Chetan Rathod (extreme left) & Bhargav Radhod (extreme right) with their team
Print Zone Offset, Morbi
Print Zone Offset Pvt. Ltd, Morbi (Gujarat) is a designing and print
service provider. The company has invested in Grafica's NanoPremier League plus (NPL plus) to offer value addition on wide
range of commercial and packaging, involving treatment of various
UV special effects namely, Abrasive, 3D reflective, Emboss, Glitter.
According to Jasmin Patel, one of the directors, about 80% of their
total jobs get the value addition treatment. (Full story in future
issue)
Print Zone Offset's production team
Pratik Screen, Rajkot
Arvind Virsodia of Pratik Screen, Rajkot, has seized big opportunity
in visiting card business thanks to the UV special effects
techniques. “People now prefer screen printed cards instead of
ready-made offset or digital printed visiting cards,” says Arvind
Virsodia as he looks at a heap of visiting cards. Pratik Screen has
invested in Grafica's Nano-Print to offer specialty screen printing
service. This involves print-decoration on offset printed
commercial and packaging jobs with various luxury UV special
effects. (Full story in next issue).
Arvind Virsodia with heap of screen printed visiting cards with value addition.
YS Computer, Baroda
Baroda based YS Computer has invested in Grafica’s Nano-Premier
League plus especially to offer high end value addition.
“Value addition is nothing but a cutting edge, state of the art
process of Post Print beautification. Value addition is a sure shot
way of capturing the attention of potential customers,” asserts
Vipul Desai, incharge of marketing & production at YS Computer.
“About 70% of our UV screen printing capacity is used for
undertaking job work,” he adds. (Full story in next issue).
Vipul Desai (right) and Kiran Patel
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AHMEDABAD
Printicon’s Table Calendar is an
Image Care’s fantastic Table
icon of creativity in value addition! Calendar, beyond imagination!
The Words ‘superb’ or ‘stunning’ are not simply enough to describe this
Table Calendar, produced by Ahmedabad based Printicon.
Quantity: 500 pcs. Distributed among offset and packaging printers to
inspire them about tremendous possibilities in value addition vis a vis UV
special effects.
UV special effects used: Abrasive, glitter (silver & glitter), crystal,
bubble, 3D reflective (micro emboss effect), rough, Glow in Dark,
sensation (metallic black uv), gloss/matt.
Production process: Offset printing (Sappi 300) gsmand then various
UV special effects using advanced screen printing (Grafica’s Nano-Print
plus,Nano-UV and Nano-Screen Maker-5-in1).
Concept & Design: Inhouse. “There was dual purpose behind
producing this Table Calendar with multiple UV special effects. Firstly, it
is presented as a gift to customers in printing industry; secondly instead
of showing UV special effect sample card, we could demonstrate how the
real products (commercial printing or packaging) will look like when
various UV special effects are innovatively applied. So, this calendar also
works like a product catalogue for our company,” says Snehal Patel of
Printicon. Printicon offers specialty screen printing service to offset and
packaging printers in Gujarat. Their portfolio includes medical visual
aids, wedding cards, corporate and real estate brochures, and packaging
such as pharma cartons, saree and sweet boxes, etc.
Since last 15 years, Ahmedabad based Image Care has positioned
themselves as Idea Mill. On the occasion of their 15 years of tagline “Idea
Mill” they have designed and printed a calendar (quantity: 1000) for their
own company. And, it was backed by very innovative printing ideas.
The calendar has more than 14 different print effects including Rub-nsmell UV effect. Image Care has used gold copper inks; they have used
half tone multiple mesh from 34 T to 180 T for different print special
effects. They have used different papers such as uncoated, art paper and
butter paper besides fabric. The multicolored corrugated box was added
charm to the job.
The job was printed on 28 x 40 inch sheet, and then treated with multiple
print finishing with perfect registration. “We were able to produce such a
precision job because of Grafica’s Cam Shell, heavy duty screen printing
machine. It helped us in achieving fine quality along with high speed.
Also, using quality raw material and ink made a big difference. It keeps
you ahead of competition. This innovative Table Calendar was shortlisted
in the recently concluded FESPA awards competition under special effect
category,” avers Anuj Desai, Director of Image Care.
Anuj Desai
Snehal Patel
of Printicon
Value addition wizards in Gujarat
Gautam Paper Udhyog, Surat. The company has 2 Grafica Cylinder
Press with inline UV and complete screen making set up to produce value
added packaging including saree boxes.
Dee Ech Art, Rajkot: The company has Grafica Cylinder Press with
inline UV and complete screen making set up to offer high end value
addition on job work basis to commercial & packaging printers in Gujarat.
Gautam (left) with his mentor-father Jitendra Modi
Hitesh Dobariya (left) & Dinesh Dobariya
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Awards
Four Indian companies made India proud
by winning awards in FESPA'14 competition
The Awards were announced at the Celebration Dinner held in
Munich, Germany on 22 May 2014. Entries were received
from 24 countries. All shortlisted entries were also on display
at FESPA Digital 2014 and will continue on a global tour to
FESPA Africa (2-4 July 2014), Mexico (21-23 August 2014),
China (19-21 November 2014), Eurasia (4-7 December 2014)
and Brazil (18-21 March 2015), reaching a global audience.
Fine Art Print of the Year - Marvel Graphic Studio, Ahmedabad (Gold & Silver)
Garment Decoration of the Year -Pramukh Embroidery, Mumbai (Bronze)
Special Effects Print of the Year - Perfect Packaging, Mumbai (Bronze)
Functional Print of the Year - Keetronics (I) Pvt Ltd, Pune (Bronze)
For details log on www.fespa.com
Perfect Packaging wins FESPA Award for value addition
international
achievement,
we personally
went to FESPA
Award
ceremony to
receive the
prestigious
award,” says
Kashyap
Thaker,
Director of
Perfect
Packaging. “We
Jayesh Modi & Kashyap Thaker(Directors) receiving Award from
came to know
Nigel Steffens, FESPA's MD (Corporate & Associations)
about FESPA
award competition in Grafica
“We are proud that our made in
News India. Out of 5 entries
India product has been
submitted, 3 were shortlisted”.
appreciated on international
platform. Since it was our first ever
About Perfect Packaging:
Perfect Packaging is engaged in
creative designing and
manufacture of tags, luxury
packaging for cosmetics, artificial
jewellery, garments, etc. It caters
to some of the top notch beauty
and fashion brands. Besides,
complete pre press, post press,
offset press, Perfect Packaging has
Grafica's two Nano-Print plus and
Screen making set up.
Fespa Award Entry
Entry: Bridal set box:
Quantity: 2000
Substrate: 350 gsm sapphire
UV effects used: Matt – 140 T /
3D reflective UV – 140 T / Red
colour – 140 T /Bubble UV – 60 T
Perfect Packaging’s Design Team
Entry: Hair clip box:
Quantity: 10000
The process: 3 passes of screen
printing involving blue and red UV
ink – 140 T mesh for both.
Value addition: Screen printed
with Abrasive UV (rough effect)
using 60 T mesh.
Substrate: 400 gsm silver foil;
screen printed with 2 ups (15”x25”)
“It is a morale booster to our entire
team. Getting international awards
would mean an international
endorsement, because the entry
was being judged on merit of
quality and creativity by
international screen printing
experts who are supposed to be
neutral while judging,” he adds.
Functional Print Marvel Graphic Studio's marvelous achievement
of the Year in FESPA'14 Awards competition
Keetronics, Pune
Dhanvi Shah, Chairman of the
company has been recently
(Bronze)
conferred with 'Business &
Rajesh Kulkarni
MD
Vishwanathan Anand presenting the award
to Dhanvi Shah.
Ahmedabad based Marvel Graphic
Studio has won 'Fine Art Print of
the Year' award (Gold and Silver)
in the recently concluded
FESPA'14 competitions. On the top
of this international achievement,
Service Excellence
Award'2014 for their
'Outstanding contribution to
the field of Indian
Contemporary Art'. The award,
instituted by Brand Academy, was
presented to Dhanvi Shah by
former World Chess Champion,
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand,
at the award ceremony held in
Mumbai on May 31, 2014.
Commenting on the FESPA'14
awards, Chaitya Dhanvi Shah,
Managing Director of Marvel Art
Gallery Pvt. Ltd, said: “We are
proud that we represented our
nation and won awards on
international platform, competing
with other companies and
products from various nations
around the globe.”
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Technical
How to Use an Exposure Calculator
By Dawn M. Hohl-Nowlin, USA - Uncommon Enterprises LLC
amount of UV light that hits the
stencil in progressive degrees, so a
single test can give us all the
information we need to determine
the correct exposure for a given set
of conditions. For instance, a
calculator may have six exposures
at 100%, 75%, 60%, 50%, 33% and
25% of the original exposure
Figure 2. These side-by-side
Dawn Hohl-Nowlin is a Technical Trainer
and Consultant on screen printing. Her
industry experience includes 18 years with
SPTF/SGIA, USA, overseeing screen
printing workshops, developing training
resources and conducting process-related
research. She is a member of the Academy
of Screen and Digital Printing Technology
(ASDPT). She can be reached at
[email protected]
Stencil underexposure is one of the
most common problems in the
screen printing process. Incorrect
or inconsistent exposure can create
costly problems in production
including stencil breakdown on
press, excessive pinholes, sawtoothing, loss of detail, inaccurate
image reproduction and reclaiming
difficulty.
While there are quite a few
exposure variables to consider and
control, the greatest tool to ensure
proper exposure is an exposure
calculator. An exposure calculator
test simulates between 5 to 10
different exposures with
incremental neutral density filters,
all on the same piece of film Figure
1a & 1b. The filters limit the
3.
4.
exposures are then judged based
on color change, depending on the
chemistry of emulsion used. Most
stencil manufacturers offer
exposure calculators, but some are
more versatile than others, so do
your research before purchasing
one.
5.
6.
!
Successful screen making requires
the use of this tool on a regular
basis. Each and every
stencil/mesh combination must be
tested. Exposure times vary with
stencil thickness (i.e. coating
technique), stencil brand/type,
mesh count/thread diameter,
exposure lamp and distance. Do
not assume that a 2:2 coating on a
230/48 mesh will have the same
exposure as the emulsion coated
2:2 on a 380/31. Each
combination will have a different
result. Each stencil product will
respond differently. Even after
establishing a correct exposure
time, regular tests should be made
to double check accuracy and
confirm exposure lamp operation.
How to use a Neutral Density
Exposure Calculator
1. Coat and dry a test screen.
Create a chart to record mesh
specifications (count, diameter,
color and type), screen tension,
emulsion type, coating
technique, stencil thickness,
type and power of lamp, and
distance of lamp.
2. Tape the exposure calculator
onto the substrate side of the
screen with the film's emulsion
toward the stencil. If you are
using vellum or other type of
!
film in your shop that has a
higher Dmin, put a blank piece
of the film over the exposure
calculator(not in between to
avoid light scatter.) This will
simulate the effect Dmin will
have on stencil exposure.
Estimate a reasonable exposure
time by either consulting the
emulsion specification sheet,
calling the emulsion
manufacturer or calculating the
average exposure time
currently used in production.
Expose the screen AT DOUBLE
the estimated correct exposure
time.
Example: Estimated Exposure
Time = 60 seconds/units
Test exposure time = 60 x 2 =
120 seconds/units
Wash out the image area using
normal production technique.
Evaluate the stencil using the
following guidelines:
For Diazo or Dual-Cure
emulsions, dry the screen to
evaluate color change. Place
the screen on a light table and
evaluate the steps for a
yellowish color Figure 3. The
step showing no change in
coloring to the next longer
exposed section is fully
exposed. For maximum 'water
resistance' when printing water
based inks, evaluate color
change on a Dual-Cure
emulsion when wet. The color
change point will shift once the
screen is dry.
For SBQ or 'Pure' Polymer
emulsions, evaluate the
squeegee side of the screen
directly following washout
while screen is wet. Look for
the step that shows no change
in density to the next longer
exposed section. The emulsion
will appear a more milky white
or lighter density in the areas
where full exposure is not
present (more emulsion
washed away in those areas)
Figure 4. SBQ emulsions can
be dried before evaluating
density differences if water
resistance is not needed, but
often the density differences
are easier to see when wet.
Again, the color change point
will change after the screen is
dry.
! For all types of emulsions,
evaluate the detail area on the
stencil using a magnifier loupe,
keeping in mind the printable
image resolution of the mesh
(finest detail width equals at
least two mesh openings plus
one thread). Look at image
details similar to image
requirements commonly
printed in your shop, and
examine resolution, mesh
bridging and edge definition.
Optimal exposure based on
resolution is typically a bit
shorter exposure than the step
selected based on color change.
Some stencil resistance is
compromised to gain
resolution. If more resistance
is needed use the step chosen
when the screen is wet. Select
an exposure based on both
sufficient stencil hardness and
stencil copy detail needed.
7. Multiply the selected step's
factor (decimal indicated on
the film) by the test exposure
time for correct exposure.
Test exposure time x selected
factor = optimum exposure
time.
Example: 120 x 0.6 = 72
seconds/units
If the selected step is at the
lowest or highest factor section
of the calculator, the test
exposure time was too short or
too long. Make a new test
adjusting the test exposure
time according to the results
seen in the first test.
8. Record all the information on
the exposure chart.
CMYK
June 2014
GraficaNewsIndia
9
Customer
TIRUPUR
“We can save ink consumption to a great extent by
investing in automatic DTG screen printing machine”
N P Sivaprasad, MD, DG Garments, Tirupur
As an entrepreneur with
experience and expertise in
plastisol inks manufacturing, he
technically better knows that in
manual screen printing the ink
consumption is prohibitively high.
Meet N P Sivaprasad, Managing
Director of DG Garments, part of a
Deivanai Group, Tirupur.
Sivaprasad tells that with
automation in DTG screen
printing, ink can be saved to a
great extent. That's exactly why his
company has invested in Grafica's
nano-prinTex (12 colour/14
pallets), along with two nanoflashTex.
N.P.Sivaprasad, MD, DG Garments
Interview:
Tell us your experience with
automation:
The automatic machine enables us
to use low elongation and fine
mesh, thus ink deposition vis a vis
ink consumption is minimised. On
the other hand, manual screen
printing necessitates use of high
elongation mesh/non-fine mesh
which leads to excess ink
deposition / ink consumption.
Also, it is virtually impossible to
get the kind of machine quality on
manual table as workmen have the
limitation with regard to applying
equal squeegee stroke/ pressure.
Moreover, it is our experience that
photorealistic and discharge
printing is possible only with
automatic machine.
Your views about Grafica:
In our earlier partnership
business, we used to produce high
quality heat transfers on Grafica's
semi automatic screen printing
machines. We have had excellent
experience with Grafica -- both on
quality and service front. And that
experience was still afresh in my
mind when I saw
their nano-prinTex at
an international
exhibition in
Mumbai. nanoprinTex was running
noiselessly without a
compressor.
Moreover, Grafica
being an Indian
company, we also felt
somewhat confident
about their service
and parts availability.
What's the market trend?
a) Print preference: Customers
now prefer mostly phthalate
free, eco friendly inks to be
used in printing. About 70% of
our jobs involves photorealistic
and discharge printing.
Consumers' preference has now
shifted towards prints that give
soft-hand feel effect / fabric
like natural feeling. They do
not want that rough feeling
effect of plastisol inks.
b) Quality finish: The new
generation consumers evaluate
a piece of garment / t-shirt
based on perfection in
finishing, style, design, and
creativity. They look at it in
detail, touch and feel it,
comment, and choose. In
future, for sure only a quality
garment will sell.
c) Brand preference: Today,
wearing a branded garment has
become status symbol. The
demand for branded garments
is growing. I feel in future only
branded garment will rule the
market and unbranded
garments will lose their share
although they will not be wiped
out.
So, the onus is on garment
manufacturers / DTG printers to
design and print impressive and
quality products for the ultimate
satisfaction of new generation
consumers.
About DG Garments:
DG Garment is a part of Deivanai
Group, a private family owned
enterprise, which exports knitted
garments to USA and Europe.
They have an office in USA. The
Group companies have vertically
integrated manufacturing facilities
from Ring Spinning - Knitting Dyeing and Finishing - Printing Embroidery - Cutting and Sewing.
They have three production
facilities: Printing unit (9000
sq.ft), Collar knitting unit (2500
sq.ft), and Garmenting unit
(15000 sq.ft).
DG Garments' business is divided
into garmenting and direct to
garment printing. They
manufacture men's t-shirts for
leading brands such as Arrow,
Spykar, among others. About 75%
of their DTG screen printing
capacity is used for jobwork, and
rest is for inhouse requirement.
Pramukh Embroidery's maiden FESPA Award!
Mumbai based Pramukh
Embroidery has computerized
embroidery set up and DTG screen
printing unit. They cater to both
domestic and export market.
Here's Sameer Jansari's
comment:
We came to know about FESPA
award competition in Grafica
News India which is a great
communication tool in screen
lessons to improve quality in DTG
screen printing.
printing sector. Such newsletter is
very much needed to keep myself
updated. Out of 10 samples
submitted 9 were got shortlisted.
We won 'Bronze' award against
stiff competition from regular
participants from all over the
world. The credit for the success
straight goes to our entire
committed team and also partly to
DMI where I had learnt many
Benefits of participating in
awards competitions:
It's a healthy competition, why not
participate in it? When you submit
entries to such awards
competitions, you are judged by
experts. When you win awards it is
a big achievement, and it boosts
morale of our team.
Sameer Jansari
CMYK
June 2014
GraficaNewsIndia
10
THE OTHER SIDE OF PRINT PROFESSIONAL
Profile
PUNE
Know Vikrant Ghotge… Bold, Brave & Powerful
work he spends time to practice
and play football 4 times a week
(3 times morning and evening of
Sundays).
The word 'vikrant' in Hindi
language means 'bold, brave or
powerful'. As the name suggests,
Vikrant Ghotge, CEO of Punebased AA's Ad Aids, is born tough
to ride bike and play soccer. At the
same time he is groomed by his
late father to be a quality industrial
screen printer with specialization
in automobile decals.
Kick starting a bike ride
Vikrant Ghotge is a multi faceted
personality. His company
manufactures automobile decals
and wide range of industrial labels.
'Discipline, learning, practice' - are
some of core values that he follows
to achieve success in business,
sports (soccer) and adventures
(bike riding).
Succor to Soccer: Vikrant
Ghotge is a member of the
'Thunder Boltz Soccer Club' in
Pune which has over 70 active
football-playing members. The
team does not participate in league
matches, but holds regular internal
competitions by making 7-8
groups to keep the competitive
spirit of its members ever-charged.
He was also a member of college
soccer team which participated in
inter-college as well as state level
competitions. Despite huge task at
Fitness & discipline: He
indulges in warm up with
discipline before kick starting the
regular practice matches under the
guidance of a coach. “Discipline is
required in all aspects of our life –
home, work (screen printing) or
sports,” says Vikrant who will turn
40 years of age this year.
Vikrant (4th from right) with his team holding after winning a soccer match
Automobile decal producer's
passion for bike riding: “We go
on week end bike rides along with
a group 9 bike riding enthusiasts. I
also engage in all India bike tour,”
says Vikrant Ghotge who was one
our life at the cost of so called
adventure riding as it may lead to
dead end.”
Secret of his Success: Learning!
Vikrant (2nd from right) believes in spending quality time with his family.
of the members of Pune's Group of
Harley-Davidson owners who
participated in a mega ride “to
celebrate the shared spirit of
freedom, adventure and their
passion for motorcycling” as part
of the 2nd National H.O.G. Rally
and India Bike Week in Goa.
Vikrant Ghotge who had the
maximum riding experience, was
quoted of saying in an online
media: “It's not just a bike riding,
it's all about networking. I have
made a lot of new friends which I
would not be able to make if I
hadn't indulged in this kind of
Caravan. Having driven all across
the country in the last few months,
we have had the best experiences.”
He adds, “Speed is not my criteria
while riding the bike, I prefer
safety first. We should never risk
I feel success stops if we stop
learning. Learning is a continuous
process. I believe in 'practice
makes man perfect', it applies to
both sports and screen printing
business, and even adventure –
bike riding. We play football under
the guidance of an experienced
coach.
Why to combine business
with leisure? “While engaging in
business, we also need to spend
quality time with our family and
friends, spend time for personal
development and leisure otherwise
what is the use of creating wealth.
I get full support from family
despite the fact that I am involved
in sports, adventure and business.
That's because I give quality time
for them too,” says Vikrant father
of 2 growing kids.
His favourite:
Bike? Fat Boy special
Car? Fortuner
Sports? Soccer. I also play cricket
and volleyball, Water volleyball
Dish? Surmai Fry, a type of Indian
fish.
Personality: “My Dad, he was my
mentor and still an inspiration
incognito! As per his wishes my
company supports educational
expense to 3 girls from poorest
families, every year.”
Other Interests: Swimming, travel
Destination: Goa. “I am born and
brought up & studied in Goa. I
whole heartedly give thumbs up
for the forthcoming Screen Print
India exhibition to be held in GOA
in September 2014, because people
are hospitable there and also
climate is cool during that time.”
CMYK
June 2014
GraficaNewsIndia
Customer
11
NEW DELHI
Making innovative wedding cards is Parampara's tradition
Lokesh Mahajan & Neema
For a smoother operations of
making innovative and quality
wedding invitations, Lokesh
Mahajan, proprietor of Delhi based
Parampara, has adopted
automation instead of using an
age-old method of manual screen
printing. The company has heavily
invested in a number of Grafica's
Machinery which includes,
2 Nano-Print plus, 30” UV curing
machine, Hot-Air dryer, 3 table top
UV curing machines and NanoScreen Maker 5-in-1, a complete
screen making set up. “Advanced
screen printing coupled with UV
technology (UV special effects) is a
superb combination to make
innovative invitations with a touch
of luxury for customer's
satisfaction,” asserts Lokesh
Mahajan of Parampara Cards
which has the tradition
(Parampara in Hindi) of making
designer wedding cards.
Interview:
What's your take on Screen
Printing?
Screen printing is an integral part
of wedding cards production. An
excellent invitation is incomplete
without quality screen printing.
Even if we have options like digital
and offset printing, it is difficult for
me to imagine of making an invite
without the screen printing
process. I feel that advanced screen
printing and UV technology (UV
special effects) is a perfect
combination to make designer
wedding cards.
What's trend in wedding
card?
In North India, wedding cards are
mostly accompanied with sweet
boxes. Almost 90% of the people
prefer cards with boxes only. This
is an emerging trend which is
being followed in other parts of the
country too. Most of the people are
now spending lavishly for their
invitations.
Marriage is the most important
and auspicious occasion in one's
life. Now-a-days wedding card is
considered to be a status symbol.
We have often seen people getting
emotional about their card. They
expect their card to reflect the
grandeur of the wedding
ceremonies. So, it is our
responsibility that the invite lives
upto their expectations and is
special for each of them.
Tell us about cost factor:
Premium segment customers do
not mind paying a justifiable
higher price for creative and
quality work. Yes, for some people
cost is also a main factor, even if
they want to have an innovative
card. So, fitting within the budget
is also a challenge. We have
overcome this by launching our
budget range of cards. Ultimately,
customer satisfaction is our
primary motto and money is
secondary.
What're the other challenges?
India being a country of diversity,
people's liking and requirement
too differs. That leads to a big
challenge. We have to keep on
adding new designs and concepts
to our collection. We have to play
with colours, UV special effects,
and different finishing technique
while creating new ideas.
Your experience with Grafica
so far:
Although their machines are little
costlier as compared to the other
Indian machines, I do not mind
spending extra as it is value for
money. They offer excellent after
sale service and technical support.
I have a great experience with
Grafica, hence I recommend their
machines to my friends from the
industry whenever they seek my
opinion in the matter.
Share your DMI experience:
DMI's workshop gave me much
needed exposure to the diverse
applications and endless
possibilities even within the arena
of commercial printing including
wedding card.
What are the ingredients of
your success?
Customer satisfaction; Dedication,
Talent & hard work of our team;
Emphasis on constantly improving
quality; Honesty in dealing with
customers; Update with the latest
technology & trends; Innovation &
creativity; Family support and
their active involvement.
About Parampara Cards:
Parampara Cards offers a wide
range of wholesale, retail and
custom-made designer wedding
cards. The company mainly
designs and manufactures wedding
cards and accompanying items like
Sweet boxes, carry bags, Money
envelopes, Pre- invites and other
misc add-on stationary. The
company exports wedding cards to
USA, UK, Canada, Dubai,
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,
Pakistan, besides having
distributors all over India and
abroad. Parampara Cards, which
employs around 180 people, has
advanced facilities such as screen
printing, UV curing machines,
digital press, design studio, Diecutting, Laser cutting, Case
Making machine, Binding and
Gilding machine, Foil stamping
machine, Manual fabrication and
other post press / print finishing
apparatus. Their current 30,000
sq. ft factory was set up in 2007.
And plan is on the drawing board
to build a new factory of about
100,000 sq. ft in Noida near Delhi.
Parampara Cards
presents the best tribute
to Sachin Tendulkar
that has the impression
of screen printing!
Image credit Parampara Cards
Lokesh Mahajan (2nd from left) his life & business partner Neema (3rd from left) with his team
An extra-ordinary box invitation, a kind of
tribute, was made by Parampara Cards
and presented to Bharat Ratna Sachin
Tendulkar in December 2013. The box
invite had the impressions of screen
printing. The technical details was
published in May'14 issue of Grafica
News India, pdf of which can be
downloaded at www.graficaindia.com
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Adidas Brazuca, the official match ball of FIFA Football
World Cup ‘14 has the impression of screen printing!
The adidas 'Brazuca' the official
match ball of the 2014 FIFA World
Cup tournament which is currently
underway in Brazil, has the
impression of screen printing. As
football fans must have noticed,
the ball has a multi-colour design
created to represent Brazil.
The Brazuca ball was created by
the adidas, a FIFA Partner and
FIFA World Cup Official Match
Ball supplier. The ball was
manufactured by Pakistan based
Forward Sports, and earlier by
China-based Long Way Enterprise.
According to an official statement
of FIFA (The Fédération
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Football Association),
the Brazuca's colours
and ribbon-like design
of the ball panels
symbolise the
traditional multicoloured wish bracelets
worn in Brazil; it
reflects the vibrancy
Adidas Brazuca, official ball of FIFA World Cup 2014
and joy associated with
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football in Brazil. It has
Amazon river in Brazil and the
a new structural
very rhythmic and fluid shapes
innovation, with a unique
one often can find in Brazilian
symmetry of six identical panels
nature as well as architecture.
alongside a different surface
structure will provide improved
The colours –
grip, touch, stability and
typically Brazilian
aerodynamics on the pitch.
and taken from the
According to adidas official note,
official logo of the
the design of iconic Brazuca ball is
2014 World Cup.
all about World Cup and all about
Brazil, with following three key
visual elements:
The stars – known to be the
The bands – inspired by the
symbol of World Cup winners on
famous Brazilian wishbands, the
federation jerseys and also
meandering pathways of the great
inspired by the Brazilian flag.
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