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fandomhigh2019-03-14 03:52 pm
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Dollar Store Arts and Crafts, Thursday, Period 1
Okay, so this definitely blew the concept of 'dollar store' out of the water, but every class needed at least one field trip, right?
"A'ight, so most of y'all are familiar with the end results of pad printin', even if you don't know what that is," Hardison explained, leading the class into a large building. "While the concept of usin' printin' plates has been around for centuries, pad printin' has only really been around since the 60's and 70s, after we started bein' able to really understand and work with silicon. Pad printin' lets folks print on surfaces that regular plates couldn't print on: stuff with curves, textures, compound angles, all that stuff. All of that required far more complicated an' time-consuming options, like hand-paintin' or screen printin'."
They were met inside by the woman that owned the printing business and introduced them all to her before they set off on a tour. They didn't produce any materials of their own, instead, they filled orders for other people who needed objects printing, which meant the students would be able to see a wide variety of different objects getting printed.
"A'ight, so most of y'all are familiar with the end results of pad printin', even if you don't know what that is," Hardison explained, leading the class into a large building. "While the concept of usin' printin' plates has been around for centuries, pad printin' has only really been around since the 60's and 70s, after we started bein' able to really understand and work with silicon. Pad printin' lets folks print on surfaces that regular plates couldn't print on: stuff with curves, textures, compound angles, all that stuff. All of that required far more complicated an' time-consuming options, like hand-paintin' or screen printin'."
They were met inside by the woman that owned the printing business and introduced them all to her before they set off on a tour. They didn't produce any materials of their own, instead, they filled orders for other people who needed objects printing, which meant the students would be able to see a wide variety of different objects getting printed.
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Printing Plates
It was a ten minute process but she took them through each step along the way.
"Now, each plate can only hold one image. Something like a simple logo or phrase might only need one plate. But if the design gets complicated, needs different colors, or has multiple layers, will need multiple plates."
The Printing Pads
"Because these pads are squishy, they can literally stamp any shape you need. Concave, convex, angled, the pads sinks down and encompasses the whole item. The items are treated with a special chemical that makes the dye adhere to the material and then will get rinsed before shipping. We also have a variety of pads in shape, size, and elasticity to ensure we can print on any surface. Now, each pad is linked to one plate, so a single item might be stamped by two, three, or even more pads to get the final product correct."
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...yet another class brought to you by "videos Nuance finds soothing on the internet"