Our screens are grouped by category and placed in separate racks for coating. Each screen is coated the same way with the same emulsion every time. stick around a while. You want someone who not only can do the job well, but who also is eager to do it. Sometimes it takes hiring someone on a trial basis for a few days to see if it works on both sides, but it's worth finding out before investing in training. The standards and tech sheets help, but quality control needs to be part of everyone's training. Learning what constitutes quality and how to achieve it doesn't happen overnight. It takes months before people begin to understand what to look for, even if you point things out to them. You have to be patient and show them what quality looks like; it takes repetition. Show your staff a good screen and shirt versus bad ones. Train them on what they need to look for and what to do to get the correct results. We start by training new hires in their specific areas, and eventually everyone is cross trained, although employment is more job-specific now than it used to be. But we try to educate everybody about the entire printing process so they know what is going on. CHECKS AND BALANCES We have quality checkpoints throughout the printing process, beginning with Here, the registration of the colors printed over the white base is being checked on press using a magnifying loupe. This tool allows you to see the registration marks for each color in reference to the underbase print. 34 Impressions | August 2015 Documentation is a critical part of a quality-control process. Each job has its own sheet with all the specifications, and this follows the job around the shop until it's completed. impressionsmag.comhttp://www.impressionsmag.com