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VOL 1, NO. 1 VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - MARCH 2014 www.ScreenPrinting.comS.Roque Press FREE

Premier EditionWelcome! 50k Maintenace, Forward Printing Summary, Tips for Auto Printing, Meteor White Intro

PRECISION INVASION!

Welcome to our first issue of what will hopefully become a bi-monthly newsletter from the Ryonet® Service Team, our goal is to not only provide “tech” related news, but other valuable information for our S.Roque family.

Tips and Tricks? Not only will we be sharing tips and tricks from the S.Roque perspective, but other tidbits from your S.Roque family in the field.

So as your running your press, and you come up with your own technique on something, please take a moment to email it over so we can include it in a future issue. Or just have a funny S.Roque story? We’ll take those too!

Thank you all so much for being part of this exciting and revolutionary group, we call the S.Roque Family!

Email any tips, tricks, stories etc. to kvkampen@ryonet.com

S.ROQUE INVADES THE SCREEN PRINTING INDUSTRY!

Unless you are a very recent owner of your S.Roque equipment, we are sure that you have already seen the notification from your machine that it is time to perform maintenance, in other-words you have seen the pretty little maintenance man icon holding the wrench on your screen. This is your notification that you have reached a 50,000 cycle count and maintenance is required. Although there are other maintenance items that are required and further cycle counts, the 50K maintenance is the most common, so here is a quick overview.

With the power off, remove the index motor cover. Using the Fuchs VT800 aerosol spray that came with your press, liberally cover the two bearings located on the ends of the rotation arm of the Geneva gear. Additionally, liberally lubricate the bearing guides that the brake rides in.

Once complete, tune the power on and in suspend mode cycle the machine in automatic for two minutes. This will spread the lubrication inside Geneva gear bearing guides. The goal is to achieve a uniform coating of lubrication inside the bearing guides. If need be, re-apply lubrication to the rotation arm bearings and repeat.

Once complete, you should reset the maintenance notification. From the operator panel, select Utilities, Detectors/Status the Logs. You will see a reset button on the screen. Press, and enter in the code 13578642, press enter, then press the reset button a second time and your maintenance cycle is reset.

For a more in-depth look at the 50K maintenance, see the

Video at http://goo.gl/sQSsTo

Simplified Maintenance: Everything required for on-going maintenance on your S.Roque machine was included. U.S. lubrication substitutes are currently in testing and will be available soon.

Welcome to the S.Roque family!

50,000 Cycle Maintenance

Inaugural Issue

BY BUCK PREMO · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

BY KURTIS VAN KAMPEN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

Ryonet Regal

• Viva Merch - YOU M P10/C08• Barrell Maker Screenprinting - YOU M P10/C08• Inland Empire Screenprinting - ECO XL P16/C12• Minnesota T’s - YOU M P08/C06• Nite Owl - YOU M P10/C08• Reliant Apparel - YOU XL P12/C08• Cotton Shoppe - YOU XL P12/C08

Meteor White: Cotton white plastisol inkMeteor White: Cotton white plastisol ink

Available now at www.screenprinting.comAvailable now at www.screenprinting.com

New!

RECENT FAMILY ADDITIONS

Tips for Automatic Screen Printing,Part 1.

A2 • INAUGURAL ISSUE

FEATURED CLIENT TIPS FOR AUTOMATICS

RYONET REGAL • VOL 1, NO. 1

I was introduced to Forward Printing from Oakland, California at a National Business Media, Inc. (NBM) trade show in Long Beach, California in 2007, and ever since have been continually impressed with their knowledge of the industry.

In 2013, Kevin and Dan Corcoran, along with the rest of the crew from Forward Printing, became proud parents of an S.Roque ECO XL P16/C14 (lovingly known as “Joyce”). Not long after, a YOU XL P12/C08 (“Dennis”) joined the family. Both presses are named after their parents, who they graciously credit for support and upbringing giving them the courage to pursue their dreams.

When I thought of clients to get feedback on S.Roque before Ryonet® made the decision to switch from a low level distributor of M&R to the mainline North American provider of S.Roque, I immediately thought of the Corcoran Brothers.

I took Bobby Panico to Oakland to their old facility, and Dan met us at the door and eagerly questioned why we were there. We told Dan that we wanted discuss and get his opinion about something. His response was “I had a feeling that this was where it was going.” When Kevin joined the introduction, his response was something along the line of “Sweet, I’ve been using the S.Roque catalogue as bathroom reading since I saw it at the show.

It was a great beginning to a new “green” relationship.

Now Forward Printing is a Ryonet® training partner teaching Screen Printing Experience classes once a month. Kevin

Forward Printing: Oakland, CaliforniaForward Printing: One MHM to TWO S.Roques In Six Months!

BY RYAN MOOR · VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

BY KURTIS VAN KAMPEN · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

BY MARK BERRYMANVANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

New automatic press? Your first job a spot process job and you’re confident it can be printed with no problems? You did it on a manual, without any problems—let’s take a closer look.

On a manual you can cheat, you are used to flashing whenever you need to, and whenever you want.

Look at the white under-base. On manual presses, bulletproof prints includes multiple strokes/flash instances. But now you have an automatic press, let’s not make a bulletproof shirt (i.e. tons of under-base ink).

Automatic printing is designed for speed and consistency, but not for flashing between each color. Flash and cool stations will cut the amount of working print stations that can be used. For example a six color automatic press will have at least one flash, reducing the print stations to five or even four colors if a cool down station is used.

It all starts with your artwork. Spot colors may be a cinch to separate, however making the transition to automatic printing can be very difficult. Each color will be touched by the next screen (stepped on). With a solid white under-base the ink will not be absorbed into the fabric, but applied to a white displacement of plastic. Below are a few helpful ways to reduce solid white bases.

• Light to dark may be out the window, try a new print order from the smallest image to the largest regardless of color.

• Try moving the darkest color first prior to the white base. 1. black, 2. white, 3. flash, 4. cool, 5 and 6 colors.

• Break up large areas of white. Use an under-base and a highlight white to make it pop.

• Use higher mesh counts. 156-200 for under bases, 230-280 for overprint colors. Let the machine do the work. Reduce flash times, less ink on the substrate equals low flash times, faster process times and a softer hand.

• Bye bye bulletproof tons of plastic shirt.

• Try printing off the under-base, use a high opacity ink and move the screen towards the end of the print sequence.

• Try using a 75% halftone for large areas of color that would otherwise be printed with a solid white. This helps to reduce the overall hand. Think simulated process!

Upgrade: Forward just recently added in-line flock and in-line foil as a technology demonstration site for Ryonet®. We cant wait to see what Kevin and Dan do!

Joyce: Preparations to install “Joyce”.

Team Spotlight: Mark Berryman

I began my endeavor with Ryonet® in October 2012. I immediately was gravitated to Mark. He possessed what I admire in a screen printer. A person with practical experience, and more importantly, we share a common philosophy—customers first. Mark is always willing do go above and

beyond in terms of ensuring our clients are satisfied. At Ryonet®, we frequently mention a core value, and that is client first, and Mark is the poster child of that philosophy! It is truly a pleasure to work with Mark, and as Ryonet® clients, I am sure you can agree with me as to his dedication and concern that your experience is top notch!

Mark has been in the screen printing industry since 1988. His twenty six years in both manual and automatic screen printing

provides our clients with an information source that frankly, not many other companies can offer.

Mark is my go-to resource at Ryonet® when there is any question on processes, application and theory!

Ryonet® and S.Roque has a vast pool of resources, expertise, and practical thinking. If you have a problem or challenge, do not forget to rely on us help with your situation! People like Mark help to ensure your success!

said it best when he told me once “everyone in the world deserves to have a kick ass shirt!”

For Ryonet® and S.Roque, it has been awesome to be a small part of helping the Forward team achieve that mission.

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NEED HELP? RYONET® SERVICE TEAM IS AVAILABLE 24/7 AT 888-475-2985.