Sefar is a Swiss company and Saati is an Italian company. Not related that I can tell.
Are Sefar and Saati the same Company?
I heard some where that Sefar and Saati are the same company or owned by the same parent company. Is that the case and if so is a 156 mesh from either company the same material or still slightly different products?
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Each company has multiple lines as well--Sefar's E-mesh, or Saati's hitex are 'economy' meshes, and the PET 1500, and Hitech are premium--and a bit more money, for example, so you could have two chunks of 156 mesh from the same manufacturer that are a bit different...
OK so if I'm doing a 3 spot color job on all 156 but two are sefar one is Saati is that going to create registration/print quality issues? Or does that type of issue only come up in more complex prints with higher mesh counts? Wondering if I am over thinking it or if there is really a problem with mixing mesh manufactures and just stick to one religiously?
why would printing spot colors out of different size mesh cause a problem? Maybe I don't do high detail work, but I haven't noticed an "issue" when using different size mesh on the same job.. I could be wrong though.
that is an excellent question! And no, you are not overthinking, just thinking ahead.OK so if I'm doing a 3 spot color job on all 156 but two are sefar one is Saati is that going to create registration/print quality issues? Or does that type of issue only come up in more complex prints with higher mesh counts? Wondering if I am over thinking it or if there is really a problem with mixing mesh manufactures and just stick to one religiously?
You should be OK with using two different meshes, we do it all the time even on the high end prints. But there are some issues and it would make sense to find a mesh manufacturer you like and trying to standardize the screens.
each mesh has it's own properties and sometimes similar meshes will have different elongation properties or thickness (and some other qualities). This can cause problems with registration or potentially color shifts. While most of this is not very obvious when you are starting, as you get better you'll notice that one screen lays down more ink than another and this might make the color brighter or darker depending on the ink thickness. Just imagine printing through a 110 and then the same image through a 305. The results would be very different. Since you are using mesh that is much closer in range the difference would be less noticeable.
does that make sense?
pierre
I routinely use different mesh counts on multi color spot jobs. Mostly use 156s for colors/black, and I use 110 for white.
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