In over my head...

The Yudu may be a toy but it is not totally useless. You are far better off buying 3rd party supplies for it though (especially emulsion), look on Google or Amazon for suppliers. I kind of wish I'd bought one when it was $70 last year, it appears to have been discontinued now.

Don't expect to get it right on the first few tries. If your transparencies aren't dark enough, you can print two and stack them but you must make sure you get them exactly lined up (make registration marks) or have someone else print them - even pro screen printers often outsource their film positives. Go through and read some of the screen printing basics threads on this forum and look for videos on YouTube.

Even if the Yudu doesn't work out for you and you decide to build a simple screen press, a lot of people keep it to use as a light box. I think once you get the hang of it you'll like it, it'll still be useful for small proofing and things like mousepads.

Fenrir said:

The Yudu may be a toy but it is not totally useless. You are far better off buying 3rd party supplies for it though (especially emulsion), look on Google or Amazon for suppliers. I kind of wish I'd bought one when it was $70 last year, it appears to have been discontinued now.

Don't expect to get it right on the first few tries. If your transparencies aren't dark enough, you can print two and stack them but you must make sure you get them exactly lined up (make registration marks) or have someone else print them - even pro screen printers often outsource their film positives. Go through and read some of the screen printing basics threads on this forum and look for videos on YouTube.

Even if the Yudu doesn't work out for you and you decide to build a simple screen press, a lot of people keep it to use as a light box. I think once you get the hang of it you'll like it, it'll still be useful for small proofing and things like mousepads.

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i got some waterproof transperencies from silkscreenprinting.com but for some reason this has been my only problem

the only reason i havent got anything printed is because i went to office max thinking i could use those transperencies paper but i was wrong so i ordered some off that website now my printers arent printing good with them

thats why i feel like if its not one thing its another lol and yeah the emulsion i planned of getting the liquid version but i have 9 more sheets i wanna use first no sense in order something when i havent used what i got

i keep getting stuck trying to make a screen dude to the fact i cant get a good print


im a graphic designer so i made alot of designs already and showed people and they alllll want shirts but this is whats stopping me so they think ohh im never going to get it done lol im limited on money and these mistakes are costing me.......

You've started another thread so it's going to be confusing what advice you get here and there. I believe your printers use dye for the colors but the black is pigmented ink (thus the PG* cartridge models). You would have to find a transparency or film that's actually compatible with these. I know people use their Epsons with both dye and pigment inks, but if the Canon ink chemistry isn't compatible with your films, it won't work.

Do you know anyone with an Epson? Either an Artisan (dye, preferable) or a Workforce (pigment, not bad) series, doesn't have to be the big one. You may find that your transparencies from OfficeMax and the ones you bought online work better with a different brand. Even though I said HPs have weird ink chemistry, you might want to test on one of those as well. You would have to look up the individual cartridge information to find out whether it's pigment or dye though, it's not exclusively photo = dye and business = pigment in the HP world.