Keip Bros. Trading Company offers training courses to candidates who buy printing equipment from the company or to those that are already in the industry who require additional / advanced training.
The comprehensive three hour course, held at the company’s Johannesburg offices in Booysens Reserve, covers: theory (of screen or pad printing) and practical (artwork positive creation, darkroom procedure, ink choices and mixing, and hands-on ‘get your fingers inked’ practical printing).
For entrepreneurs entering the printing industry, there is a module on costing a print job as well as marketing hints.
Screen Printing
Training includes mesh choice, optimal screen size, screen coating with photo emulsion, artwork positive creation, screen exposure under UV light, wash out and screen reclaiming, choice of ink and mixing of colours, setting up a print job with accurate registration, squeegee choice and angles, and screen printing including flood-coat, drying and curing, and packing procedures.
Pad Printing
Training includes cliché choices, artwork positive creation, cliché exposure, choice of pads, choice of ink and mixing of colours, setting up a print job for accurate registration / placement on a jig, pre-treatment, pad printing, post-treatment and packing procedures.
On completion of the morning training, the candidates are issued with a certificate and leave with the training notes and samples of the prints. Booking is essential. Please see the below contact details to book.
KEIP BROS.
+27 11 835 3129
keip@global.co.za
www.keipbros.co.za
