The Hidden Gem for Screen Printing Shops | Computer-To-Screen (CTS) Screen Making

<div>Before you buy your next screen printing equipment – watch this video about screen printing's hidden gem: the CTS machine! “If you’ve got enough volume to automate the screen printing process, you’ve got enough volume to automate the screen making process," Graphic Elephants’ Lon Winters explains. Going from film outputs and your trusted Epson inkjet printer is a big step – so why is computer-to-screen technology such a hidden gem? “Basically, automating a few things ‘over in the corner’ isn’t as exciting as a new press,” says Matt Marcotte from Printavo. </div> <div>Learn how much CTS costs, who makes them, and much more: <a href="https://www.printavo.com/blog/cts-and-dts-for-screen-printing">https://www.printavo.com/blog/cts-and-dts-for-screen-printing</a> </div> <div>Watch Lon Winters from Graphic Elephants at PrintHustlers Conf 2020: <a href="https://www.printavo.com/blog/printhustlers-conf-2020-lon-winters">https://www.printavo.com/blog/printhustlers-conf-2020-lon-winters</a> </div> <div>“If you’re doing just 25 screens a day, it’s still worth it,” adds Lon. CTS manufacturers are conservative with their estimates about the return-on-investment for their machines. “Aggressively forward-thinking shop owners can make sense of [computer-to-screen] if they buy into the intangible benefits.” It’s hard enough to tell shop owners that their registration times will likely be cut in half – they just don’t believe it. It’s another ballgame to explain that a modest $35,000 machine could get a return-on-investment faster than virtually any other piece of screen printing equipment. </div> <div>Calculate how long it will take your shop to pay for a CTS machine: <a href="https://www.printavo.com/blog/cts-and-dts-for-screen-printing">https://www.printavo.com/blog/cts-and-dts-for-screen-printing</a> </div> <div>CTS machines let screen print shops print more jobs. Lon urges shops to think about the bigger picture than how fast their press can print shirts: “We’re still stuck with how fast the press goes round and round. I