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To: Larry Voyles who wrote (91)	5/29/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) of 517

Not stupid questions at all...not sure about the dressing yourself part, though... : ) (All technical explanations are by my wife, who has been in the industry for some years)... The reason present methods are so slow and so expensive: Look closely the next time you see a T-shirt printed with, say, four different colors...to accomplish this, the silkscreener must first layout the entire image and decide on each color...a screen must be traced and cut for each different color, a total of four different screens...ink is then mixed and matched as closely as possible by eye...one by one, each screen is placed over the shirt and ink is applied by hand...any misalignment, any splashed ink results in a shirt that must be discarded...the process is tedious and labor intensive... this is the procedure in a small shop such as my wife's...the industrial method is much the same but is done with more of an assembly line approach with a bit more automation...nearly as slow and as labor intensive... now for APTX's process: think of a color inkjet printer...the graphic is prepared on a disc and the printer is sent instructions as how to apply the ink...with colorsync technology, the colors are exact and completely automated...no alignment problems and to make changes, only the disc graphic need be changed...no cutting of screens, no hand mixing of ink...samples can be turned out in minutes instead of hours...changes can be made while the customer waits...all samples are made on white fabric for simplicity's sake...the ink can change the entire color of the garment if desired...(Ron Stabiner at IR described evening wear in black, done with this process)... the same goes for industrial size fabric, which is printed on huge rolls of fabric...say you want a leopard print...create the graphic on computer and have the nearly 8 foot wide printer create the image on the raw fabric...this is the printer from 3M that is currently being tested...(they are trying to increase its speed by 3X)... APTX has patents pending on this process...if they should be granted and prove to be airtight, I am very hopeful for this co's prospects... hope this helps... Ken Kile

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