#halftones

At this year’s Impressions Expo in Long Beach, MADE Lab partnered with ROQ to bring a duo of cosmic prints to life for the Print Masters Throwdown—one on a tee, one on a hoodie, and both engineered for maximum visual depth using just a few well-played screens and smart press setups. The Tee: Space Meets […]

If you’ve been around a press long enough, you know that not all squeegees are created equal. One of the most underrated tools in screen printing, your squeegee's durometer (aka hardness) can make or break your print quality—and your sanity on press. Here’s a quick guide to help you choose the right squeegee durometer depending […]

If you’ve ever fought to keep detail in a halftone or couldn’t figure out why your prints weren’t looking as sharp as they should, chances are your mesh count had something to do with it.Choosing the right mesh count is one of the most important decisions in screen printing — it affects ink deposit, detail, […]

At MADE Laboratory, every project is a chance to blend craft, technology, and storytelling through screen printing. For the ROQ On Dallas party — happening after the Impressions Dallas show — we wanted to make a shirt that feels like it belongs at a concert merch booth: bold, textured, and with a hand-feel that makes […]

If you’re chasing cleaner halftones, sharper detail, and predictable exposures, your problem might not be your file, your RIP, or your mesh. It might be dust. That’s right — something as simple as a dirty lens on your SAATI LTS laser system can cause fuzzier imaging, soft edges, haze during washout, and inconsistent dot gain […]

Introduction It’s not widely advertised, but through our Training x Support program, MADE Laboratory offers more than just hands-on training; we provide full-scale business consulting and mentoring built on years of experience, trial, and, most importantly, mistakes. We are not your typical “professional” consultants and don’t claim to be. But as a team that has […]