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Your conveyor dryer display can look right while the ink film still isn’t fully cured.

Plastisol cure depends on more than a temperature setting—it’s about actual dwell time, ink-film conditions, garment type, print deposit, airflow, and a process you’ve verified.

Our latest Ink Insight explains how to profile a conveyor dryer, test representative prints, and build repeatable cure recipes that hold up after the wash.

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How to Verify Plastisol Ink Cure on a Conveyor Dryer Stop guessing at dryer settings. Learn a practical method to profile a conveyor dryer, verify plastisol ink cure, and document a repeatable screen-print workflow.

Soft stencils, pinholes, lost detail, and screens that break down mid-run often start in the screen room.
A step-wedge test takes the guesswork out of screen exposure by helping you dial in the right time for your emulsion, mesh, coating, film, and exposure setup.

Our latest Ink Insight walks through how to run the test, read the results, and build a repeatable stencil process.
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https://imprint.hixcorp.com/blog/ink-insight-3/screen-printing-exposure-time-step-wedge-test-17

Screen Printing Exposure Time: The Step-Wedge Test Guide Learn how to set screen printing exposure time with a step-wedge test, eliminate stencil guesswork, and document a durable, repeatable screen-room process.

Your heat press display may show the right settings—but is your transfer actually getting the heat, pressure, and dwell time it needs?

Our latest Ink Insight breaks down a practical way to verify platen temperature, check contact and pressure, and build repeatable heat-transfer recipes that help prevent lifting, peeling, and costly reprints.

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https://imprint.hixcorp.com/blog/ink-insight-3/how-to-calibrate-a-heat-press-16

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Consistency makes the difference.

Upgrading your press starts with pressure.

The SwingMan 25 is built for even, repeatable force and production-ready reliability.