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How to specify a Screen Printing Machine

What to put on an RFQ for Screen Printing Machine: the ratings, documents, and constraints that change the quote.

25 Oct 2026 · 3 min read · Tradinor Desk

Specification points for Screen Printing MachineTRADINOR · FIGUREWhat to lock for Screen Printing MachineColorSize and speedFinishingProof
Put these on the RFQ for Screen Printing Machine before you compare prices.

A buyer searching for Screen Printing Machine is usually trying to stop a bad substitute. A press or a print job is specified by the process, the substrate, the color control, and the finishing. The notes below are selection criteria for a Screen Printing Machine. They are not a catalog promise. Confirm every rating on the current datasheet, drawing, or test report for the revision you will receive.

What has to be true of Screen Printing Machine

A press or a print job is specified by the process, the substrate, the color control, and the finishing. For a Screen Printing Machine, start from the duty, then the interface to the rest of the machine or the room, then the document that proves the claim. A lower price that leaves one of those blank is a different product.

Screen Printing Machine is easy to confuse with Screen Mesh. If the quote could be read as either, add the line that separates them: the rating, the fitment, or the standard named below. Link the drawing number to that line so receiving inspection can reject the wrong one.

Numbers that change the quote

Line What to write for Screen Printing Machine
Color The color standard and the tolerance.
Size and speed Sheet or web, and the throughput you need.
Finishing Coat, die-cut, or bindery.
Proof What will be signed before the run.
Process Offset, digital, flexo, screen, or another named process.
Substrate Paper, film, or board, with thickness.

How to compare two offers

Lay both quotes for Screen Printing Machine on one sheet and line up color, size and speed, and finishing. If a cell is empty, the offer is not finished. Ask for the missing line in writing. When those match, the honest difference is lead time, the test evidence, and who carries the warranty. Do not average a fully specified Screen Printing Machine with a cheaper line that omitted color.

Documents worth having before the deposit

Ask for a signed proof standard and the substrate specification. The file should name Screen Printing Machine and the revision, not only the supplier’s homepage. A factory quality certificate such as ISO 9001 can sit beside that file. It does not replace it.

Failures that show up after delivery

  • Changing substrate after the color has been approved.
  • Buying a press speed that the drying cannot support.
  • Leaving finishing off the quote.

On a Screen Printing Machine, the expensive version of the first mistake is discovering it after the goods are in the crate. Put the rejection condition in the purchase order while the supplier can still restate the offer.

A worked RFQ line

Use this shape, then replace the brackets with your duty: “Screen Printing Machine — State process, substrate, color tolerance, size, and finishing.” That sentence is a template, not a rating of any brand. If a supplier’s datasheet uses different units, convert them onto this sheet so the next offer can be compared.

Where words like explosion-proof / ATEX belong

Searches often add a constraint to Screen Printing Machine: explosion-proof / ATEX, or outdoor. Keep those on this page. ATEX or IECEx is a certificate for a zone, a gas or dust group, and a temperature class. An IP rating does not grant it. Skip the mark if the site is not hazardous. Outdoor means UV, temperature cycle, and corrosion, not only a gasket. Name the climate and the years the gasket is expected to last. If you need a third constraint, add it as another line on the same drawing. A second URL that only swaps the adjective does not give a buyer a second fact.

Related in this section: how to specify Screen Mesh.

Questions buyers actually ask

What should an RFQ for Screen Printing Machine include?

State process, substrate, color tolerance, size, and finishing.

Is a cheaper Screen Printing Machine the same part?

Only if color, size and speed, and the documents match. A missing line is a different offer.

Do waterproof, OEM, or IP words need their own page?

No. For Screen Printing Machine they are extra lines on this specification. Ask for the test or the drawing that gives the word a value.