Identifying that a Screen-Set requires Manufacture

Background

Each image for a print screen process, requires an artwork and a related set of screens - a "screen-set" to facilitate the screen printing of the artwork onto a garment.

By default, the Stencils Required layout, shows screen-sets which are required for usage on upcoming job-orders.

About this task

This topic will instruct you how to interrogate the Screens Required layout to identify a screen-set that requires one or more screens to be made.

Prerequisites

Ensure that:-

You are familiar with the concept of screen printing, particular the physical composition of a screen and its life-cycle.
You have logged onto strokeone, and that you can see and access the Screens button in strokeone's home banner.

Procedure

From the home banner, click the Screens and then Stencils Required buttons..
The Stencils Required layout opens.
The layout is pre-filtered to show records for those screen-sets which meet the following criteria:-
- The production process which the screen-set is required on, is not yet in a completed state
To identify a screen-set where one or more of the individual screens which make up the screen-set require construction, you need to refer to the Status icon.

Specifically, screen-sets in any of the following statuses:-

Screen Set status	Colour	Meaning
	Red	No screens in the screen-set exist.
	Amber	At least one of the screens in the screen-set is in the process of being manufactured. There could however be other screens in the set which are not yet under construction.
	Sky Blue	Although manufactured, the screen-set requires checking.
	Pink	The screen set has been washed and is filed as a partial set (that is, one or more screens in the set are missing / damaged and will require manufacture before the set can be used again.) If the partial screen-set has been placed in the pre-check area (in which case, the Checkover flag will be set as black), this is indicative that a job order reprint is scheduled and therefore that the missing screens will be need to be made.
	Dark Pink	Following on from the partial set status, above, when one more screens in a set are missing, and the whole set is required on a another job, the missing screen(s) will need to be manufactured before the job can be done. Whilst, this re-manufacture occurs, the partial set is placed in the part check area to await the replacement(s) to be made, and then the whole set is reconciled and subject to a final check before being used again.. The Dark pink status indicates the partial set is in part check awaiting the manufacture of the missing screens.
Note: If a screen splits during a print production job, then the screen-set record status will flash on and off to denote the urgency with which it needs to be addressed - see dealing with splits during a print run for more.

have one or more screens that are potentially not yet made.

To see the status for all the individual screens in the set, you need to open and view the detailed record for the screen -set.