Press Press Merch's approach to Screen Printed Posters

At Press Press Merch, poster printing isn’t a side offering, it’s a craft. We approach every screen-printed poster with the same goal: produce a piece that feels intentional, tactile, and worthy of the art it carries. Something the artist is proud to sign, and the fan is proud to frame.

Screen printing on flatstock is a slow, hands-on process by design. That’s exactly why we use it.

A Craft-Driven Printing Process

We specialize in screen-printed posters on premium flatstock paper. This method is ideal for gig posters, limited editions, and illustration-driven artwork where ink texture, paper choice, and color layering actually matter.

Every color is printed as its own screen and pass through the press. There’s no shortcut here, just careful setup, deliberate sequencing, and constant monitoring to keep things tight.

The result isn’t digital perfection. It’s better than that. It’s a handmade print with depth, character, and presence.

Tight Registration, On Purpose

Multi-color poster printing lives or dies by registration. We’re set up to run complex builds with tight alignment, crisp linework, and clean overlaps, especially on our standard house stock and premium French papers.

That said, we don’t pretend screen printing is magic. Specialty papers like holographic foil demand slower speeds, more adjustment, and closer QC because they’re less forgiving. We lean into that reality rather than fighting it, which is how you get better results instead of higher spoilage and disappointment.

Paper Isn’t an Afterthought

Paper choice changes everything, ink behavior, color feel, texture, and even how registration appears.

We focus on a small set of proven stocks:

• House White 100# Cover for consistency and stability

• French Paper stocks for high quality texture, tone, and personality

• Holographic foils for bold, high-impact specialty editions

Each comes with trade-offs. Higher quality papers add warmth and variation. Foils demand precision and patience. We guide artists through those choices so the paper supports the art, not the other way around.

Focused on the Details

Fine linework and halftones are absolutely possible, but only when the artwork is built with screen printing in mind. We’ll adjust separations, trapping, and density as needed to keep details from filling in or disappearing.

Smooth digital gradients and photo-real effects don’t translate 1:1, and we don’t pretend they do. Screen printing is an analog process, and the beauty comes from working within those constraints, not ignoring them.

Every Poster Is Hand-Finished

Every print is handled, trimmed, and checked by hand. No mass-production shortcuts. No “good enough” stacks.

That also means natural spoilage is part of the process, especially with multi-color builds or specialty stocks. We plan for it, we account for it, and we never hide it. Quality control happens on every sheet because collectors notice when corners are cut.

About Color, Reprints, and Expectations

Here’s the honest truth: no two poster runs are identical. Even reprints from the same files will show subtle differences in color, coverage, and texture. That’s not a flaw, it’s the nature of screen printing.

We don’t guarantee:

• Exact Pantone matches

• Perfect digital color translation

• Identical reprints

What we do guarantee is care, experience, and decisions made in service of the final print.

Why We Do It This Way

Screen-printed posters are premium objects. They take time, planning, and clear communication. We’d rather print fewer posters well than rush something that misses the mark.

If you’re looking for fast, disposable prints, this probably isn’t your process.
If you want a poster that feels intentional, collectible, and built to last, that’s exactly what we do.