The NEW Rudy Press 23x31: Print Massive Designs On High Volume Manual Runs

When a client drops a high volume order for a large design on your desk, your first thought should be about profit, not concern about ability or time. Manual screen printing at scale is physically demanding, and by the time you hit shirt number 400, your shoulders are burning and your print stroke is changing. The Rudy Press solves this exact bottleneck, and the new Rudy Press 23 x 31 makes printing large designs for long runs easy.  

Oversized Production Demands Heavy Duty Leverage

Printers everywhere found success with the Rudy Press 20 x 24, but high output shops running standard 23 x 31 aluminum frames needed a bigger platform to push serious volume. The Rudy Press 23 x 31 delivers a 16 x 21 inch total print area. That means you can comfortably print large front graphics or varsity athletic back prints without running out of room or losing your leverage on big print strokes.

The unit comes fully loaded with a 16 inch 70 durometer squeegee and a matching 16 inch winged flood bar. This combination brings an automatic style workflow directly to your manual press. Traditional manual methods use a single squeegee to both flood the mesh and pull the print, which requires a finesse during fast runs. The Rudy Press 23 x 31 optimizes your rhythm by utilizing a dedicated flood bar to load the screen mesh perfectly before the squeegee even moves. This standardized cycle is vital when clearing thick plastisol inks or high solids water based inks across long runs.

Keep Your Pallets Spinning Smoothly Every Shift

True efficiency on the production floor means maximizing your hourly output without breaking your crew. Because the Rudy Press handles the heavy physical work of maintaining steady downforce, your operators can maintain a highly predictable, sustainable pace for hours on end. The Rudy Press directly improves your total shop throughput by removing the need for frequent fatigue breaks. Your team will spend less time shaking out their wrists or stretching their sore shoulders and more time loading garments and spinning shirt boards. This improvement in efficiency converts a standard manual station into a highly reliable production powerhouse.

Integrating this setup into your existing layout is simple. The Rudy Press 23 x 31 is engineered to fit most manual screen printing presses on the market that utilize standard 23 x 31 screens. It is built to pair with favorites like the Riley Hopkins 250 and the Riley Hopkins 360 manual presses. This means you can upgrade your current printing capacity without the massive footprint, intense electrical requirements, or heavy capital expense of an automatic machine. It serves as a powerful, accessible bridge for a growing business that needs consistency but wants to retain the agility and low overhead of a manual floor.

Onboard New Printers With Total Confidence

Teaching a new employee how to properly feel the correct squeegee angle and downward pressure can take months of close supervision and wasted test shirts. The training friendly workflow of the Rudy Press 23 x 31 shortens that expensive learning curve immediately. New operators can step up to your manual press and produce clean, retail ready results on their very first shift. The operator friendly setup features a fast, simple attachment process, meaning printers of any experience level can get up and running in minutes while eliminating beginner print errors entirely.

Investing in your production means setting your apparel decoration business up for sustainable long term success. When you remove the physical strain of high volume printing, you create a safer and much more profitable workspace for you & your team. The Rudy Press 23 x 31 is a tool built by screen printers who understand the reality of the daily grind. By standardizing your ink deposits, increasing your hourly garment output, and making high volume printing accessible to everyone in your building, you position your shop to win.