snap-off

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This is sometimes used as the same meaning as off-contact (see off-contact) Commonly, snap-off is used to explain the separation of screen mesh from the garment after the squeegee has made contact with the garment during the print sequence Example: The print speed is being slowed because of the heavy viscosity of the ink, so snap-off can occur
(1) the distance between the bottom of the screen and the surface of the object to be printed; same as "off contact" distance (2) the mistake that occurs when a textile substrate is unevenly pulled off a platen too quickly resulting in a misprint due to uncured ink touching unprinted parts of the garment
snap someone's head off
To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark

He won't have a pleasant morning, I can tell you! I shall snap his head off every time he speaks to me.

snap off
{f} break off, break a piece from a whole; beat someone with a not particularly powerful hand (in Sports)
snap off
break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"