Screen printing a cmyk image?
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- Gnash0
If you're actually going to "Screen Print" (not digitial inkjet), then the challenge will be the linescreen that you're screen printer uses and their skill on registration. You will also need to create a "white Plate" to lay down beneath the entire area, if you are printing on coloured shirts.
You won't need to separate the file - they will do that - but keep in mind that the details and gradients in the above image won't look so get at 55-85 lines/in.
You are better off digital
- ugh. your - not you're.Gnash
- that is one ugly shirt though.ohhhhhsnap
- ESKEMA0
screen printing uses full colors (like PANTONES) so printing a cmyk image will not work at that level of detail (it would look more like a big billboard seen at short distance) unless you use a massive amount of individual colors and a shitload of time preparing the separation.
I suggest another alternative.- yeah...that's what I'm seeing
suggestions?marychain - Not true. You can screen print CMYK using transparent inks on light backgrounds, or by backing it with white.MarleyMarl
- it can also be separated in halftones (not CMYK) and printed with pigment discharge inks for dark bodiesd_gitale
- halftones = screens lolmonospaced
- yeah...that's what I'm seeing
- d_gitale0
there is special software for colour separations for screenprinting, and optimizing for printing on different coloured textiles.
but usually the printhouse should provide this to you
- cbass990
best way in my opinion is Direct To Garnmet printing. You can print a million colors that way..Or the other option is making halftones to get that gradient effect. maybe send the file to a printer and ask them what the best option is.
- DTG rarely comes out any good - fuzzy image and dull colours.fadein11
- chris_himself_20
As mentioned above. Typically if you give a CMYK (TIFF, EPS, PDF or PSD) file to a silkscreen printer, they'll know how to separate it. If YOU are the one printing the separations, then you need specific instructions from the printer on the line screen and correct angles for each separation.
- fresnobob0
Direct to garment usually sucks... Its for dudes doing cheap stuff who don't care about quality. Theres the sublimation option, but you need basically all polyester shirts, can only use white blanks, and its expensive...
As long as you have a legit printer with someone good at color seps you could do like a 50 color shirt if need be... I do work with dudes that do like 10 color shirts from rgb files all the time, its not a problem, you just have to be aware you gotta pay for all the screens, etc.