Screen Printing Color Separations

Screen Printing Separations
T-Shirt Printing depends on the Transfer of the image from the monitor to the printing press, we are experts on this process. Here is an explanation of some of the pre-press services we offer in house

Spot Process Separations ( Simulated Process)

This is a process of choosing a few colors to represent millions of colors that built up an image/design. It breaks down millions of colors into a few colors that BEST represent an image when they are printed back together on a t-shirt. Choosing the best set of colors is extremely crucial in order to produce an excellent print. The more colors allowed the better an image looks. 12 index colors image looks twice as smoother than a 6 index color image. Index color separation converts a design/image into a Diffusion Dither random pixel pattern that almost totally keep you away from the moiré pattern problem (waveform pattern cause by interference between half-tone dot angle and screen mesh).

Spot Color Separations

We can take any client provided art work that is in vector format and divide the colors into specific color plates.  We utilize the Pantone Color Books to match each color in the file so that inks will match accordingly on the press.  Our experience allows us to do this with complex artwork including gradients, Clipping masks, and even rasterized images.   Our most complicated projects have included all of these as well as integration on Spot Process, which allows for the highest quality mixture of Raster & Vector artwork in your designs. 

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