Another thing to consider is there are some images that when printed on white visually look correct but that same image printed on a black garment does not look correct. The problem with that is that 99% of the time you will need a white underlay screen as your first ink color so that the other colors printed won't be affected by the garment color.(If you print yellow ink on a blue shirt, the result would be a dull looking greenish color because in essence, combining yellow and blue will give you green). Another scenario could be that the design was intended to be printed on white shirts only, then at the last minute the customer wants to print on black shirts also. At the very last minute, The customer decides to have the design printed on royal blue shirts also… which will need a black screen, after you have already completed the separations and printed the films. So you go ahead and do your separations without including the black screen and then, uh oh. Will there be only one garment color or all different colors? For example, In most cases if you are printing on a black garment, you may not need to use a black screen. Garment color also needs to be considered. For example: what will the garment sizes be? You will need two different sets of separations if you have sizes ranging from youth small all the way up to adult double XL or triple XL sizes. Before doing any separations, there will always be information you will need before you start the process. ![]() Communication between the two teams is crucial.ĭoing separations can range from simple 1,2,3 simple spot color separations which are completely solid colors with no shading, all the way up to 10 or maybe 12 colors containing all sorts of half-toning for photorealistic screen prints on white or dark garments. ![]() In fact, almost every single screen printer I know, blames the separator and the separations for unacceptable screen prints. One of the major obstacles is that most graphic designers/separators have zero hands on knowledge of actually registering the screens on the press, pulling squeegees, exposing screens, Etc. ![]() Excluding screen printing equipment difficulties and preparations, most of the problems occur starting with the separations. In fact, there are statistics that show that over 80% of all screen-printing problems occur before the screens even make it to the press. Being a good separator is almost kind of an art in its own right. The process of separating images for screen-printing takes a whole lot of practice, trial and error, and patience.
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