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jesskitten
Joined: 14 Mar 2011
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Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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 Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:20 am Post subject: Screen Printing Problem... Help? Ideas? |
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Okay, so I am new to color separation. The image below is what I am working with. This is what my boss said, "I want you to find a way how to gradient this so that when we print it, it is the same color blue but just different percentages of the blue so we only have to use one screen" I suggested separating it into light blue and dark blue and printing it that way and that worked but he is still adamant that I can do it without rip software and I am still not convinced I can do it. Does anyone have any idea? I have searched the interwebs and finally I have stopped to ask for help. Thanks in advance.
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This is the Separation:
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Auieos
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah you can do it.
I guess he means that all blue will be printed using the same ink.
Some areas will be less saturated/lighter than others.
Below are your two blues, match the two base colours identified in the top right corner.
Aka match the position of the sliders. |
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jesskitten
Joined: 14 Mar 2011
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Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:15 am Post subject: |
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I tried just printing it as is and it just printed grey on the lighter of the blue (they are actually the same color just the lighter one has its opacity turned down) and black on the dark blue. Our printer couldn't shoot that screen because everything needs to be jet black. I have been using photoshop despite the image being an illustrator file, our printer is too old though and doesn't support Adobe Postscript so printing separations in illustrator is greyed out and is not an option. Do you think it is the printer? It is a rather old one. I told him to get a windows 7 compatible printer but, he is far too cheap and basically, he is trying to get more out of me with the equipment we have. The whole, "I know you can figure this one out" routine. |
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Auieos
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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I cant really answer questions about a printer i have never met.
Possibly you and your boss are both correct. The printer probably can do what is desired, however its you that has to figure this one out.
Type, Model, Make etc of printer will help me help you. |
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jesskitten
Joined: 14 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:14 am Post subject: |
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It is a Epson Photo Stylus 1280. This is just what I don't get: They are the same color, yes but a different opacity. So, he can't use the same darker blue to make the lighter blue, right? Apart from adding white. Using Halftones is another thing my boss said to use but I can't see how that will help because then I would have to print a white separation too. I don't know, I am simply unfamiliar with processes concerning screen printing. |
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Auieos
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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The Epson 1280 is an ink jet printer.  |
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thehermit
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't want to interject for fear of muddying waters, but I am getting confused as to why a printer would be cited in a screen printing thread. Am I missing something?
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jesskitten
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Because I print the image on a transparency so that it can be burned onto a screen. |
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jesskitten
Joined: 14 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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OH. I see the confusion. Sorry folks. I print the transparencies out on the epson photo stylus 1280 then the screen is burned, then the image gets transfered. |
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Auieos
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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Nah you can help out Hermit  i'm confused anyway.
I think if you need a lighter and darker shade of blue then it would require a black and gray transparency.
Much like the way a layer mask works inside of photoshop. |
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