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This is an example of a 2 color "Spot Color" design. All of the shapes and letters
are solid and not faded in any way.
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This is an example of a 5 color "Spot Color" design for Schepps Dairy. If your counting the colors there
are 2 white screens, to make the white really bright.
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This is a 4 color spot job for Golden Pickle Juice.
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This is only four colors when printed on white shirts, but this job becomes complicated when we print it on Royal and Red shirts.
We have to print a layer of white below the print, and then print a highlight white as well, turning this
into a 6 color with a flash.
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The letters on this shirt have a white underbase. This underbase is printed, flashed cured, and then the orange printed on top of it.
This keeps the bright on dark shirts. This process also adds to the price. The glow around the tree was created
with half-tone dots.
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This design was printed in 4 color process. Basically we print this shirt the same way
your inkjet printer works. We use 4 colors, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black to produce all the colors you
see in this shirt.
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This was also printed in 4 color process. Both this shirt and the one above were printed
for a childrens drama group called "Behind the Scenes".
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This print was done with spot colors and halftones. Halftones are produced by printing
small dots instead of solid color, much like you would see if you printed a picture in black-and-white. The
gray in the bear's paws, and scuba tank were created by "halftoning" the black.
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If you want really bright white and colors on a black shirt, a process called "Flashing" has to be done.
While some inks are meant to cover well on dark shirts, there will still be some bleed through the ink, dulling the
colors. So to really make your colors jump off a dark colored shirt you must flash. This involves laying down a white
underbase that the other colors are printed on.
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