Any tips on preparing the t-shirt design for printing?

Started on 04/20/11
  • nikucis on Apr 20, 2011
    I've been looking for some info about this for months but I can't seem to find any thing about this.
    What are the technical requirements for screen printing?
    Is it better to work with vector or rastra?
    How does the printing treat halftones or color that is like with 50% opacity?
    Maybe you have some other tips you'ld like to share regarding this topic?
    Tutorial links would be nice too.
  • AMerkison on Apr 20, 2011
     
    Rastra? Raster is what you're looking for. If you're looking for printing information, I'd suggest browsing over to the forums at gigposters.com and reading through their forum articles on screen printing.
  • Worthey IFC on Apr 20, 2011
     
    Split all the color and add a black color overlay if you're feeling nice. I don't know what you're really talking about with a halftone that has a 50% opacity, but when sending a file to the printer everything needs to come out a flat black (no grays). If you want a lighter color, change your halftone or spot color, don't mess with opacity. Have the file ready in the size you want to print it. And when printing, I prefer to trap the files myself instead of having the customer doing it. Also, always send a mock.
  • Keko Keko on Apr 21, 2011
     
    http://www.mintees.com has some great resources about apparel printing and there's always http://www.t-shirtforums.com/

    There's not one solution, it really depends on your artwork and what you want to achieve.

    Good luck.
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