Hey, there might be some threads on this but I’m just wondering what you would call this type of printing? Meaning, to explain it to a printer for quotes. It’s similar to what DBH calls "if you can design it, we can print it." Example would be printing a watercolor inside some type. Here’s a great example by Sonne.
http://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/detail/2670?category=mens
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cbass99 said 4 months ago
i’m trying to get quotes on this shirt but I’m having some difficulties explaining how many colors, screens ect.....is it called digital printing?
Any help would be appreciated.
heavyprints said 4 months ago
That is screen printing. Probably a two color print with halftones.. maybe 3 color?
The one from Sonne looks like 4 or 5 colors, water based inks, halftonage.
And apparently some gold foil.
Randomentity said 4 months ago
blue red black yellow
so 4 color screen print, really reaaallllly good at halftones.
unless that light blue was pre-mixed...i dunno. 3-4 colors.
Randomentity said 4 months ago
your best bet is to send the printer a mid res version of it, and they can tell you what they’ll need to do.
RockyRoark said 4 months ago
Well the one you are showing that you are looking for quotes for looks like either a two or three color design, I think you would have to set up the letters to over lay each other, it doesn’t look like water colors and I know I’ve had some designs like it before and it does present problems
cbass99 said 4 months ago
so the water color is a halftone? I thought each screen was one color? i’m just trying to visualize how they print those difficult gradients ect...
sorry if this is elementary for this site but I haven’t printed a lot of shirts.
if anyone has a good t-shirt forum on this i’d appreciate it or if some of you guys/girls do your own printing and could explain it a little better...
cbass99 said 4 months ago
cool, thanks for the responses. i’m understanding..i’ve sent it a few places for quotes and tried to explain what i want done so i’m sure i’ll get a response from that. thanks people!
RockyRoark said 4 months ago
Well it seems sorta like halftones but it could be three color, i know the black would have halftones in it but the letters, you would most likely need two colors for that, a darker and a lighter, possibly
heavyprints said 4 months ago
With the black, you just use a spot black color for printing, and use halftone dots as a way to feign the different shades.
Same with the yellowish-color. Pick a dark gold and use halftones to make it lighter with the white shirt, possibly two gold colors if you want more color variance. It’s not going to print just exactly as you have it pictured, but it could still look good.
DTG printers could knock this out relatively cheaply and easily, because they work in a completely different manor than screen printers - and they excel on white shirts. You may be able to get nice smooth gradients and have it look exactly as you would like with DTG. Prices might be a bit higher, but when I printed DTG I was competitive with screeners on white. Sometimes cheaper.
cbass99 said 4 months ago
thanks for your help!
heavyprints said 4 months ago
No problem.
collisiontheory said 4 months ago
Sonne’s shirt is: "Extra Soft, Oversized Six Color Softhand Plastisol Front Print." The water colors will be converted into halftones so it’s just one color.
I think your shirt could be done in 2 colors, the text would be converted to orange halftones and the black is the 2nd color.
cbass99 said 4 months ago
collision-thanks man
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Cole said 4 months ago
correct