In this technical newsletter and accompanying video, you’ll learn how to achieve excellent color and tone range on your next true four-color process job (also known as 4CP or process color). These tips are designed to give you the fullest range of tone (light to dark) and color gamut possible using just four process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black, also known as CMYK) plus the optional, but recommended, Wet White. For this project, we’ll be printing on Fruit of the Loom’s 6-ounce, 100% cotton Lofteez HD® T-shirt, an excellent surface to achieve this high-end printing.
We’re witnessing a resurgence of four-color process printing because of the rise of digital direct-to-garment (DTG) inkjet printing. It’s important to deliver both excellent short-run DTG images and matching four-color process screen prints for longer runs. High-end process color is being driven by a competitive market and maturing digital technologies.
Four-color process printing is more difficult than simulated process printing, but delivers a wider range of colors using only CMYK pigments. Even if you’re limited to a six-color press, you can still deliver vibrant, exciting prints.
Why do we often struggle with some of the seemingly simplest things, like slathering screen-printing ink onto a decorated-apparel garment. Slathering so that it looks clean, bright, opaque and altogether attractive.
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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a secret formula for designing a best-selling T-shirt for a sports team, a business or for your own pre-print line?
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As is the case with any craft, when it comes to screen-printing T-shirts and other apparel the devil is in the details. The best art, the best press in the world will inevitably come up short if you don’t take care of the little things as well.
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