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| Guertin
Graphics
uses state of the art high speed automatic multi color screenprinting
equipment.
Our professional printing staff can handle
even the most complex designs and give you the beautiful,
vivid prints you need to give your organization recognition. |
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printing is a process that uses fine screen meshes
stretched tightly over frames. The mesh is coated with
a material that is used to create a type of stencil.
Ink is then pushed through this stencil onto the material
and made permanent through the use of heat. Multi colored
designs are created by using a separate screen for each
color. We can custom mix any color in the spectrum,
and can also match pantone colors and special effects
colors such as glow in the dark, reflective, and fluorescent. |
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Below
are some examples of the different types of artwork that can
be screenprinted, along with the printing process used for
each. These samples of artwork were created in our in-house
art department, according to the requests of our customers.
We can create your design using your own ideas, sketches,
or images, or you can submit your own art directly. If you
choose to submit your own "camera ready" art,
please check our art submission page
for requirements. |
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simplest designs are one color "Line Art".
When choosing a one color design, it's important to keep in
mind the color of the item you are printing on. If printing
on dark colors, the artwork must be created as a negative
or "reversal" as shown below. |
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is an example of a simple two color design. Adding
even one color can make a simple design much more interesting
and eye catching. |
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| This
design appears to be two colors, but is actually three.
Whenever printing colors on a dark shirt, it's often necessary
to print a separate white "underlay" underneath
the overall design. Keep this in mind when creating your shirt
design. |
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To
print the image to the right, the best option would be
to use "Simulated Process" color. This
is similar to 4 color process,
except that it spot colors (spot colors are specific to
the artwork, whereas 4 color process always uses cyan,
magenta, yellow and black regardless of the artwork) including
custom mixed colors to match specific art requirements.
This is the most complex option, but can have the most
dramatic results.
Because it's on a dark background, the first color to be
printed is white, all dark shirts require a white underlay
for all colors of ink except black, otherwise the other colors
would not be visible. In textile printing, a dark shirt would
be most colors, including royal blue, red, green etc. Only
the lightest colors can be printed without underlay. Because
the body of the motorcycle is done as a separate color in
this design, it could be printed in any color, so the bike
can be different colors without redoing any of the artwork
or screens. |
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| This
design consists of 7 colors including a white underlay, but
there appears to be several shades of blue due to the use
of halftone shading in the design. Halftones (or areas
where one ink color is printed using small dots to decrease
the density of the color) can be often be used to make one
color appear to be several colors. |
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is an example of a 4 "spot color" design.
Spot colors are used when there is no blending of multiple
colors to create other colors, as shown below. The advantage
to using spot colors, is that they are usually solid areas
of color, so they are bright and vivid, and they can be precisely
mixed to exactly the shade required. |
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Above
is a sample of an image that would be printed using "4
color process". This means that the image would be
separated by computer into 4 basic colors, cyan, magenta,
yellow, and black. All the subtle variations in color would
be created by the mixing of these basic 4. 4 color process
is best for printing photographic images, however process
color inks are transparent, and so can only be printed
onto white or other light colored materials. |
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