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amkha69 · November 8th, 2009

can you screen print photo images? I am taking pictures of images can you screen print them on a shirt. example say picture of a female model holding an axe. I may change some colors maybe black and white, or the best way to go is DTG .

thanks for any tips

dee

CoopersDesignCo · November 8th, 2009

You sure can! There are several different methods to screen printing photos. It really depends on your photo which method works the best.

Celtic · November 8th, 2009

Of course, just like Ann said.
On a white shirt, you could do a process color print. Or, on any color shirt, I'd recommend simulated process. You have to have a rip program, raster printer to print out the halftone films, and a press that can micro adjust.

AaronM · November 24th, 2009

Photo realistic images in my opinion really come down to the separations. They can actaully be easier to print than spot colors as the registration errors don't show up as much because of the smaller dots. You do need to use a higher mesh count and LPI and also be able to print halftones with your film positives, but I have seen some amazing prints using just 4 to 6 colors.

Check out a few samples of these kinds of prints that were done with the color separation software, FastFilms.

rudi · November 27th, 2009

you don't need micro rego, you can do it fine on a manual press with out micro.

BillyV · November 29th, 2009

And then there is always Sublimation.

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