I assume you have a multi-color press ? Also the design is a three color design (if you made the banana the same color as the peel)

 

i just added those extra colors for looks.
it only black and yellow. and i dont have a press i will line it up manually.
any help please?

 

do you have more than one screen at least ? and are you just doing this print once ?

 

lol yes i have like 4 screens

 

lol so i fully understand you have 4 screens and no press ? if you really dont have some type of press you can do that design but it will be really really difficult.

 

well i have a single color press. and i know i can align it, but my original question was how to apply the ink?

 

oh okay, i have heard as a type of rule of thumb is to do the print with less design first. like you would print the black first. flash it, then line up the yellow to fit.
hope that helps

 

idk that doesnt seem right to me.
why not put black over yellow?
in my case yellow has less design

 

then there you go. if anything it can be trial and error until you figure out the best way to do it.

 

I will do yellow first and then black .
My opinion is,
Print light colors first and then Dark colors last.

 

I agree. Rule of Thumb is to print light to dark. You could manually separate your colors in photoshop by selecting a color with the wand tool Select>Similar (tolerance between 40-50) then Layer>New>Layer Via Cut. do that with the yellow. then select all of your black with the wand proceeding to Select>Similar and then Select>Expand 2 or 3 pixels & fill with black. That way if your Registration is off a hair it will still print seamlessly.

PS. Where the colors touch one another you're going to need to Flash after yellow then print your black.


Hope this helps.

Gabe

 

ok thnaks gabe.
so just to clarify that PS method u gave was how to set up design to make it fir like a puzzle when setting ink down?

do you think it would be fine if i just put yellow down flash it, then put black over it?


ps thanks everyone

 

Yeah. Just like puzzle pieces. You could do the yellow as a bas coat for the entire image. I actually noticed a shirt I have the other day was done that way. When I took it off I noticed inside the shirt the whole design was red but in reality the design was black text with red outline. So they simply printed an entire red plate, flashed & printed black fill over it.

Doable but in my mind a waste of ink + it makes your print thicker giving it that "bulletproof" feel.

Gabe

 

ok thanks a lot gabe.
i think im goin to try the 'bullet proof" method just because its easier then puzzling everything together.

thanks ill let everyone know how it went

 

Here's the easiest procedure for you to do. Since you have no color press...start with the Black ink, then any other color will follow.

Should you be printing it on colored shirt then apply a white underbase first then Black ink.

Color inks should be transparent so it will not dominate covering the Black print.

I choose the black ink first to be printed so you can see that it can guide you to the rest of the application.

 

yea thats a good way. but i dont want to have to puzzle the yellow in with the black. id rather spend the time aligning the black over the yellow

 

Are you attempting registering the two colors with out registration marks? Relying strictly on your eye and the design is going to be miracle work! Not to mention a sore back if your as articulate as I am with perfect registration.

 

he said he has a single color press. i cant think of how reg marks would work?