How should we screen print this?

Its a simple 3 color print. White, Cool gray 9, warm gray 5 approximately. Screen printing without a doubt.

The art should be in vector format and should be pretty easy to separate (2 hours maximum) If you need any help let me know and I'll do what I can.

Yeah, they just slapped the logo on top of some grunge effects. I wouldn't use flock, puff or foil though. A lot of people that I deal with like it at first, but it does start to come off in the wash and they get really mad at that point.

The design is the real star of the shirt and I'm a big fan of just showing that off, especially since it seems to be for a restaurant.

i honestly would just plotter it out and use opaque for it, depending on how many shirts are need, the design is the key, and you dont want to ruin that..that is what i would do.

As Matt said, it is perfect for a three color screen print. If the artwork has each color on layers or has separate objects in the file, it will be a breeze to separate.

I sent you an email with some ideas but like they said it can be pretty easily seperated into thre colors.. If they do not have the art.. see if they have something you can scan.. menu, napkin,letterhead... or just ask the old printer if you can have their seps.. hey you never know
dlac

Convert the artwork to vector file is the most and first step before you printing it!
The designer will seperate the colour to several layers for your printer.Hoping your artwork is clearer
and that will be better for designer to redraw it to vector file.If your artwork is blurry or hard to see
the lines of your artwork, the vector file will be not very good for printing.Just my experience!

pgconversion said:

Convert the artwork to vector file is the most and first step before you printing it!
The designer will seperate the colour to several layers for your printer.Hoping your artwork is clearer
and that will be better for designer to redraw it to vector file.If your artwork is blurry or hard to see
the lines of your artwork, the vector file will be not very good for printing.Just my experience!

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Why do yo say that James? There is no reason what so ever to convert raster artwork to vector if it meets the minimum requirements necessary. We don't know what the OP's original artwork is like yet. Got any ulterior motives?

bornover said:

Why do yo say that James? There is no reason what so ever to convert raster artwork to vector if it meets the minimum requirements necessary. We don't know what the OP's original artwork is like yet. Got any ulterior motives?

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Haha

Actually I also prefer to work in vector to be honest. It allows me to separate the artwork easier and to make sure that everything is coming across as it is supposed to be. Plus I can better control traps and just make little tweaks that my clients love.

But then again, I am a little biased to as a design firm and subcontractor for many screen print shops.

If you paint each spot color on a separate layer in Photoshop, and you have equipment and the ability to use butt registration, your done, it is already separated. If you need to use trap, then just do some minor tweaking that takes just a couple of minuets and your done as well. I guess it's all in what you do and use every day.

Oh yeah, for this design in specific, it would take me longer to separate in Photoshop than to just vector convert it at this size/resolution. It's pretty clean looking and a few other things give it away to me that it is definitely vector based already.

I personally would rather have an illustrator file to work from, but I can do it from either pretty easily. But to each their own when it comes to creating seps, just as long as it looks good.