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making black ink darker on colored shirts

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HI

I am having to do 2 pass on black ink to get it dark enough on colored shirts. Is there any other way to make it dark without having to do 2 passes of ink? I have a big order and this is very time consuming. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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April
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TahoeTomahawk
Hi April,
one thing that I noticed is that if the artwork is not RGB mode and not #000000, then the black will not be very dense at all. Use your color selector and verify the black is at the correct range.
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April, one trick we use to make the black darker is to make the black areas 100% black and 100% cyan. This makes a very deep black. It is easily done in Illustrator or Photoshop.
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FatKat Printz
we found that if the picture is vector black will be darker..
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bilet69
all very helpfull ideas thanks i was having the same problem!
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J
The image is vector. I am going to try the 100% black and 100 100%cyan today to see if that is better.
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April
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Can you add 100% cyan using Photoshop Elements? If so, can anyone explain how to do so>? I am not a wizard at Photoshop, but can get by usually. Thanks I am working on a black design on a grey shirt.
Gabe
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