[tommyahd]

Hello there,

I haven't printed halftone before because I've never needed to for my style of design. I'm doing a run of t's for a friend and the image is a photograph.

I'm trying to prepare the separation for printing.

If I'm using white ink to print onto a black t-shirts with a 43T mesh (UK)/110 (USA) what LPI and angle should I set the bitmap to?

Also am I right in thinking the eliptical dots are the best to use?

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[InkedApparel]

Hello there,

I haven't printed halftone before because I've never needed to for my style of design. I'm doing a run of t's for a friend and the image is a photograph.

I'm trying to prepare the separation for printing.

If I'm using white ink to print onto a black t-shirts with a 43T mesh (UK)/110 (USA) what LPI and angle should I set the bitmap to?

Also am I right in thinking the eliptical dots are the best to use?

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Cheers!

in order to figure out what lpi to use for the screen mesh , divide the mesh by 4.5

for example a 110 mesh divided by 4.5 would be 24.4444 so round down and call it 24..this isnt a ideal lpi for a halftone image....do you have any 2300 mesh screens?

if so , you could get 45 lpi on a 230 mesh which would make for a smoother halftone.as far as the dot shape , I use elipticle..some use round ...either is ok , your chioce.

Inked

 

[sben763]

110 I can get 30 LPI. 156 35 LPI 230 40 LPI even higher but just starting out 4.5 is a good rule of thumb. IMO eliptical looks better and prints easier.