Silkscreen compensation for CD labels

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Silkscreen Compensation

	Template download
	Introduction
	The process
	The colors
	2 color examples
	2 color picture discs
	4 color picture discs
	Center hub area
	Spec diagrams
	Complete film specs
	Trapping
	Silkscreen compensation spec

Use the following compensation table in to prepare your images for film output at 100 lines per inch.

Image Density	Film Density
to print 5%,	the film density must be 13%
10%	18%
15%	23%
20%	28%
25%	33%
30%	38%
35%	43%
40%	47%
45%	52%
50%	56%
55%	61%
60%	65%
65%	68%
70%	73%
75%	78%
80%	82%
85%	87%
90%	92%
95%	97%
100%	100%

If you send us an image, please tell us if you have already used compensation, for example give it a filename like CDLABEL-withcompensation.tif. Otherwise we assume that there has been no compensation. It is important to give us a color sample on paper of the original image.

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