· TUTUORIAL · Silkscreen Compensation

 

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Silkscreen compensation spec

Only the densities between 20% and 80% are accurately reproduced in silkscreening. For photo printing we also offer offset printing.

Use the following compensation table in to prepare your images for film output at 133 lines per inch.

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Image Density Film Density
to print 5%, the film density must be x%
10%  
15%  
20%  
25%  
30%  
35%  
40%  
45%  
50%  
55%  
60%  
65%  
70%  
75%  
80%  
85%  
90%  
95%  
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.