Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

(1) Problems with the original

       With the popularization of the application of three primary color fluorescent ink, the products of color step printing and screen printing on all kinds of textiles have been more and more welcomed by the majority of consumers. Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

        Whether it is processing and ordering in foreign trade or sales in the domestic market, traditional Chinese paintings, oil paintings and gouache paintings used to reflect the artistic beauty, curtains, sheets, bedspreads and covers used to reflect the decorative beauty, jackets, skirts, shoes, hats and cultural shirts used to reflect the beauty of clothing have successively appeared color step and screen printing products with exquisite patterns. Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

        They quickly occupy the market and beautify people’s life with their high-grade quality, low price and rich cultural connotation. However, in the market, we can often see another kind of color tone and screen printing products, some are full of moire.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

       some have no level change, and some are even confused, which makes people feel very uncomfortable. There are several reasons for these phenomena.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

      The producers of products do not really understand the basic principle of color step printing, can not theoretically explain the causes of problems in the production process, and it is more difficult to solve them in practice.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

        There is not enough understanding of the particularity of each link in the textile color screen printing process, such as draft selection, color separation and screen printing, screen plate making, printing and ink selection, resulting in a link error and low product quality.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

(2) Selection of originals

      Continuous tone originals have the best effect compared with halftone originals. Continuous tone manuscript is a manual painting product or color photo, which truly reproduces the author’s creative intention when using light and shade and color.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

         In the process of color separation and screen printing with it as an original, although some layers will inevitably be lost, it generally will not exceed the resolution of human eyes. Therefore, the replicas we see can basically achieve the effect of restoring the original. Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

       Because the halftone original itself is a dot reproduction after color separation and screening, compared with the tone original, it has lost some levels and added dots. Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

        When copying again, it will not only lose some levels, but also its dot arrangement will more or less affect the new screening effect, even form interference, make the color separation positive picture appear moire, and affect the product replication effect.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

       In the continuous tone original, compared with the reflection draft, the transmission draft is characterized by natural color tone, and the density and contrast of bright tone and dark NJ are very suitable for the color filter effect of color separation.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

       Therefore, it is easier to obtain high-quality positive pictures by color separation with transmission draft.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

        Through the above analysis and comparison, it can be concluded that the effect of continuous tone transmission is the best in the selection of originals, that is, in the use of color tone plus screen printing, only the best original can grasp the primary factor of reproduction product quality.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

       In addition, you should choose those patterns that are bright in color, clear in level, bright, clean, free of dirt and wrinkle. Beginners can make landscape draft products first, Products with character (avatar) patterns can be made after having a certain foundation. Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

       When selecting pictorial and picture originals, pay attention to the pattern with higher screen line (more than 175 lines), which is conducive to the reproduction and restoration of the product. If the screen line of the original is less than 150 lines, it is best not to use it.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

         In addition, it is necessary to investigate the consumer market, study the consumer psychology, and select the original from the composition and tone to be suitable for the aesthetic pursuit of contemporary people.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing

       For example, to print the patterns on the cultural shirts that young people love to wear, we should study what is trendy and what young people worship.Selection of Originals for Screen Tone Fabric Printing