Printing with Fox Screen Print
Here at Fox Screen Print & Embroidery, we offer a wide range of printing
capabilities including: Spot color Printing, 4 color Process (allowing for
photo realism), Simulated Process (extended color range), and Specialty
Printing (combining of multiple techneques).
Fox Screen Print uses the highs grade of textile inks featuring inks by Rutland,
and Wilflex.Understanding the wide range of colors available we make it easier
to find the colors you need by conforming to the Pantone color system.
Spot Color Printing
A spot color is a specially mixed ink used in printing. Spot color inks come in
a rainbow of colors, including some specialty inks such as metallic or
fluorescent. Unlike CMYK/(4 Color Process), Spot Colors are pre-mixed
and you use one ink for each color on the article.
There are different brands of Spot Color inks
and the colors are often different in color and or name. In the United States,
the dominant spot color printing system is PANTONE. The Pantone Matching System
or PMS consists of over 1,000 colors of ink.
 4 Color Process
To reproduce full-color photographic images, typical
printing presses use 4 colors of ink. The four inks are placed in layers of
dots (garnet shading) that combine to create the illusion of many more colors.
CMYK refers to the 4 ink colors used
by the printing press. C is cyan (blue), M is magenta (red), Y is yellow, and K
is black.
A mistake often made when submitting artwork for
4-color printing is not converting the images to the CMYK color space.
This is needed so that the art can be separated into the four colors so that a
separate printing screen can be made for each of the colors.
Simulated Process
Simulated Process extends the 4 Color Process
color range by inserting a screen layer using the Spot Color method. Blending
the two techniques of Spot Color Printing, and the 4 Color Process.
This allows for brighter or darker enhanced images, as well as allowing for
fluorescents inks and gold or silver flakes to be added.
Specialty Printing
In today’s ever advancing world we at Fox Screen Print
have embraced new technologies. This has lead us into the new age in printing
for the textile industry.
With Specialty Printing we can use advance
techniques such as: Foils, Flocking, Glowing Inks, Glitters, Caviar (Beads,
Decorative flakes, and Crystal Chips).
Using High Density Inks and Puffing Technology we have
brought printing into the 3rd Dimension. This allows the art to have depth,
texture and unique feel.
Flocking
Flocking is the process of statically charging fibers
and imbedding them onto the surface of a garment
giving a soft look and feel. Flocking has varying length in fibers and may be
used in conjunction with a variety of other printing techniques.
Foils
Foils can be applied after the printing process to add
a glimmer or shine to the garment. They can be applied in a wide range of
colors.
Caviar
Caviar is the beading, lying of Crystal chips, and
decorative flacks on the garment. This can be used with a variety of other
printing techniques.
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