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tonypep:
Just for giggles. "Split Fountain".......anyone know the meaning of the term? Andy can't play (my rules).
First correct response gets........well nothing.
tp

Clark:
Putting two ink colors on the same screen and making them fade together?

Evo:

--- Quote from: tonypep on May 04, 2011, 12:11:54 PM ---Just for giggles. "Split Fountain".......anyone know the meaning of the term? Andy can't play (my rules).
First correct response gets........well nothing.
tp

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Wasn't it originally an offset printing term? Something about adding two colors of ink to the same ink reservoir. Just vaguely remembering what someone told me long ago...


All I know is in screen printing it's just another term for "pain in the ass".

tonypep:
Both correct. It was a pain in the ass but often necessary back when 8 color presses were rare. We also used to use the technique on cut pieces....waterbase belt printing.

blue moon:
Keith from ICC was telling us about standing in front of the press and adding a spoonful of ink after every stork to keep the inks from mixing and doing it for hours on . . .

pierre

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