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Offline blue moon

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #720 on: May 15, 2013, 02:58:19 PM »
one of the main reasons for needing the brighter underbase (as far as I can tell) is that the inks used for simulated process are more translucent so they look duller if the underbase is gray rather than white. Potential way around it would be to use higher opacity inks, but unfortunately, those tend not to be WOW friendly and restrict the color palette that's obtainable.

Most of our sim process prints require two strokes of white which usually does the trick. I don't think we've ever PFPF underbase for sim process, but we've had to do it few times with large areas of light color inks (lemon yellow comes to mind).

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #721 on: May 15, 2013, 03:05:37 PM »
one of the main reasons for needing the brighter underbase (as far as I can tell) is that the inks used for simulated process are more translucent so they look duller if the underbase is gray rather than white. Potential way around it would be to use higher opacity inks, but unfortunately, those tend not to be WOW friendly and restrict the color palette that's obtainable.

Most of our sim process prints require two strokes of white which usually does the trick. I don't think we've ever PFPF underbase for sim process, but we've had to do it few times with large areas of light color inks (lemon yellow comes to mind).

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I'd recommend a roller squeegee in this instance after a white ub -- the white underbase becomes more optically vibrant.   At least that's how it works in N'awlins.

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #722 on: May 15, 2013, 04:10:41 PM »
Had a extra, here is Shelly giving you a Thumbs up with said shirt!


I'm a little sceptical now as well, that hand doesn't look real :)

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #723 on: May 15, 2013, 04:25:50 PM »
Had a extra, here is Shelly giving you a Thumbs up with said shirt!


I'm a little sceptical now as well, that hand doesn't look real :)

Ya its totally fake!

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #724 on: May 15, 2013, 04:39:30 PM »
Did you underbase the horses tongue? It looks a bit dark...
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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #725 on: May 15, 2013, 04:43:42 PM »
Shelly's got some forearms for a girl.  :P
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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #726 on: May 15, 2013, 05:11:40 PM »
I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here but is that fold not the same in all the pictures??? That is why I questioned the "print" in the first place.


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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #727 on: May 15, 2013, 05:21:40 PM »
here is more

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #728 on: May 15, 2013, 05:27:43 PM »
Shelly's got some forearms for a girl.  :P

That would be James.... Shelly is much better looking, even as a horse.
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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #729 on: May 15, 2013, 05:48:59 PM »
Shelly's got some forearms for a girl.  :P

That would be James.... Shelly is much better looking, even as a horse.

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #730 on: May 15, 2013, 06:08:35 PM »
Ok, this one was SUPER hard..... It is for a liquor store here, called "The Liquor Box" here is their slogan....


OK, so not that complex, but thought some might get a laugh! ;D

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #731 on: May 15, 2013, 07:00:48 PM »
Ok, this one was SUPER hard..... It is for a liquor store here, called "The Liquor Box" here is their slogan....


OK, so not that complex, but thought some might get a laugh! ;D


I will take one of those I wear a XL.

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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #732 on: May 15, 2013, 07:58:45 PM »
Alan, typically we will only pfpf the base on a black shirt only.... All other color shirts get either 1 stroke and send it or 2 strokes and send it.... Here's another car job we printed today.... This was 1 pass on all colors 1 time around the press..... Like Pierre said it's really only because our sim process inks are more transparent to achieve good blends and we have a hard time getting some of the reds, yellows, and purples to look good on a base that isn't pfpf. But on only black shirt will we revolve.

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What have you printed lately?
« Reply #733 on: June 03, 2013, 12:35:02 PM »
First four color for a customer all screens 230 nice easy design 300 shirts


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Re: What have you printed lately?
« Reply #734 on: June 03, 2013, 12:38:48 PM »
Nice.
You did them or you gave it to the "guy"?