I remember my first CMYK..

[NoDirectionNick]

Literally though, this is my 1st attempt at CMYK. Did all the sep's myself. I did reach out to DotToneDan originally, but I figured I'd give it a shot on my own. Any suggestions or criticisms are welcome - go easy on me, I'm new to this. I know that Dan had mentioned doing a white UB would help blend the dots better - I did not do that. But will end up doing next time.

Also want to say that I've learned a LOT on this board. Much thanks to you guys. I don't say much on here - I just soak it all in.

[Frog]

Your problem Nick, is that you have no direction.

You did good though. Glad the board could help.

[jsheridan]

You did good brother!

Next happy hour is on you 

[Denis Kolar]

Looks great!!!

[screenxpress]

I've never tried 4 color process yet, but if I had, I'd hope it turned out that nice!

[virgil427]

nice job, how long did it take to register ?

[balloonguy]

How does it look compared to the original art? Are you happy with it? I think you will be surprised the difference you will get if you let Dan or someone do the seps for you. I have a job that I did 2 years in row. The first year Dan did the seps and the print was great. The next year they dropped it in my lap 30 hours before the event. I did the seps and the print was okay but not nearly as good when Dan did them. I also do like different screen angles. I have found that it makes it a little easier to get more depth in color.
I use:
c = 37.5
y = 7.5
m = 52.5
k = 67.5
I am not saying you can't get a good print with all 22.5 but I think it is easier with different angles.
Keep up the good work.
Matt

[ScreenFoo]

Looks WAY better than the first CMYK print I did. 

Of course, I didn't have any of these guys to help me out THAT many years ago.  200 mesh, cool white exposure unit, abused squeegees, $100 flatwork press. 


When's the second one going on press?

[NoDirectionNick]

@jsheridan - happy hour next week. I'm in.

[NoDirectionNick]

@Frog - thank you much

@DKgrafix thanks!

@virgil427 - took me about 5-10 minutes, I believe. Been working diligently on cutting down my times w/registration since that was becoming a time consumer for me in the past.

@balloonguy - Dan is definitely the man when it comes to sep's. I tinkered with the screen angles yesterday on a different CMYK print and it didn't come out nearly as clean as this CMYK print. Something I'm going to keep testing as I do more CMYK jobs though. I appreciate the kind words and advice.

@Screen Foo - thanks! I enjoy the CMYK stuff. Hopefully I'll keep getting some more.

[Dottonedan]

HI VIva,


The cmyk print looks pretty good. Probably standard for most people, so you're not doing bad at all.  Sure, I would have done some things different, but you did save $75.00 on 5 colors. so, thats more profit in your hands and the customer probably love them. Thats all that really counts in the end.


Good job.