How do I get my design ready for screen printing?
The most reliable way to produce artwork for screen printing is to manually prepare it in Adobe Illustrator. Each of the three colors is going to form a separate artwork in a separate layer, using elements from the main image for each color.
How do I make a white Underbase in Illustrator?
MAKING THE WHITE UNDERBASE
- Select the whole design and copy it.
- Go to the White Base Layer and CMD F (paste to front) the design.
- Select the whole design (not including the info and reg marks).
- Go to Swatches and apply your white.
What is a white layer in printing?
In the simplest terms, spot white is a primer layer of white that is printed first–before your cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. This primer layer of white acts as a barrier between your design and the base material which gives us a blank canvas to print on.
What is white ink made of?
A white ink composition contains a white or whitish pigment, an ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) resin or a polyolefin wax, and a fluorene resin or a styrene acrylic resin.
Can you put white words on a dark shirt?
You can use both light- and dark-colored shirts, depending on what you want to put on them. You can put white words on a dark shirt using T-shirt transfers by following a few steps. Select a T-shirt transfer sheet.
Are there any inks that can print white?
Unfortunately the answer is more complicated than it seems. The reason is that most printers don’t print white ink. Generally printers have black, cyan, magenta and yellow (CMYK). Those colors can to create almost any color. Unfortunately no combination of those inks can make white.
What’s the best way to print a white print?
One of the most effective ways to get a bold print when using white or light inks on black or dark substrates is to print a white underbase. The proper way to do that is to print one layer of white ink, flash cure the print for 5 to 10 seconds, then print your top coat of ink.
How do you change the text on a T-shirt to white?
Adjust the font size to your desired size and change the text color to white. Print the transfer using an inkjet printer. Select a flat, smooth surface to use (but not an ironing board). Place a large piece of cloth, like a pillowcase, on the surface. Set the iron to the “cotton” setting.