: A logo that will be printed on a T-Shirt I want to make this logo print-ready on a T-shirt, but I have a few questions: 1) I have an overlap in my logo, I tried to merge the whole artwork
I want to make this logo print-ready on a T-shirt, but I have a few questions:
1) I have an overlap in my logo, I tried to merge the whole artwork but I get conflation artefacts, I also tried the shape builder but the same occurs. I don't want the conflation artefacts and I also know I should't have any overlaps in the logo that will be printed on a T-Shirt. what should I do?
2) I have 5 colors in the logo (white, 2 blacks, 2 grays), I knew from the videos on youtube that I must convert them to spot colors to make a color separation. After that, I check them in the separations preview. I also know that white is not counted as a spot color, is that right? so now I will have
only 4 colors as spot.
3) should the black be 0,0,0,100 as a spot color for T-shirt print?
what about the other colors should they have a specific values or as soon as I change them to spot it's okay?
4) I will save the file as High quality print PDF and leave the rest as default, is that correct?
5) If the client didn't mention which method he will use for printing the T-Shirt, should I still use spot colors, or I should make other file with Pantone colors so I cover all his needs?
6)if the client will use the sublimation method, is there any difference in saving method or colors?
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@New_spirit_designs - you really need to look at the specific PSP's (Print Service Provider) published submission guidelines: here are some sublimation printing art submission guidelines from a super-quick web search which are generically similar to your question:
A-E-Mag-art-Sublimation
JakPrints Art Sublimation
Five Ultimate Sublimation Submissions
As you can see, some ask for specific approaches to colour, some just want spots, some require CMYK only, some have pre-existing file templates they require that you download and use as the base for your design effort: it's crucial you query the specific PSP as to their requirements to be sure your print comes out as expected.
IMHO pdf is a good overall general file exchange format, and can be printed from with reasonable success in a lot of PSP shops, but there are also many who will not take a pdf - either they've had poor results with pdf in the past, or they may have different proprietary RIP or imposition software which only takes EPS or AI, so you absolutely need to check with them!
In fact, in most printing setups, overprint in overlap areas is desirable to you don't get annoying little halos where ink didn't flow!
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