Spot Color Printing Process
Spot color printing uses distinct ink colors. Our presses allow us to use from one to six colors on a design. The image above is a six color using black,green, brown, red, purple and gray, with some additional half-tone shading in the black. We are capable of producing shirts using any Pantone color you may choose. There is a charge for ink mixing, however, and we do offer about 40 different colors without further charge. The ink colors are solid on the surface of the shirt, without color variations, although shading is often achieved throught the use of screen half-tones. Artwork, again, comes to us in many forms. Hard copy requires a separate piece of artwork for each color, typically on paper or artboard. If you need us to, we can separate the colors for you. Digital copy is best provided in an Illustrator file although EPS is an acceptable alternative. Acceptable by either disk or email, we do again request that, if possible, you stuff your file before emailing it to us. If you are sending an Illustrator file, all fonts should be converted to outlines.