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Welcome to the Dragonfly Colors blog — practical articles on screen printing and color separation
How to Blend Colors in Screen Printing: The Complete Technical Guide
Color blending in screen printing is one of the most visually striking techniques available — and one of the most technically demanding to execute consistently. A perfectly blended gradient across a chest
Mesh Selection: The Key Role in T-Shirt Screen Printing
Mesh selection is one of the most consequential decisions in screen printing — and furthermore, one of the most frequently made by habit rather than by calculation. Printers who use “whatever
Halftone Output and Image Resolution in Screen Printing: A Complete Technical Guide
Image resolution and halftone output control are the technical foundation of everything that happens between the original artwork and the final print. Get these right and your separations will expose cleanly,
Underbase White in Screen Printing: The Complete Technical Guide
The white underbase is the most important single color in dark garment screen printing. It determines everything that happens on top of it: color accuracy, opacity, vibrancy, hand feel, and print durability.
Digital Files for Screen Printing: The Complete Preparation Guide
Every screen printing job starts with a digital file. What arrives in the prepress department determines — more than any other single factor — the quality of the final print. A well-prepared
Simulated Color Separation in Screen Printing: The Definitive Technical Guide
Simulated color separation is the most versatile and widely used method for reproducing photographic and multi-color artwork in screen printing. Moreover, it is the technique that makes photographic t-shirt prints possible
Flesh Tones in Screen Printing: How to Separate and Print Skin Colors Accurately
Flesh tones are the most demanding test of any color separation system. The human eye has evolved to be extraordinarily sensitive to skin color — as a result, we instantly detect
Dot Gain, Halftone, and Moiré in Screen Printing: The Complete Technical Guide
Screen printing with photographic images and gradients means working with halftones — and halftones introduce three challenges that every serious printer must understand: dot gain, moiré patterns, and halftone frequency selection.
Screen Printing Basics: A Complete Technical Guide for Beginners and Professionals
Screen printing — also written as screenprinting — is one of the oldest and most durable printing methods still in active use today. From custom t-shirts to fine art prints, from industrial
Index Color Separation for Screen Printing: The Definitive Technical Guide
Index color separation is one of the most powerful — and most misunderstood — techniques in screen printing. It solves problems that CMYK halftone process printing cannot: it eliminates moiré, it works