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Editing Fountain Fill for Screen Printing

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How do I edit a fountain fill so that it won't band when screen printed? Please help.

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Re: Editing Fountain Fill for Screen Printing

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I presume that you are talking about postscript banding, I could bore you for hours on this but...
If you have a low resolution imaging device, such as a 720dpi printer and try and print e.g. a 72lpi screen, the postscript cells are 720/72 dots across (& down). Your cell has 100 dots and you can only change greyscale by 1% increments. At 36lpi, you have 20x20 cells and 400 greys.
If you are using a bitmap file at 300dpi or lower, your banding is going to be worse.
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Thanks for your help!
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did that make sense?
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