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    • Printing half-tones from Illustrator
      Thread posted Jun 02 by SjSings22
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      Printing half-tones from Illustrator
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      I'm a pretty heavy Illustrator user, but this one has me stumped.

      I need to create a one-color image with a gradient that is going to be screen printed.

      My screen printer wants the half-tones to be in vector art so he can open it in Corel-Draw. So I planned to print to a .pdf file with the correct half-tone settings.

      I've tried everything I can think of and I just can't figure out what setting to use.

      Please please help me!!!

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    • Hi SjSings22,

      Check out this tutorial:

      http://vectips.com/tutorials/creating-halftone-effects/

      • I'd rather not "create" the half tone--I just want to print it--like my printer would do it.

    • Then ask you printer for the settings they need. If they are spec'ing the work, they should have the settings.

      • I wish it were that easy. Unfortunately, he's really good at screen printing but he doesn't know anything technical. I asked him what he would do if some stranger off the street gave him art for his kid's birthday party and he answered "I'd pay a college kid $70 to give me the art I need."

    •  i think  i can help  you with this.  Unfortunetly it seems as though  your   screenprinter  does not  know what to do with your  art..  IF you have already  set up your art in illustrator  and you have the gradient already,  then  by  all means  your part should be done.  generally  then  halftones that screen  printers require  are  made durring the output side.  Just like paper printering,   screenprinting  currently requires  film to be made,  the  general  line screen a  screenprinter  can use can be  from  1- 65 lines per suare inch .  the lower the # the bigger the halftone dot.   Are you going for a  certain look for your project  such as you might see in  old comic  books  that have big  halftones in it  or  are you just more  concerned  with a  nice clean  graident? if all you need is a  clean graident then your screen printer should  make  his film @ the  desired  line screen that works best for him...

      In order to  make  halftone seperations from illustrator  you  usually need a  postcript printer  such as  most hp laser jets  etc.  inkjets can  make  halftone seperations but they usually require  a  third party rip  program. 

      Hopefully this shed some light on the subject for you,  however if you still have  problems  or questions  feel  free to email me .

      vivek

      email:artdept@mac.com

      Jiminy stitch It

      Screenpinting & Embroidery 

      San Jose CA