Screen Printing Overview - Murakami Screen

Simulated Process
• Simulated process has significant
advantages in automatic production.
• Different color shirts will all have an
identical looking print since the ink
system is opaque. Opaque yellow gold
looks the same on black as it does on
red. A valuable production trick when a
customer orders many different colored
shirts.
• Simulated process screens generally
employ a specific halftone count and
angle with a tonal value of 5-95% dot.
That means any positive or negative
halftone less than 5% is either
eliminated or output at 5 %.
• Some magic numbers: A 55 line
halftone output at 7 degrees can print
through a 200 mesh screen. This allows
good ink deposit to maintain opacity.