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Silkscreen compensation spec

Use the following compensation table in to prepare your images for film output at 100 lines per inch.

Image Density Film Density
to print 5%, the film density must be 13%
10% 18%
15% 23%
20% 28%
25% 33%
30% 38%
35% 43%
40% 47%
45% 52%
50% 56%
55% 61%
60% 65%
65% 68%
70% 73%
75% 78%
80% 82%
85% 87%
90% 92%
95% 97%
100% 100%

If you send us an image, please tell us if you have already used compensation, for example give it a filename like CDLABEL-withcompensation.tif. Otherwise we assume that there has been no compensation. It is important to give us a color sample on paper of the original image.

 

 

 

   
   
     
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