Fine Details in Full Color Screen Printing

Fine Details are elements in your artwork where the ink is actually printed. There are some areas that may fall below our minimum print tolerance, which have a specific line/area thickness for full color CMYK images. This is to ensure small areas and fine details print clearly. 

Line Thickness Full Color Printing

  • Full Color on whites & 100% Black Lines - Line/area thickness .25pt or .0035 of an inch
  • Full Color to be opaque on all colored garments - Line/area thickness 3 pt. or 0.04166 of an inch
  • Colored Outlines - Line/area thickness 2 pt. or 0..02776 of an inch
  • White & Black Outlines - Line/area thickness 1 pt. or 0.01388 of an inch
  • Stand-alone white -  1 pt. or 0.01388 of an inch (positive space) & 2 pt. or 0..02776 of an inch (negative space)

These print areas are designated with a GREEN line. The thickness of the line represents the minimum print tolerance.

Any areas that are thinner than 3 pt. will not be backed in white and will not appear opaque on dark garments.

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