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Guideline Images

The printing of a decoration with the four colour process (yellow, magenta, cyan and black) is not possible in conventional two piece printing. Declining screen values in the printing direction is impossible.

For reproduction of colour images there are print and reprographics restrictions to adhere to in the production of a simplified version of halftones.

Please prepare the artwork based on spot colour.

Technical requirements

Image resolution
300dpi
Preferred file formats
JPG, TIFF, PSD

Technical details for screen resolution

Conventional
recommended
85/lpi
34/l/cm
Premium Print 1.0
recommended
100/lpi
40/l/cm
Premium Print 2.0
recommended
120/lpi
48/l/cm

*The resolution is related to the individual picture set up and the number of halftone colours

Examples

example design
printed result

Example halftones. 4 colours to represent this image on the can.

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