What is a line?

Starting to think about screen printing. I want to screen the images of my chosen film scenes. I'm torn between halftone or hand illustrating the scenes and screening them. I need to do some design sheets to get a feel of the frame and grid and see if the composition of framed scenes will work within character profile outlines.

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Halftone

I am currently researching how halftone works in relation to silk screen. I understand the mesh count will effect the print of the image. I'm pretty sure the screens at college will work with the combination of dot size I am using but I will ask one of the print technicians anyway.

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'mesh count to use is 3.5 x halftone line count to get the minimum mesh count. For example, a 65-line halftone image would require a 230-thread/in. mesh or higher. The higher the mesh count, the better the reproduction of the image on the stencil and the print and the less chance of moiré patterns. Avoid any directly divisible mesh/halftone combinations (e.g., 75 line halftone screen on a 300-thread/in. mesh) as this will also cause interference patterns on the stencil and the print. Also keep in mind that yellow mesh is often recommended for high resolution printing with halftones'


Halftone screens up to 32 lines/in. 110
Halftone screens up to 70 lines/in. 305–380
Halftone screens from 70-133 lines/in. 380 –420