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Screenmaking:The Gateway to Image Quality
Coudray identifies environmental factors and processing concerns that you need to control in order to produce reliable, high-quality printing screens.
Tricks for Fixing Bad Images
Coudray describes techniques you can use to overcome resolution, color, image-quality, and file-format issues.
Tips for Direct Projection
Learn about the intricacies of direct-projection exposure systems, how to keep your mesh from deteriorating, and the secrets of pad printing on inflatable objects.
Making the Most of Pin Registration
Discover how to refine each step of the prepress workflow so you can realize the benefits of pin registration.
All Things Are Not as They Appear
Coudray explains how following time-honored recommendations for pairing halftone line coutns can lead to undesirable printed results.
Combining Conventional and Stochastic Halftones to Overcome Moiré
Learn how to overcome naturally occurring moiré by combining conventional and stochastic halftones on the same printing screen.
Using Prepress as a Foundation for Total Quality Management
Want to streamline the accuracy, efficiency, and profitability of the screen-printing process? Start by loading quality control into your prepress procedures in order to eliminate variables further downstream in production.
Reducing Dot Gain and Improving Tone Range Through Posterization
Coudray presents a helpful technique for maximizing tone range, print contrast, and image detail in your prints.

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