phantasm
Active member
Hi All,
It's nice to have found this forum!
I am looking to print a 7 ink job (CMYK + 3 spot) in the UK. This job requires Stochastic/FM screening as the inks are nearly all interacting and there's no other way I know of to avoid Moire effects.
It's been a few years since I've printed this sort of work and I am now having real problems finding a printer who can provide this screening service. The ones I have contacted so far give a range of reactions; recoil in horror to "what's that?". Ug! I have one or two printers who have yet to respond so I live in hope.
But my question is twofold:
1) Why is this screening technique so uncommon? It was such a hot topic in the mid-90's. Does nobody request true Hi-Fi color jobs anymore apart from specialists in packaging?
2) Can anybody recommend a UK printer who has good experience of this screening method?
A local printer who I use otherwise offered to go half-half on the stochastic screening add-on for their RIP (they have no other customer who requests this, so it seems very fair), but their lack of experience in this technique is a slight detractor at present.
Best wishes,
Nick
It's nice to have found this forum!
I am looking to print a 7 ink job (CMYK + 3 spot) in the UK. This job requires Stochastic/FM screening as the inks are nearly all interacting and there's no other way I know of to avoid Moire effects.
It's been a few years since I've printed this sort of work and I am now having real problems finding a printer who can provide this screening service. The ones I have contacted so far give a range of reactions; recoil in horror to "what's that?". Ug! I have one or two printers who have yet to respond so I live in hope.
But my question is twofold:
1) Why is this screening technique so uncommon? It was such a hot topic in the mid-90's. Does nobody request true Hi-Fi color jobs anymore apart from specialists in packaging?
2) Can anybody recommend a UK printer who has good experience of this screening method?
A local printer who I use otherwise offered to go half-half on the stochastic screening add-on for their RIP (they have no other customer who requests this, so it seems very fair), but their lack of experience in this technique is a slight detractor at present.
Best wishes,
Nick