6.0 Trapping

Trapping

• the technique of printing one ink on top of another one

• color separations

• a type of hunting

• color bleeding

Poor trapping leads to

• great quality prints

• Gaps between colors that don't line up properly

• cmyk separations

• when two colors overlap correctly

Enlarging images to create a slight overlap, eliminating unwanted white spaces or gaps between the two images.

• Choke

• Overlapping

• Spread

• Bleed

trapping techniques create....

• headaches

• effective registration of multiple images

• inconsistent art

• white gaps between shapes

Select 2 trapping techniques.

• Choke

• Spreads

• Blur

• misalignment

Registration

• the space between lines of text

• signing up for an event

• the importance of precision alignment and placement in printing

• bad trapping

Registration marks (choose 3)

• print outside the trim area of printing

• These marks allow the printer to align paper

• They can include bulls-eye targets

• These marks allow the printer to accurately align colors

When Screen printing multiple colors on a dark or black shirt you must use a _____________so the colors will print properly. Choose 2

• White underlayment for the colors to sit on.

• use transparent inks inks

• grayscale art outlines

• Separate screen for just the white ink underlayment

Spread Trapping is when the top image ___________(Choose 2)

• Is smaller than the knockout image

• Is larger than the knockout image

• when the top image slightly overlaps the bottom image

• Registers exactly edge to edge, no overlapping

Choke Trapping is when the bottom image ___________(Choose 2)

• Is smaller than the knockout image

• Is larger than the knockout image

• when the bottom image slightly bleeds inside of the top image

• Registers exactly edge to edge, no overlapping