Lesson 07, 27 September 2018 

A field trip to Touch & Print store! Specialising heat press service, it is main distributor for TheMagicTouch and Poli-Tape transfer media paper in Southeast Asia.

Leon gave us a presentation on basic knowledge to printing and inks.

RGB and CMYK

RGB (Red, Green, Blue) is an additive colour model that mixes different colors of light. It displays up to 16.8 million color shades on digital domain screens. Always use RGB format when working with digital graphics.

 

CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key [or Black]) is a subtractive colour model that works primarily with cyan, magenta and yellow. The more colours are mixed, the darker colour it produce. Since the darkest colour mixed is dark brown, key is required to print in black. CMYK has about 4 billions of colour shades although only a small fraction of colours can be identified via monitor and printer. Always use CMYK format when working with printed files.

Here’s a quick overview:

 

Samples by Touch & Print

Range of mediums that can be printed with heat press.

Towards the end of the workshop, Leon demonstrated the use of heat press machine. An additional step he took was to spray some water onto the fabric before heat pressing. Increasing the moisture helps print to get transferred smoothly.

 

Visit Touch & Print Pte Ltd:

Add: 91 Bencoolen Street #01-04 Sunshine Plaza S189652

Tel: 6238 7553

Email: sales@touch-print.com.sg

 

Source:

RGB vs CMYK – https://www.gogoprint.sg/blog/cmyk-vs-rgb-sg/

Video: What is the difference between RGB and CMYK? by Express Cards – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hirYMZ7PQc
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