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4-Color Printing

Four color process magnetic sign printing is used when the original artwork is created in raster based (bitmap) programs (Photoshop, CoralPaint, etc.). Typical examples of raster based artwork include color blends, gradation fades, photographs, complex images, rainbow effects or scanned images. This artwork is usuallly saved as .tif, .jpg, .bmp, .gif, and psd. Artwork saved in programs such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Illustrator can be either raster artwork (4-color process printed) or vector artork (spot color printed), depending on the original artwork placed in the program.

4-Color Process defined

A raster or bitmap image is an image composed of a combination of small dots. Each dot is usually compose of one of four colors: cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K). These four colors in different combinations make up the majority of the visible color spectrum. For example, your inkjet printer at home probably runs off of a CMYK (4-color process) system.

For lettering only magnetic signs please refer to Spot color printing here. For magnetic sign pricing for artwork created in vector programs and, see lettering only pricing.

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