I recently tried printing CMYK by hand. It's not my favorite. It's very technical and does not produce quite what I desire. I am probably just not great at the printing yet, but the Key image seemed to flood, as the dots were so close together. I set the angles in Photoshop as advised for my screen mesh, but they still seemed to blend unfavorably.
After preparing the channels for CMYK in Photoshop I combined the layers into a separate file and experimented with printing order (using each layer {C, M, Y, and K} at about 80% opacity since I use Pantone colors/inks for halftone screening). I shifted the layers around until I got the image that I desired to print. The order I settled on was first Magenta, then Cyan, Yellow and lastly black for my Key. The commonly suggested printing order is, of course, light to dark YMCK. Perhaps straying from this model is why my results were unfavorable. I will have a higher quality image soon enough, but here are some images from the printing process:
After preparing the channels for CMYK in Photoshop I combined the layers into a separate file and experimented with printing order (using each layer {C, M, Y, and K} at about 80% opacity since I use Pantone colors/inks for halftone screening). I shifted the layers around until I got the image that I desired to print. The order I settled on was first Magenta, then Cyan, Yellow and lastly black for my Key. The commonly suggested printing order is, of course, light to dark YMCK. Perhaps straying from this model is why my results were unfavorable. I will have a higher quality image soon enough, but here are some images from the printing process:
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