What Are Screen Printing Angles and Mesh Counts Should I Use?

Typical settings for creating film positives separations for  T-Shirt Screen Printing:
 
Simulated Process
Screen Printing:
Angle for all film positives: 22.5 Degrees @ 55 LPI.

Recommended dot shape: Elliptical
Mesh count: 305 Top Colors
Mesh count: 200 White Underbase
Mesh count: 230 Highlight White
Screen Print Order: The print order usually follows a set pattern, however depending on the artwork it is sometimes useful to switch certain colors to achieve better results. The usual print order for simulated process jobs on white shirts is: lemon yellow, flesh, scarlet red, royal blue, light blue, green, purple, brown, gray, and black. On colored shirts, the recommend print order would be: white, lemon yellow, flesh, scarlet red, royal blue, light blue, green, purple, brown, gray, highlight white and black. Note that the highlight white is not flashed. Only the underbase white will require flash printing.

CMYK Process Screen Printing:
Angle for all film positives: 22.5 Degrees @ 55 LPI.
Recommended dot shape: Elliptical
Mesh count: 305 Top Colors
Mesh count: 200 White Underbase
Mesh count: 230 Highlight White
Screen Print Order: White Underbase, Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black

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