SCREENING SYSTEMS -- Spotting an Opportunity

Except for uncoated jobs (which are run with conventional screening at 175 lpi), the shop basically uses Sublima as its house screening, reports Stan Monfette, prepress director. Its standard practice is to use the 210 lpi level of the screening, but about 20 percent of the work is printed with a higher line screen, Monfette adds. "We generally go up to 240 lpi, but we have played around with the 280 lpi screening," he continues. "The margin of quality difference isn't that great between 240 and 280 lpi."