4 color process separations made easy [Link to tutorial inside]

I found this blog entry awhile back and figured I'd share how I came to learn the basics of separating prints for CMYK printing. This covers all of the basics including the frequency and angle of your halftones which is key in creating a good full color print.

I used these steps to separate my first 4 color process print about 5 years ago. I setup the screens in the order of C-M-Y-K on the press. After looking at the first mixture of colors when the magenta printed over the cyan my brain kinda exploded. When the press came full circle I had an amazing image and was sure the only plausible explanation was "magic". Shame we could only print 20" tall because they wanted full coverage on all sizes. They eventually went dye sub. :/