Pattern print is darker than original artwork

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August 2, 2023
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When I do some test prints of a pattern vs the original artwork that was used to create the pattern, the pattern version looks much darker? Looks almost like the artwork are being double. I did not scale the art - the artwork used in the pattern is identical to the original artwork. I did some other quick tests with simple drawings and scribbles within Illustrator and had the same results. Idk if it's a setting somewhere I need to adjust or something? Another interesting thing is if I save the pattern version as a pdf and open it in another program and print it - it looks like the original. I'm very perplexed. Anyone have any ideas? btw I'm using the CS6 version 16.0.0. Thanks

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Ton Frederiks

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Can you share some examples? I have seen some examples where line vs shape and the stacking order makes a difference.

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John Deer the OGAuthor

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Here's a quick example I created to show you what I mean @Ton Frederiks .The top one is a stroke design to pattern creation ... the bottom is a expanded strokes or shapes to pattern creation. You can see the difference and seems minisule, but if doing a complex drawing with hundreds of points/shapes/lines/etc - it becomes exponentially noticable...and I think is why my design looks the way it does. The stroke one doesn't look like the thickness is increasing as much, but it's still is happening. Just look at how the gap is shirking in a selected area in the images I provided. Any ideas on why?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

What is this? a vector artwork? Are the white lines holes in the back or white shapes on top?

Is this greyscale? Do you print from a PDF or directly from Illustrator?

Is your color management set up correctly?

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John Deer the OGAuthor

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All the artworks used are vectors. The white areas are empty spots. The document is using sRGB color profile ( I will add color eventually). The images I attached were both printed from Illustrator.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

In that case your issue is probably caused by antialiasing those holes.

It will probably be better when you release the compound path and then color all those holes white.

This depends on a variety of factors and the printing technique is one of them. If you end up printing this in offset, then the case might be different again.

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