Spot color designs are usually created through the use of vector graphics programs such as CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator. There are many programs that can create spot colors. Spot colors (such as Pantone or custom mixed) can be printed as solid shapes at 100% tint or halftones by changing their tint value away from 100%.
This is the most common print process in the industry, and has sometimes been called the screen printers best friend. Knowledge of creating, applying and handling spot colors is essential to any screen printer. Logos, text, cartoons, line art, and more are all styles spot colors excel at reproducing.
Pros:
Vivid color values
Excellent user color control
Clean edges
Cons:
Very limited range of graphic styles: Limited to vector illustrations (logo/graphic, not photographic)
Manual User File preparation (under-basing, choking, spreading).
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