DTF Glossary
CMYK
CMYK is a subtractive colour model with cyan, magenta, yellow, and black process channels. The numbers are meaningful only within a colour-management and printing condition; the same CMYK values can render differently through another profile, RIP, ink set, media, or linearisation. CMYK channels do not automatically include a DTF white plane.
In practice
A separated DTF file may carry CMYK plus one or more additional white or varnish planes. Those extra planes are production separations, not a fifth or sixth process-colour component.
NestSheet’s Production DTF preset writes CMYK colour and one separate W1 white channel in a mirrored 300 dpi TIFF for MainTOP. Confirm the receiving queue’s colour interpretation with an approved sample.