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Hi everyone, I just printed out a heat transfer on the JPSS paper. I was wondering is there anyway I can get the pritner to lay down more ink? It seems a bit faded when I print out the image. I would like for the printer to lay down more ink and give it more vibrant colors. Is this possible? Maybe something like a RIP software?
Have you tried increasing the saturation in the printer driver? If that is not enough increase the saturation in the graphics software.
You can download for free the shareware RIP software called Ghostscript and GSView for windows. Not sure if it will lay more ink like the professional RIP. I am also told that RIP only work for postscript printers.
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Luis MAD Scientist JR. AKA MS2 Digital Artist. My canvas is t-shirt and my paintbrush is heat press.
But Im not exactly too sure about the saturation. I have an Epson 1400 and when I print I click on printing prefrences but it doesnt say anything about saturation, not even in the advance tab. Does anyone have any idea how to change the saturation? Any help will be great!
BTW I use the Photo Printing Wizard by microsoft windows xp.
If it's anything like the C88+ dialog, you would need to click on Color Management (or something like that), and then your sliders would appear for color adjustment.
Man I can't believe I missed that lol. I saw the levels but I didnt look far down enough to see it said Saturation. I guess thats what I get for being a bit lazy :-\ sorry.
But thanks so much for the help guys. I really appreciate it
Ivan, I have been here, sadly. A quick low down, ink sits on top of the printer, so adding too much without it sinking in just lays more ink on top of the paper, it is a waste of ink and money.
I have found with a c88 anyway, that I needed to use gamma 2.2, and start dropping and cranking up other settings: contrast -3, bright +3, 0 saturation, magenta +5, cyan +5, and yellow -10. On a very tough image, this wasn't enough, and to get the darks truly dark, I had to add saturation +3 then, but only add saturation if all else fails, as too much ink in not good. Before you go laying down that ink, try working the contrasts and brights to your advantage. It worked for me with JP, and Ironall dark, which also sucked the vibrancy out of my images.
Have you pressed the JP yet? It also presses more vibrantly than it prints. Best regards. No rip needed, but do pre-press your shirts to get the moisture out.
Ah yes I have pressed the JP paper. But in your reply did you mean ink sits on top of the paper or on top of the printer? Because you said on top of the printer and it didn't make too much sense to me lol, I'm just making sure. Maybe a typo?
I have noticed it does come out a bit more vibrant after the press. But I would like to see a bit more color on them. Ill try out the settings you have and hopefully it works out well for me. Thanks you!
Ah yes I have pressed the JP paper. But in your reply did you mean ink sits on top of the paper or on top of the printer? Because you said on top of the printer and it didn't make too much sense to me lol, I'm just making sure. Maybe a typo?
I have noticed it does come out a bit more vibrant after the press. But I would like to see a bit more color on them. Ill try out the settings you have and hopefully it works out well for me. Thanks you!
Yup, paper! It's late, but not too late for me to wish you good luck with the settings. The stinky part is you can't test it on way cheaper white paper, the colors just vary too much from white paper to JP. What I did was cut the JP in half, and print one single 2x3" image, print it, check it, adjust it, flip the half sheet, reprint on it. Etc, etc. Since I was chewing up ink and paper trying to get the vibrancy, I started doing that, and it made me feel alot better. Don't be afraid to pull back harder or go higher in any of those settings. That was the most common one I found, a good middle of the road, but I've 'jimmied' those around for different images. Once I did this, I was finally happy, but before I wasn't. I love color, deep rich color and a sharp image. This gave it to me. Thanks for reading between the lines on my misspeak. Have a good night!
Yup, paper! It's late, but not too late for me to wish you good luck with the settings. The stinky part is you can't test it on way cheaper white paper, the colors just vary too much from white paper to JP. What I did was cut the JP in half, and print one single 2x3" image, print it, check it, adjust it, flip the half sheet, reprint on it. Etc, etc. Since I was chewing up ink and paper trying to get the vibrancy, I started doing that, and it made me feel alot better. Don't be afraid to pull back harder or go higher in any of those settings. That was the most common one I found, a good middle of the road, but I've 'jimmied' those around for different images. Once I did this, I was finally happy, but before I wasn't. I love color, deep rich color and a sharp image. This gave it to me. Thanks for reading between the lines on my misspeak. Have a good night!
Yes thats awesome Ill give it a try. I have the 11x17" JP paper so I can cut it up into a few sheets that I can test print on, and I'll be sure to play around with those settings. Once I find my camera I will post some pictures with the different settings and temperatures and compare so everyone can see! But it is late so for now goodnight to you as well and to all!
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MAD Scientist JR. AKA MS2
