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ImageIt · July 2nd, 2008

Sheepsalt sent me a graphic which was a photograph of a pool and some nice landscape decoration around the pool. Looking at the graphic, i am concerned that being a photo realistic image, the quality will be critical. Had it been more of a cartoon graphic, the printing would be much easier.

Rather than using GSview with ghostscript, i had ghostscript create .bmp files. Since the printer is an epson, i created the bmp's at 720x720. These bmp's will open up in photoshop. With the right printer settings, the image should print directly pixel to ink drop. My epson has a media setting under other for single weight matte (line drawing) which works well for me.

I used photoshop default screens, as described earlier, which placed the highest LPI at 53.

With everyones printing setup being different, I had to guess at what transfer curve to use. Because of the nature of the graphic, i restricted the amount of black generated.

Good luck.

fred

Sheepsalt · July 2nd, 2008

Thanks again, Fred! I'm going to print the files just as you sent them over to 13"-wide waterproof film using the epson 2200 and burn them into 305-mesh screens, then print onto white Hanes Beefy Tees using Wilflex process inks.

I'll post pictures of the results.

ImageIt · July 2nd, 2008

I forgot to trap the white, so i sent you a replacement white file.

If the results are good enough to be interesting, the next step would be to teach you how to repeat the steps i did. Setting everything up is a bit tricky, but once setup, i didn't need to do much more than just print your file.

fred

Sheepsalt · July 7th, 2008

Update:

Sorry, guys, I haven't gotten this done yet - I got into some other jobs. I have the films printed, but I probably won't develop the screens until tomorrow or Wednesday. Once I do, I will def. post the results.

Sheepsalt · 2 Weeks Ago

Finally!! Here are the test prints from the file Fred helped me with - the first is the original file, followed by the prints - printed wet-on-wet, yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, in that order.

I don't think it came out too bad!

majesticmind · 2 Weeks Ago

Good job bro. What mesh? 305? If you printed it on black would you just lay down a white rectangle the size of the whole image first? Once the cyan hits , it really takes on a huge transformation. What kind of press do you use ? And was this your first shirt with this image, lined it up right the first time?

ImageIt · 1 Week Ago

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Originally Posted by Sheepsalt


	Finally!! Here are the test prints from the file Fred helped me with - the first is the original file, followed by the prints - printed wet-on-wet, yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, in that order. I don't think it came out too bad!

Not bad for a shot in the dark!

The biggest issue i'm seeing is the lightest of the dots seems to have burned away. This can be cause by a number of things from too long of an exposure, poor film contact on the mesh, film, printout, washout...

fred