[WhiteAngel]

Hi my friend has a BROTHER GT-381

We are having problems with printing out design...I'm using coreldraw4 and then saving them to 300dip pgn file, the images have white outline and sometimes leaves an untidy black dotes around the outside other times it doesn't.

I need to have the white outline, what am I doing wrong or is it on his end, all my designs have outlines some don't have any problems others do. Can you please help, I need to print up a lot of t-shirts. Can you tell me what the problem might be and what's the best file format to use in coreldraw4 to give him the best result. Also text is not as clear as I would like.

Looking forward to your reply
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[CanarianDrifter]

Hi, I had that problem at first when I started printing with my machine. It happened only on a proof I did. I found out it happened when printing directly from the program it was imported from. It was also a Jpeg the customer had supplied. The problem went away when I processed the image through the RIP.
The original one, GTSep. It should do the same with the new upgraded RIP. Separate the image in the rip. Alpha & color if you are using the original rip. If using the newer one just import the image there, position it, select your settings and just print. Hope this help.

CD

 

[dougie54]

Did you adjust the RGB settings for white color to , 254,254 &254. This you must do if you are wanting to print the white color that is in your image. The GT-381 does not recognize the RGB setting for white at 255.
The other thing you can do since you saved your image to a .png file is to run it thought the DPIP program which will adjust your whites to the 254 settings. If you have any question PM me.

 

[WhiteAngel]

thanks everyone will give it a go..can u tell me dose the GT-381 accept cdr files..I was told it doesn't...and if it dose isn't it better print out?

 

[DAGuide]

From the look of the pictures, are you just printing CMYK ink in these pictures?

What fabric are you printing? It looks like it is bleeding. Red is the first color to show bleeding. Black is next. If you are going to print on a synthetic fabric with just CMYK inks, you can use a polyester pretreat that will help prevent it from bleeding.

The next thing I would look at is the platen height. If you are too far down, you will have overspray. See if you can raise the platen height up and not hit the obstruction sensor.

Yes, you can print from CorelDraw or any other graphic program. As Doug mentioned above, you have to change any pure white (RGB values 255,255,255) in your artwork to process white (RGB values 254,254,254) in order for the print driver to know you want white ink printed there. The print driver ignores pure white and treats it like a transparent space.

Hope this information helps. Best wishes,

Mark

 

[CanarianDrifter]

Did you tried what I suggested earlier. I had the same image issue with a logo. Exactly. Has nothing to do with bleeding. Those dots are part of the jpeg. When you took the image and enlarged it it made them more prominent. Corel Draw will print fine but if you imported the image to it. Process the image through the GTsep instead of printing directly from the program. Let us know how you made out.

CD

 

[NZACO]

Save the hassle and use PDip.

In Corel save the file as Tiff.

 

[WhiteAngel]

hey guys, thanks I haven't told me friend yet, I'll let you know when he dose try it. I'm changing my white's to 254...n no it not bleeding it's little black dots along the white outline.

another question I washed my t-shirt, it faded any reason why or what i can do? its 100% cotton...

 

[DAGuide]

another question I washed my t-shirt, it faded any reason why or what i can do? its 100% cotton...

Fading is typically a curing issue. You might want to explain how you are curing the pretreat (if you are doing that step) and the inks. That might help people point you in the right direction.

Mark