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Hi, We are currently using an Epson 3000 printer, which is used for transparency film (17x22)- we are a t-shirt screen printing company and make halftones, line art and process colors. I am currently using The standard Epson inks for the printer, Ulano Dye Inkjet film USA "C" DIJF4356CM-100 . We recently purchased a refurbed Epson 3000 because our old one had some really old heads that were giving us several printing issues. With this new (refurbed one) I have been pulling my hair out - I used to do line shots/art using the Epson driver and use PowerRip X for the halftones, however, with the replacement printer here, any line art I try to print using the Epson drivers, the ink lays down WAY too thick.... so thick, that even after letting it dry overnight, it's still coming off on the screens. I tried to drop it down from the 1440 dpi to the 720 dpi and I don't get enough opacity. Tried going the CYMK, KCMY, RGB, Grayscale routes, nothing seems to give me just a nice solid line that doesn't wind up looking like the Valdez Oil Spill. I did try using the Power RipX ScreenPrint, but on really large Black (opaque) areas, I get lines, and any fine print stuff gets dots around the edges. I print out only from Photoshop CS3. If anyone has a magic setting combination - that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any help you can give!
Virgil
Virgil