So today we (my mother, Dad, and I) got my mothers dtg to print its first tshirt. Now this wasnt an easy task to do. I did head cleanings and nozzle checks about 9 times and always has issues with the spaces. Finally i said I'm done wasting time with the nozzle checks, so I loaded a tshirt in the bed and told it it print. And it came out pretty good for no light color pretreatment which I believe we should get cause of the ink bleeding. Anyway the issue I'm having is how do I get the graphic in the center of the shirt I know the shirt is centered in the platen but it prints more on one side. I use Fast Artist with Fast Rip.
First print experience and more.
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Remember not to use the tag as the center of the shirt, they are never centered correctly
Without it being upright it does look center.. is this two passes or one?
Without it being upright it does look center.. is this two passes or one?
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Red and black always bleed together, don't know why. Did you center your artwork on your page? I use the print preview in photoshop then send to printer. Looks good.
this is one pass only.
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looks good, but yes I can see the bleeding shadows, gradients and outlines can be a chore
do a wash test to see how well it holds up.
I imported the artwork as a png into FastArtist and used fastrip to print it. Maybe I shouldnt use fastrip unless I use a white underbase or anything pertaining to white?
Planning on doing that tomorrow it will be interesting to see what happens. The bleeding shadows arent making me happy but lt doesnt look half bad. I read that brightfast would make a difference with the bleeding but not sure if it will help.
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Light pretreat is suppose to help..sometimes double passes work just as well. But, never hurts to try.
May try the double pass tomorrow to see if I need pretreat. how would I go about getting it to do two passes?
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Do you have Kiosk 2 or T-Jet? You posted in the Kiosk 2 part of the forums and most K2 use RIP Pro and T-Jets use Fast Rip?
I am not sure how you do 2 passes in Fast Rip.
Its a referb Kiosk 2 by Equipment Zone and they bundled it with the Fast Artist and Fast Rip I dont know why thought. All we care about is it does its job. And it might have been a pain but we did it.
on white shirts try setting fastrip for a two pass 360 dpi this is done in the fast rip settings area . when you first hit the printer icon it will take you into another page. this is the fastrip page , before you move your image there is a tiny square in the upper left area this is where you do your settings for print modes. , chose printer tab ,cartoon,360 two pass,then press okay ,resize and move image in box where you want it and hit print.
hope this helps
Thanks for the information I will have to try this when I print tomorrow my mind is set on design and sleep. Again thank you I may call on you when its white printing time If I cant figure it out.
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make sure your wiper is clean and clear of ink, dust and lint this will help tremendously with the bleeding. Also, don't attempt to dilute your white pretreat in order to make light pretreat they "should" be two different formulas.
DTG Pretreat - Light Garment CMYK Direct-to-Garment Pretreat for Polyester, Blends and Natural Fabrics <this has worked for us.
DTG Pretreat - Light Garment CMYK Direct-to-Garment Pretreat for Polyester, Blends and Natural Fabrics <this has worked for us.
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For those just starting out - Alex, our software expert, put together a helpful "idiots guide" to using FastArtist / FastRIP software for printing on white and light color shirts:
http://www.equipmentzone.com/FastArtistLightShirts/t-jet.pdf
Harry
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Harry thanks for posting the link, we saw that in the folder you sent. It was interesting getting it together but the videos you sent were very informational. Luckily I have time to help my mom on her adventure of being in the T-shirt business.
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