[stitchsnthreads1]

I am needing help, I have a order for the school due by next week and my print looks like crap, I have tried everything I know to get it looking right to no avail. If someone has time to create a file for me that would print good ( would Pay) none of my prints on dark shirts look good at all or could tell me how to get it to pop with colors and not look so pix-elated, working on black Hanes Nano tees

 

[gatorGRAFIX]

What format is your artwork in? If it is a vector file (.eps) I might can help you out.

 

[stitchsnthreads1]

It is in a .PNG format

 

[gatorGRAFIX]

My guess is that your .png file may be in a low resolution format. That is not good for a DTG printer (it likes around 300 dpi file for crisp printing). This is especially bad if you have to make the file bigger and need to blow it up.

Your best bet would be to find out what fonts were used and recreate the art (in Illustrator maybe or PS) and then convert to .png.

I don't usually offer this but if you can find the fonts online send me a PM and I can help you.

I will need the fonts (it looks like just one) and your .png file.

 

[stitchsnthreads1]

Image resolution is at 320, my daughter created in photoshop and just save it as. PNG format. I have no idea what is happening with prints

 

[gatorGRAFIX]

How are you pretreating these shirts?

 

[stitchsnthreads1]

I have Cobra pre-treat machine, I even rolled this out and then heat pressed

 

[gatorGRAFIX]

What are your settings in GC? How many shirts do you have to print?

 

[stitchsnthreads1]

I have 100 shirts to print
I have been all over and they all look pretty much the same
last run was Print quality on color and white is mid or 50%
Density was 10 on both brightness 10 and saturation is 3

 

[gatorGRAFIX]

Anyone in here know what font that might be?

 

[Twisted Grafix]

It would probably take no more than 20 minutes to redraw the art from scratch as a vector and you'll have crisp lines and a fully scaleable image...

I don't do DTG, but I would guess that a solid vector image would interpret the color as 100% fill. That should put down a better white base and more color which would be more opaque making the print brighter instead of "seeing" the file as a bitmap utilizing halftones, making the print less opaque.

 

[gatorGRAFIX]

It would probably take no more than 20 minutes to redraw the art from scratch as a vector and you'll have crisp lines and a fully scaleable image...

I couldn't agree more. 17 minutes actually. (Nice name BTW! )

Here is a .png file posted below with no background. Should be able to print on any color. It is larger than the original that you posted but you can resize as needed in GC. It is proportionately correct.

Here also is the .ai vector file if you ever need it.

Nice clean and sharp.

I recommend that you have a nice layer of pretreatment on your shirt. Not too saturated but for sure not too light. This will affect the opacity of the white ink that sits on top of it for sure. Good luck!

 

[stitchsnthreads1]

I want to give a big shout out to Gator Grafix for helping me on this, shirts turned out awesome, nice and sharp image. Thank You

 

[htorez]

This forum really helpful, i hope u already got your answer!

 

[equipmentzone]

I want to give a big shout out to Gator Grafix for helping me on this, shirts turned out awesome, nice and sharp image. Thank You

Geno at Gator definitely has the knowledge.

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[stitchsnthreads1]

I see him on the forums a lot helping people which I think is awesome that he shares his knowledge and tries helps people figure things out. Like I said a big thumbs up to GatorGrafix

 

[gatorGRAFIX]

Wow, I'm blushing.

shirts turned out awesome, nice and sharp image. Thank You

I think that is great! Sharing it here in this forum too helps everyone I would say.

 

[Waiting]

So, the problem was a Photoshop-created file rather than an Illustrator-created file?

 

[gatorGRAFIX]

Basically yes. I believe that the original PS file might have been pretty small in size (internet standard 72 dpi) and was then resized to a 300+ dpi file which really solves nothing. When it was resized it pixelated badly and that showed up in the print.

By recreating the artwork anew in .ai I then had smooth vector edges that gave me the crisp look that I was looking for. I simply then opened it in PS as a 300 dpi file and converted it to a .png file ready for printing.

 

[webtrekker]

You need large images of at least 200 - 300 dpi. Scaling up small images is a recipe for disaster. I do all my artwork in Photoshop at 300 dpi.