[utero]

Got some nice tshirts that I want to print on with my HM1 but with a light ink laydown to make the print a little worn, less soaked in (if you get my drift)

Anyone used their DTG to do these style prints before, I've got Kothari Print Rip Pro and don't know how I can dial down the ink usage

 

[dazzabling]

Is a distress filter too much??

 

[utero]

Haven't tried em

 

[dazzabling]

Haven't tried em

There are several distress filter that you basically lay it over your image and it creates a distress look.
The filter is usually 100% white, since RIP doesn't recognize 100% white it won't print in that area so bits and pieces of your image is left.

Google Search> distress filter

Distressed T-Shirt Printing, How to Distress T-Shirts, Screen Printed T-Shirts

 

[Don-ColDesi]

Got some nice tshirts that I want to print on with my HM1 but with a light ink laydown to make the print a little worn, less soaked in (if you get my drift)

Anyone used their DTG to do these style prints before, I've got Kothari Print Rip Pro and don't know how I can dial down the ink usage

Hi Utero,

Try printing with a 720 x 720 underbase. If that is still too much you can distress your artwork with Photoshop - though that doesn't always work well when printing on darks.