What I'm trying to find out is what would be causing diagonal lines to have a "pixelated" or staircase look to them?
I have just started exposing screens. I did two test screens using graphics of a German eagle to determine the optimum exposure time. I got this eagle graphic to come out great within a certain time frame.
Then I exposed my first frame that I intended to use. It has small and large letters on it.
The larger the letters are the worst they came out. The have a pixelated look to them. Like on a very low resolution monitor.
I looked at some shirts with the same design I had made at a local shop years ago. On those shirts, there is a W that has a slight pixelated look. The other letters it is not noticeable.
On my screen and test print, the W is much worse, and the other letters have a slight pixelated look.
When I looked at the diagonal lines in the W, it literally looks like staircases, not a smooth line.
I'm using a very simple exposure unit. It is the Lawson Quest, which is basically just a 500 W work light on a stand.
My positives are on R-film with an Epson 1400. The positives I'm using look great. I'm using 110 mesh.
When I was during test exposures. I printed out film with five German eagles that had lots of fine detail. I did two test where I exposed each eagle a different length of time. At five minutes they would come out perfect. I did not expect this problem with a large font after getting the small detail of this eagle to come out.
What are some of the things that would be causing this? Overexposed? Underexposed? Emulsion to thin? Mesh count wrong? Exposure unit too sucky?
Thanks for your help.
I have just started exposing screens. I did two test screens using graphics of a German eagle to determine the optimum exposure time. I got this eagle graphic to come out great within a certain time frame.
Then I exposed my first frame that I intended to use. It has small and large letters on it.
The larger the letters are the worst they came out. The have a pixelated look to them. Like on a very low resolution monitor.
I looked at some shirts with the same design I had made at a local shop years ago. On those shirts, there is a W that has a slight pixelated look. The other letters it is not noticeable.
On my screen and test print, the W is much worse, and the other letters have a slight pixelated look.
When I looked at the diagonal lines in the W, it literally looks like staircases, not a smooth line.
I'm using a very simple exposure unit. It is the Lawson Quest, which is basically just a 500 W work light on a stand.
My positives are on R-film with an Epson 1400. The positives I'm using look great. I'm using 110 mesh.
When I was during test exposures. I printed out film with five German eagles that had lots of fine detail. I did two test where I exposed each eagle a different length of time. At five minutes they would come out perfect. I did not expect this problem with a large font after getting the small detail of this eagle to come out.
What are some of the things that would be causing this? Overexposed? Underexposed? Emulsion to thin? Mesh count wrong? Exposure unit too sucky?
Thanks for your help.