Struggling with this image created by different densities of dots. Cannot achieve a perfectly round dot from screen to t-shirt. On screen in artwork the dots are perfectly symmetrical when printed to film the dots are jagged and not symmetrical leaving non-symetrical dot on shirt. Using Corel Draw to MultiRip Software to Epson 1400 45 lpi, 45 degree, 230 yellow mesh screen. Help please!
Marsha,
It is my understanding that you have be communicating with your distributor - Andy at Lawson (
www.lawson.com). After Andy viewed your graphic, it was very easy to tell that the artwork you provided to him was a bitmap and in CMYK. I believe if you ask the majority of screen printers, they will all tell you to convert your colors to Pantones and then print it as a vector file (do not convert it as a bitmap). If you convert it as a bitmap, the file will be distorted and you will not be sending as clean of information to the RIP and ultimately the printer. Once you have your artwork setup properly, you can follow the instructions in this video and you will get a good looking film:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wa_9gFeg8E[/media]
The MultiRIP product is made by the same manufacturer as the Ulano, Screener's Choice, Printa, PowerRIP Silk Screen and more. There are thousands of users with this similar RIP and it works when you have the artwork setup properly.
If you have additional questions about how to setup your artwork, please contact Andy or ask a specific question in this forum.
Mark