Fixing Bad Line-Art In Photoshop And Fastartist; Artwork For Light And Dark Garments - Epson Fast T-Jet 3 PLUS User Manual

T-Jet3 PLUS User's Manual
Fixing Bad Line-Art in Photoshop
and FastARTIST
You may also use a bitmap editing program
to improve the quality of line-art. Earlier we
covered fi le resolution, noting how a low
resolution fi le will have very jagged edges.
By simply upsampling a fi le to a much higher
resolution you will have less of a jagged
effect, but a softer edge. For Black and
White images, you will want to upsample
and then apply a Tone Curve to make edges
Black and White without any "gray" areas. This process is available in FastARTIST,
Photoshop, CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator.
Important Point I I m m p p o o r r t t a a n n t t P P o o i i n n t t
You must take ownership of fi xing bad artwork. If the fi le is provided
in a pixel based format like TIFF, PSD, JPG, GIF, etc., you can't assume it is bright,
sharp, of high resolution and ready to print. You must check the resolution and
upsample the fi le if necessary. Make adjustments if it needs sharpness or boost
color saturation if the fi le is dull. Lighten the fi le if it seems too dark because the
image may print even darker!
A A r r t t w w o o r r k k f f o o r r L L i i g g h h t t a a n n d d D D a a r r k k G G a a r r m m e e n n t t s s

Artwork for Light and Dark Garments

To set up artwork properly, it is imperative to know fi rst onto what color garment
the image is to be printed. This will then determine if the image background
needs to be transparent, White, Black, or in some cases both Black and White.
For Light colored garments, the T-Jet3 PLUS will print the image just as it appears,
but it does not print the White. Printing in color without an Underbase is the
easiest form of garment printing.
If you require White in the image, it will be necessary to Underbase the image.
Therefore, Dark colored garments will always require an Underbase that allows
the colors to "stand off" the garment.
Please keep in mind, this section is intended only as a brief Overview and
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