Basic Printing Procedure - Brother GT-3 SERIES Basic Operation Manual

4. Printing Directly from Applications

4-1. Basic Printing Procedure

(1) Set the proper color settings and print conditions of the application. For precise editing and output,
applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Photo Pro are recommended,
e.g. to deal with higher resolution images (200 dpi or higher).
See "4-2. Setting the Applications' Print Condition" in the Instruction Manual for further details.
(2) Create the artwork using a suitable graphic application. Use RGB=254 (=254, 254, 254) white for white color.
RGB=255 (=255, 255, 255) white (paper color) is transparent color with no ink printed.
(3) Select [ File ] > [ Print ] menu of your application an set Printer Driver conditions.
See "4-3. Setting the Printer Driver Condition" in the Instruction Manual.
(4) Turn on your printer:
See "3-2-1. Turning On Your Printer".
(5) Execute [ Daily Cleaning White ] to keep the White Ink bright. See "5-1-1. Daily Cleaning White to avoid dull
White Ink and Checking the Print Quality (once a day, before printing)". Test print for both CMYK and White
and check the print quality. See "7-2-3. Checking Print Quality with the Nozzle Check Pattern" in the
Instruction Manual.
(6) Send data to your Printer. Select Printer Driver: either one from the GT-3 Printer Driver (for USB 2.0) or GT-3
Printer Driver (for LAN) for direct print, or GT-3 FileOutput Printer Driver to make print data file (.ar3).
As for sending .ar3 file to your Printer, see "5. Printing AR3 Files" in the Instruction Manual.
(7) Install the Platen of the size you have selected in step (3) "4-3. Setting the Printer Driver Condition" in the
Instruction Manual.
See "4-4. Uninstalling / Installing the Platen" in the Instruction Manual.
(8) Set the T-shirt (as for dark garments, pretreated. See "4-6-1. Applying the Pretreatment" in the Instruction
Manual) on the Platen and adjust the Platen height. The operation on the both platens (Left/Right) is the
same. See "4-5. Placing the T-shirt on the Platen" in the Instruction Manual.
(9) Press the Print Button on the Control Panel to start printing. See "4-6-2. Making One Print." in the Instruction
Manual.
(10) Remove the "printed" T-shirt from the Platen.
See "4-7. Removing the T-shirt from the Platen" in the Instruction Manual.
(11) Fix the ink with heat onto the T-shirt.
Use a conveyer oven or a heat press to fix the ink onto the T-shirt. See "4-8. Curing the Ink onto the T-shirt" in
the Instruction Manual.
(12) Repeat (8) to (11) until all the prints are finished.
(13) See the Chapter 5 for necessary maintenance and for regularly and more-than-2-week storage.
(14) Turn off your printer. See "3-2-2. Turning Off Your Printer".
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