We’ve talked about the use of rasters before, and how they can benefit your transfer prints. It can be a little difficult to understand how important using something like As a refresher, when printing with a transfer, it’s common to use a method called “rasters”. Rasters are essentially pre-defined areas within your design that do…
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To get the very best color accuracy, no matter what your design is, Digital Factory allows you to merge rendering intents. A rendering intent is a method to convert colors from one ICC profile to another. It deals with the problem of bringing colors from a bigger color gamut into the smaller color gamut of…
Ink limiting is useful for saving you money on ink, which in turn can also help reduce print errors and give you better print quality. There are a number of issues and tips to consider, so let’s walk through some settings and troubleshooting. To start: 1) Go to the Devices menu and select…
Fading or otherwise deteriorating designs can add a cool distressed look on a print, but sometimes you just want a print to last. You can lock up your garments in a display case and hope for the best, but if you actually want to wear them, then protecting them is a must. That’s where “spreading…
In Digital Factory and VPM, you can use the PDF Output driver to produce single and multi-page PDFs. PDF files are robust and can handle cut data, raster and vector, alpha channels, registration marks, and more. In case you need to export your files after working to store for later use or send them to…
Contour cuts are useful for stickers, labels, wall art, signs, logos, etc. You can apply contour cuts in SignLab, EngraveLab, ProfileLab, and Digital Factory. The methods are slightly different depending on the program you’re using – they are outlined in this blog. Contour cuts create a cut path around image frames or around and on…
View Raw Data can help you save time, ink, and substrate! In Digital Factory, Filmmaker, and VPM, you can view raw data on your job before sending it to output. View Raw Data shows you a pixel-by-pixel display of what will be printed. You can change the background color, enable and disable layers for white…
In Digital Factory and Filmmaker, you can use hot folders to help automate your job processing. Hot folders can be used for any job, not just for templates. The set-up is the same except you select the option “Enable queue hot folder”. Templates come with their own hot folder support and this provides an automated…
You might have put in the work to take down all the 1960’s wallpaper in your house, but the aesthetic of the repeated design is back. Creating it manually can be a time consuming process, but with the step & repeat feature, getting a customized, repeatable pattern from your images is a breeze. Start by…
Digital print technology supports virtually all widely used print applications. This list includes Wide Format, Print and Cut, UV, Direct to Garment, Direct To Film, Sublimation and Toner Transfer. As new workflows are discovered, we’ll continue to add to this list! Printer manufacturers continue to introduce new devices that address market requirements. Normally, alongside each…