questions about film vs vellum

pairets · January 18th, 2013, 11:08 AM

I have been trying for years to get half tone prints to burn cleanly and have little sucess. Now I want words of wisdom for using film. Looking for advise on printers and whether ink jet laser jet or bubble jet for printing on film. Of course my image size is 15x16 ideally so I want to get printer and film that will cost me the least. Opions??? Thanks Tom in VA

Screen Printer · January 18th, 2013, 01:41 PM

What are you using this for?

Prosperi-Tees · January 18th, 2013, 01:57 PM

Epson 4880 is a 17" printer. That and Accurip or Filmaker for the halftones and you are good to go. Total investment around 2 grand plus film and ink.

"tomas" · January 27th, 2013, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by pairets

I have been trying for years to get half tone prints to burn cleanly and have little sucess. Now I want words of wisdom for using film. Looking for advise on printers and whether ink jet laser jet or bubble jet for printing on film. Of course my image size is 15x16 ideally so I want to get printer and film that will cost me the least. Opions??? Thanks Tom in VA

it could be the mesh your using. If you have halftones you need to be using at least 150+ mesh.

for output software accurip or some rip software is a must. Vellum is only OK for solid 1 color jobs. The paper will actually shrink during exposure and you will never get perfect reg. It's like using vinyl. Film is the best option

ol man · February 1st, 2013, 05:56 PM

i've been running accurip for about 6 months now -- and cant seem to get the "tone curve" feature( for dot gain control) to work, at all. Another anomaly is the the mystery 1 percent dot that shows up on the film , in the background of the image, when one prints from a grayscale file.
I might suggest a different software

Binkspot · February 1st, 2013, 10:14 PM

There is more to getting the desired results then the film output. Emulsion type, stencil thickness & consistancy, exposure type and time, mesh count & tension, etc all play a part.

Like Gerry said the choice would be an Epson with Acurip but depending on your desired results you may want to look at some other rips and other printers.

bluemoon · February 2nd, 2013, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ol man

i've been running accurip for about 6 months now -- and cant seem to get the "tone curve" feature( for dot gain control) to work, at all. Another anomaly is the the mystery 1 percent dot that shows up on the film , in the background of the image, when one prints from a grayscale file.
I might suggest a different software

turn of "printer manages color" in your print dialog. There should be no color management.

pierre

Gary G · February 2nd, 2013, 12:32 PM

AccuRip has an excellent support system for their products
http://www.softwareforscreenprinters.com

ol man · February 13th, 2013, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bluemoon

turn of "printer manages color" in your print dialog. There should be no color management.

pierre

Thanks Pierre, im looking into that now