Hello,
What are the best settings to use on my Epson 1430 to print dark film negatives? Using adobe illustrator and windows.
Epson 1430 transparency not dark enough
Re: Epson 1430 transparency not dark enough
Hello,
te important settings can be found in the print settings, tab "Options", section "Special Settings Screen Printing" of the macOS print dialog. Please note that these functions are only available in the largest version "PrintFab Pro XL" (the PrintFab 30 day trial version can be installed as "Pro XL").
Here are the instructions for the Epson Artisan 1430 printer to print black films for screen printing:
In the PrintFab driver settings, tab "Options", it is important that you select "Halftone Screen Mode"="Single Black" (for single black ink) or "Multi Black" (for an ink set with multiple black cartridges). Here you can also set the ink amount, the halftone size and angle:
On tab "Main", select "Media Type"="Transparent" and a high print resolution like 5760dpi:
In the application's print dialog, please enable "Separations" and select the color that you want to print (available in applications like PhotoShop, CorelDraw, Illustrator, Indesign).
Please read also the page that has additional information on silkscreen film printing with PrintFab on our website:
https://www.zedonet.com/en_support_silkscreen.phtml
You can find the detailed description of the screen printing options in the PrintFab PDF manual, chapter 9.8 "Special settings for screen printing (PrintFab Pro XL only)", page 53.
te important settings can be found in the print settings, tab "Options", section "Special Settings Screen Printing" of the macOS print dialog. Please note that these functions are only available in the largest version "PrintFab Pro XL" (the PrintFab 30 day trial version can be installed as "Pro XL").
Here are the instructions for the Epson Artisan 1430 printer to print black films for screen printing:
In the PrintFab driver settings, tab "Options", it is important that you select "Halftone Screen Mode"="Single Black" (for single black ink) or "Multi Black" (for an ink set with multiple black cartridges). Here you can also set the ink amount, the halftone size and angle:
- printfab-win-ix6800-screenprinting-2.png (24.29 KiB) Viewed 42548 times
On tab "Main", select "Media Type"="Transparent" and a high print resolution like 5760dpi:
- printfab-win-ix6800-screenprinting-1.png (17.82 KiB) Viewed 42548 times
In the application's print dialog, please enable "Separations" and select the color that you want to print (available in applications like PhotoShop, CorelDraw, Illustrator, Indesign).
Please read also the page that has additional information on silkscreen film printing with PrintFab on our website:
https://www.zedonet.com/en_support_silkscreen.phtml
You can find the detailed description of the screen printing options in the PrintFab PDF manual, chapter 9.8 "Special settings for screen printing (PrintFab Pro XL only)", page 53.