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Sunday, August 22, 2010

WHAT A NIGHTMARE!

Over 6 hours of work and still NO luck.  I have searched every avenue I can think of to find out how to print the transparencies for my multi-color design.  I have had absolutely no luck.  You have to print what is called a choke or a trap on overlapping colors so you do not have any gaps in your prints.  If you have a design that has a black outline with red under it and it will be printed on a white shirt, doing a choke or a trap (I am still learning what this is) will allow the black to cover the red so there is not a gap where the color of the shirt (white) will show.

I searched youtube, t-shirtforums.com, Ryonetblog.com, CorelDraw websites and NO ONE has a video or anything that explains how to do this.  I can print my transparencies without doing a choke or trap but I really hate wasting ink and transparencies not to mention the four screens I will burn in order to see if it will print without the trap.  It takes hours to get the screens ready to print and I would hate having to start the whole process over.  I can print the design in all black but I really think a colored version would be awesome.

Once I figure this problem out, I will be doing a video and posting it to youtube.  I was on t-shirtforums.com and it seemed like quite a few people were having a problem with this.

It is 1:21 am and I have been working on this since 6pm.  I think it is time to go to bed and start over in the morning.  I will probably have nightmares of multi-color designs.  :)  lol

Jeanette

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