Today I am working on two designs that will be printed on size 3X shirts. Such a big shirt requires a big design so I get to use my 13 x 18 Waterproof R-Film for the first time. The biggest film I have used so far has been 8.5 x 14. Wow, the amount of room you have on 13 x 18 film is awesome. I can't wait to do some more big designs.
The designs are not real complicated. It is a couple funny sayings printed in one color. It should be a piece of cake. I made a mistake when I printed the first round of transparencies. The designs are 15 inches by 8 inches but I forgot the largest squeegee I have right now is 15 inches. Oops!! You should try to use a squeegee that is at least 1 inch larger then your design. That would give you a 1/2 inch clearance on each side of the design. It was not a big mistake on my part but it did require me to shrink my design to 14 inches and re-print the transparencies. I wasted a lot of ink on the first transparencies. New print cartridges for my Epson 1400 cost $150 so I need to be more careful before I hit the print button.
One thing I was worried about was the shirt platen. I thought I would have to make a larger platen to fit the 3X shirts but the design and shirts fit on a standard 16 x 16 shirt platen. I was not in the mood to make another platen so I am very glad it fits the 16 x 16 platen. :)
Time to go expose screens!
Jeanette
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