User`s manual

Chapter 11 - Advanced Printing With White Ink
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Cure the print
Carefully remove the shirt from the Shirtboard and cure. Keep in mind, White ink will need to be cured
longer than standard colors. Cure in a conveyor dryer or Heat Press. Refer to Chapter 10 - Printing
Basics - Curing Your Garments for more information.
• If using a Heat Press, place a silicone treated
piece of parchment paper (a common baking pan liner) over
the print and close the press.
When you open the press, peel the paper immediately. The
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paper can be used a number of times. After a while, the
paper will develop wrinkles and will need to be replaced or a
wrinkle pattern will transfer onto the shirt.
You will only use the silicone treated paper for curing after the entire
print has been completed. You risk ruining a shirt if you use silicone paper in the Pretreatment phase.
You can also use a standard Teon pad rather than silicone treated parchment when curing the print in a
Heat Press. Teon pads are available from most Heat Press manufacturers.
IMPORTANT POINT
When printing gradient images with White ink, we recommend having two JPEG
versions of the artwork at 150-300 dpi. One version having a white background
and the other having a black. These two les can be created in Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW or even in FastARTIST. Another option is
using transparent les (psd etc.) and use the pop-up window for completing the
underbase settings. Consult your FastARTIST Users Manual for more details.
There is an excellent video tutorial on “Underbasing with Two Versions of
Artwork” on the T-Jet Support page. Refer to Chapter 16 - Product Support for
instructions on logging on and viewing videos.