Full Version: Natura Imprinting
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#5]
22 Nov 2004
To: GBengraver [#4] 22 Nov 2004
Seeing that you're printing to fabric, 1200 dpi may not help as much with clarity of image than it will with density of color.
That's been my experience with ink jet sublimation.
David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA
From: GBengraver [#6]
22 Nov 2004
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#5] 22 Nov 2004
Natura is a laser printer process.
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#7]
22 Nov 2004
To: GBengraver [#6] 22 Nov 2004
I know. I was just saying that the extra dpi, regardless of being ink jet or laser would affect the colors layed down more that the actual clarity of the image, since, by nature, fabric is pretty grainy.
David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA
From: GBengraver [#8]
22 Nov 2004
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#7] 22 Nov 2004
Ok. My mistake.
Sometimes with photos, in flesh tones you can see distinct changes in the colors. Its kind of hard to describe.
Going from dark to lighter areas in a face for instance, you can see sharp changes in the colors. Not very natural. I thought higher dpi would make for smoother color transitions.
I doesn't always occur but when it does it always seems to be flesh tones that are at issue.
GBengraver
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#9]
22 Nov 2004
To: GBengraver [#8] 23 Nov 2004
May be the nature of laser printers in general.
I know when using my HP 4550 for sublimation to metal, the toner, when trying for light colors, is sometimes layed down inconsistently.
Kind of streaky.
I don't know if an increase of dpi would help. I tend to doubt it.
David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA