Once the transparency has been printed, allow it to dry for several minutes. Most times, you can print the transparency under regular paper, but in some cases you will need to select 'Specialty Paper' or some printers have a 'Transparency' setting. The printable coated side will feel tacky.Īlways make sure to set your printer setting on 'Best' or 'Highest DPI.' This Brother printer settings is under Resolution, and it was set to HQ 1200. Tip: If it's hard to tell which side of the transparency is the printable side, lightly dab a corner of the transparency with moisture. The smooth side of the transparency will prevent the printer ink from drying and will smear. Make sure when you load the transparency into your printer, it will be printed on the rough side. Transparency film will have a smooth glossy side, and a rough/textured side. If you can see pixelation then it will appear on your stencil as well. Make sure you're working with an image large enough to stretch this big before it gets pixelated. This image is stretched to fit an 8.5'x11' with a minimum of. Insert your image onto a Word Doc and resize it according to how large or small you want the design to be.

This image is now ready to be printed.Īn actual black and white photograph will NOT work as your design. Then place your cursor over a white area, and the R, G, and B should all be 255. Click the ink blot icon and place the cursor over the black part of the design. On the Layer palette, click the Visibility button of the object. Note: After you align text to a vector object, you can make the object invisible. Using photo software, edit the image (Paint Shop Pro used in this tutorial). Draw a selection box over the text and object by holding down the mouse button and dragging a rectangle over them both. Halftones will work as long as the dots are not too small. Follow this guide if you need help converting color, gray-scale or drawings into pure black screen printing ready artwork.īlack and white photographs will not work as your design. When you have picked a design (or created one) you will need to convert it to black & white if it is not already.

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