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1. Objects 0 o a 1 459 18 132 S ua E P af i a 0 00 f 000 10000 Ax in 3 i E agegeagna 4 TI A j Pe 0S EA x eae P a iik Sh ses af Origin Selection r Orientation s n vie 2 JEM aO Portrait o ie AJS C Landscape a5 2x 3 24 00 43 x4 36 00in 3 5 36 00in Dimensions 4 x 4 48 00in X 48 0 x idth 4 x8 7 Di 32 x 48 32 00 Ale Resize objects proportionally Advanced 1 To use Gang Mode you must place the image to be printed on one of the preset Page Sizes that correspond with the Shirfboard s you are using Layout gt Page Size Click on File gt FastRIP Setup and set the final Page Size Click on the Page Setup tab and select Roll When you are finished with these settings click Ok 157 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual FastRIP Setup FastRIP Setup ICC Profile CMYK Color Adjustments Maximum Ink Level Adjustments ICC Profile CMYK Color Adjustments Maximum Ink Level Adjustments Printer Options Page Setup Preferences Underbase Setup Printer Options age Setup Preferences Underbase Setup Page C Predefined Selected Objects O Page Size Area Entire Area V Maintain curves in EPS link files Set Defaults Restore Defaults Cancel Help a m Help 2 Send the file to FastRIP by selecting File gt Print to FastRIP Check the small box that says Gang Mode This will bring up the Decal Setup screen Remember FastARITIS
2. 4g Paper Output printer and click on Properties Click on Advanced Spe Sr anna and set the Page Size Go to the Printer Features i e section and access the Print Mode menu Select penitent oe the Color Print Mode Use the Underbase Mode imes ETTET menu to select the Underbase Print Mode Set s AR the number of ink passes for both Underbase and Postscript Options color and then click on OK in Advanced Options N brnt Mode CMYK Photo 360 standard HS In Document Properties select Landscape or see Color Passes 1 Portrait for orientation and click OK Click on Print For more information on designing and printing vector or bitmap images Spot Colors and gradients consult your Chapters 4 6 of this Manual and the Help sections of your graphics application By using a third party graphics application to print your images you sacrifice several features offered by FastARTIST FastARTIST was DESIGNED to print images on garments applications like Photoshop and CorelDRAW were not If you do not Import your images into FastARITIST first you cannot utilize the Highlight White option Additionally you will not be able to access the Highlight Underbase Wizard and its one click options These can complete the entire Highlight and Underbase functions with one click of your mouse button saving you a lot of time compared to configuring your Underbase manually 186
3. 113 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Adjusting the Size At the far right of the FastScan toolbar is the Region Selection field Use these data fields to adjust the size of the current selection Bitmap Palette ri The Target palette color is disolayed above the Palette button Double click on the Target color to add colors to the palette The new color will not be added until used with either the Brush or Fill tools New colors will be automatically appended to the end of the palette clicking on the Palette button will disolay the current colors in the Bitmap palette The Image palette dialog may be used to select existing palette colors Several of the colors may be selected which will cause them to be highlighted Clicking on the To Front button will shift these colors to the start of the palette Clicking on the To Back button will shift These colors to the end of the palette In addition the Re Order button will sort the palette from most to least prevalent Color selection range colors in the bitmap All palette al f 0 im bl colors will be sorted and no Ta Front To Back selection is required The Custom 7 button may be used to add eee colors to the palette though Close as mentioned previously new colors will not be added until either the Brush or Fill tools are Used with that color m M ma Brush Tool Brush Type Fa The Brush tool uses the Target color to touc
4. Print Modes A Print Mode is a pre set calibration file that is used to tell the Fast T Jet how to print soecific image types or materials There are three basic modes for printing Cartoon Photo and Underbase The Cartoon and Photo Print Modes will print the image in color when printing from FastARTIST or any other graphics program These two modes were created to adjust print characteristics based on the image to be printed If you are printing vector graphics with Spot Colors use the Cartoon Print Modes If you are printing photo type bitmap images use the Photo Print Modes Underbase Print Modes pertain exclusively to White ink and how it is printed onto your garments Cartoon Print Modes are designed to e Lay down more ink with good color saturation e be used for non critical images e allow a lower DPI to be selected Photo Print Modes are designed to e Lay down less ink with highly accurate colors e reproduce an extremely detailed image e utilize a higher DPI to ensure good print quality Resolutions Soeed and Quality You will notice that each Print Mode has several resolutions This is because the resolution you choose will not only determine print quality but print soeed as well If you use a lower resolution Print Mode you will achieve a much faster print soeed but may not get the quality needed for photo images Lower resolutions apply fewer ink dots per inch DPI which allows the Print Head to move much faster
5. The Triangle Fill type is not available from the dropdown list The Triangle Gradient Fill has a different Edit Gradient Fill dialog that is incompatible with the other gradient Fills 85 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Editing a Triangle Gradient Fill Edit Gradient Fill Gradient fill name For a Triangle Gradient Fill the Edit Gradient Fill Gradient Fil dialog behaves slightly differently than for the other Fills However the only real difference Is that there are three color pickers which are used to select the Fill colors i Cancel Gradient Fills and Color Layers When a shape Is applied with a Gradient Fill that shape will be considered to remain on its original color plate layer even though the shape will be rendered using the indicated Fill The same shape with a Spot gradient Fill This shape is considered to be on layer 13 Original shape with an aqua Fill plate layer 13 If the Instant Replay window is open then the Fill of the selected shape will be a Special Fill to indicate that it has a Spot Gradient Fill If the Special Fill is selected and then the Del key is pressed the Gradient Fill will be deleted and the shape will have the Fill of its original layer color 86 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills Selecting Shapes by Their Color AS previously mentioned Shift clicking on a color plate in the Shop palette will select all shapes that have that color Fill However
6. The first step is to identify the color s that are causing the problems This is a personal talent that develops with experience so continue to practice A Test Page is a useful starting tool when identifying problems with color All the necessary ingredients for judging color reproduction are contained in this file 142 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration Analyzing the hue wheel printed as a 1 border will reveal any bias toward a particular color Once the problem colors are identified the alternatives are e Raise the Midtones value of the problem color which will result in a less saturated print e Lower the Midtones values of the non problem colors which will result in a more saturated print e Combine alternatives 1 and 2 by raising the Midtones value of the offending color while also lowering the Midtones values of the other colors Other options e Although the chosen model may be CMYK Green can still be adjusted by modifying Magenta which is the complement of Green in the color wheel For example increasing the amount of Magenta will reduce the green in the final print e Where one color is dominant such as an overall Yellow tinge to the whole page the solution may be to reduce the Shadows slider for Yelllow This will reduce all areas of the page that have a large percentage of Yelllow 90 100 Max Ink Max Ink is Used to control the maximum ink capacity that is available across the
7. By default this position is set to the top left corner Orientation Orientation refers to the rotation of the Page This setting is independent of Page Orientation which is used when printing Page Size Page Size is a visual representation of the area that is available tor placement of a printable image This allows for the spatial arrangement of Workspace Objects to be verified prior to sending a job to FastkIP Page Size is normally selected by using a template specifically designed for your Fast T Jet printer but you may 13 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual customize this as long as you don t exceed the maximum printable dimensions of your machine Consult your printer s User s Manual for details The Page Size dialogue is accessed by choosing Layout gt Page Size Page Size Origin Selection Orientation hr Portrait C Landscape Current Selection E 13x18 13 00in x 18 00in 13 23 TENIS TET n ee 10 00in 12 00in 6x6 u n 4 x 18 00 inch l Resize objects proportionally Advanced Cancel T Jet Blazer Current Selection The Current Selection dropdown menu is used to choose the dimensions width by height of the Page Size If Custom Size is chosen then the Width and Height fields must be manually entered FastARTIST refers to its Page dimensions in terms of Width and Height For purposes of printing a two dimensional image on a garment or no
8. FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Default dictionaries for several Spell Checker languages are provided The Main men Dictionary selection represents the fe active dictionary In addition a User Word nat found Dictionary may be created by clicking on the New button When checking for spelling errors both the Main and User Dictionaries are referenced If new words are Main dictionary American Engish xl added the User Dictionary will be inac EE used to store the new word The Main Dictionary always remains static Style Painter Text Style When editing ca paragraph M Character style to duplicate of text the Style Painter tool 7 fi E is used to copy the font style i from one sentence to another By m chicas o right clicking on the Style Painter mo Eo button the Text Style dialogue is used to select what style elements will be copied Character Width Character Width Style The Character Width tool can apply compression to Free width individual characters of a Relative width word Right clicking ON TNE amp Absolute width Proper Character Width button opens the Character Width Style dialogue The Width Style options are as follows Maintain the characters at their original widths This setting does not Free width allow the Character Width to be adjusted Relative width Adjust the character width as a percentage of the original width Abso
9. If you are viewing the image with White on Black you will note that there is White ink AROUND the image FastARITIST is just doing what it is told Any area of White is being printed with White You must REMOVE THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THIS IMAGE This is called Clipping and in computer graphics is commonly called a Clipping Path A Clipping Path finds the outside edge of something and removes it It is obviously easier to clip a hard Underbase Wizard Underbase V Apply Underbase Underbase strength Ee Highlight Light areas fho Dark areas Preview mode C Black on white White on black Underbase color x Underbase Layer edge than a soft edge The Air Show image is perfect for removing the outside edge using the Clipping Path method 1 Go to the Transform gt Contour Object to create a Clipping Path for an Image E FastARTIST 1 5 Contour Object Untitled 1 C0L Fle Edit Layout Arrange Transform gitmap Yiew Options Web Cormar Stiles ree VHFVIAHSGaaaw PEE aF 0 00 Em 8 fell onensetngs Group objects fe Clo Biman T Irwert Bitmap Aw EEE GOES SZ AF Cut Inside Bitmaps On Off i 2 3 d S g F 2 Select Clip Bitmap Select Invert Bitmap for Black Leave unchecked the option for White 3 Click on Cut inside bitmaps 4 The two buttons on the SmartBar just left of the Corner Styles selections provide the clipping options Either the Outside or both Inside a
10. Print Status and Settings icon T Jet 3 Screen T Jet 2 Screen To use these additional functions make sure your printer is ON connected to your computer and in Ready Status To access these options open FastRIP and go to Printers gt Printer Properties or click on on the last icon in the FastRIP Toolbar that says Print status and settings Reset Ink Pad Counter Your T Jet printer counts the number of ink drops used during printing and in any maintenance such as Head Cleanings and Nozzle Checks The printer has as preset threshold of ink usage that once exceeded would indicate the Waste Tank Pad is full This will cause the printer to error and you can no longer print The Reset Ink Pad Counter option will clear this error Upon receiving this error it is very important that you visually inspect the status of your Waste Ink Pad prior to resetting the counter It may need to be replaced Just resetting the counter without checking the pad could cause an overflow of waste ink seriously damaging components of your printer and perhaps other personal property and equipment After pressing the Reset Ink Pad Counter button the error should clear in about 10 seconds Initial Charge This feature can be used when a bulk system is first installed or when you 151 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual encounter a serious head clog Keep in mind this utility uses a significant amount of ink Should you need to re
11. The L component refers to the Lightness The a component varies from Green to Red and the b component varies from Blue to Yellow Context Menus Open Manufacturer Palette Open Pantone Palette Make Duotone Color Save With the exception of the Manufacturer palettes all load of the color palettes have context menus that are nadink accessed by right clicking within the bounds of the Export Palette palette Clicking on the three dots in the lower left 2 aren quadrant of the Workspace will bring up the Context cares Menu Reset v Show Layer Numbers reate Palette Swatch Geb tes p FEF Opening a Pantone Palette Selecting Open Pantone Palette will open the Pantone Library folder where you can select from several Pantone palettes These palettes are representative of the swatches available through the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Any of these palettes may be set as the default Shop palette or they may be opened as Manufacturer palettes In FastARTIST these colors are identified as Spot Colors SC and are defined in terms of their LAB color values for accurate color matching Manufacturer palette t CADHnki Signlab T 11 Palettes PANTONE Library PANTONE x aj a H Invisible og RGB Black oer White Color The first four colors in each palette are not Pantone colors These are system colors that are kept in the FastARTIST palettes for your convenience The system specific colors are Invisibl
12. clicking on a Shop palette color will also change the Line Style color For the Thick Line attribute parameters of the line may be set from the SmartBar Click the Set Default Line Style button to store the current SmartBar settings for reuse However line color will not be stored as part of this default Lock Proportions 7 al If the Lock Proportions option is enabled scaling the shape will cause the stroke thickness to be scaled in proportion For example the two rectangles have been scaled by 200 However the Yellow shape has a stroke with Lock Proportions enabled therefore its stroke is also been 79 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual scaled by 200 Line Above By default a thick line will actually overlap the contour of the shape If the Line In Front option is enabled then the line style will partially obscure the shape Alternatively the Line Behind option will cause the line style to be partially obscured by the shape h l LinelnFront e line style will appear as if it were above the shape The line style will appear as if it were below the shape Line Behind Star with line in front Note Star with line behind the shape that the star shape is partially obscured by the line style End Styles There are three different line styles which are used to modify the termination of open paths Butt End Cap The line style will extend only to the e
13. in a field press the Enter key to confirm the new value Object Color The Fill and Stroke color for the selected Object is displayed at the far right of the SmartBar If no Object is currently selected then the default Fill and Stroke colors are displayed FilkPrint Made Stroke Print Mode Fill Primer The Fill Primer indicates which Primer color has been applied to the Object Fill If no Object is currently selected then the Fill Primer will not be displayed Stroke Primer The Stroke Primer indicates the primer color that has been applied to the Object Stroke If no Object is currently selected then the Stroke Primer will not be displayed 23 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Fill Halftone Fill Halffone indicates the halftone that has been applied to the Object Fill color If no Object is currently selected then Fill Halftone will not be displayed Stroke Halftone Stroke Halffone indicates the halftone that has been applied to the Object Stroke color If no Object is currently selected then Stroke Halffone will not be Stioke Print Mode displayed Scrolling and Panning Scroll bars along the vertical edge and bottom of the screen enable viewing any portions of a graphic not currently in the window Vertical Horizontal Scroll Bars Vertical and Horizontal Scroll Bars are used to scroll through the current window to view another part of the image This is
14. select the drive in which the CD is located Be cautious of registering fonts on a CD or other removable media since this will require that the media containing the font be inserted prior to beginning FastARTIST sessions Specify the type of font formats that are desired and click on the Search Now button A list of recognized fonts will populate the data field These fonts may be installed individually or you may select the Install All button Once the fonts have been installed they are registered for use within FastARTIST and they will be available from the Typeface dropdown menu when editing text Although not recommended for regular usage the Reset button will remove all fonts from the database except for CADIink VEF fonts The Reset button is provided as a means of purging the database This is a convenient means of reconciling many different font references The fonts should be loaded again from a common folder 41 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Text and Special Effects Slant Slant is used to tilt the text either right or left This is not a substitute for choosing an italic font but it does create an effect that is similar to italics Slant is expressed in degrees with a range of 30 right to 30 left degrees Clicking on the Slant button will reset the value to zero Slant of 15 degrees Slant of 15 degrees Text Orientation Horizontal Text Arrange text from left to right ye
15. the Queue ies gt N LP Add previously saved PostScript files to the Active Jobs list See the Add Job following Add Job section Remove Job Remove the selected job from the list Release Job Release print job that had been previously held Place the selected job on hold This job will remain on hold until it has Hold Job been released If a problem occurs when printing Such as paper out the print job will Clear Errors be put on hold After the printing problem is resolved use the Clear Errors item to remove the error flag Abort Jobs Delete the selected job Start Queue Start the queue and process each print and or cut job according to its status Stop Queue NP SN Peo aa Start Queue button has been pressed o Add Job The Add Job button is used to add previously saved PostScript files to the list of Active Jobs The Add Multiple Files dialog will open which is used to select the jobs At the right hand side of the list the order of the batch jobs can be adjusted b Open File The main controls are Open File List I Save File List Use the Open File button to select jobs to be added Once the job has been selected click on the Add to Queue button If There are several jobs that should always be loaded as a group then click on 133 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual the Save File List button For future sessions this batch list can be loaded by click oning the Open File List button Queue Menu T
16. 100 Extreme cases may require unplugging your printer from the wall outlet This flushes the entire contents of the printer s memory Unplug the power cord and wait about 10 seconds Plug the power cord back into the wall and turn the printer ON This should stop all running print routines and clear out the queue However if you are printing a large job or if there are multiple pages stacked Up waiting to print the print job may still not be dead If you turn the printer back ON and it starts to print out page after page of Postscript computer code then you haven t totally flushed F curren oy T Saf lot amp Y mare on ba ty rli ete O rlimate t Closepath fill tom be aebgray showjbind defin in Oa avets i rmoavete def fealic de ap type acec raadanly def fimargin 7 azgin gin gt nifop O der hit dup le addi estring ova tpriati ptprin a fintegertype evenr int readno tof realiypal SPEErint resdos mALypE cvEpeint readoaly ets abortypeties tArFLee Satrin tprintjraadanly def fmarkt pl park piper ice the system A screen of computer code You need fo stop this immediately Code prints very fast and can be literally hundreds of pages in volume If you are printing on multiple garments it can ruin all of them in very short order You should ALWAYS make sure your printer starts to print an image before you walk away to another room E miler popialdpask surrentprek w hd diet daf fa This code is a result of the W
17. A is still printing on the first T Jet As a result Job B starts printing on a second T Jet Printer Echoing would output the job to both devices simultaneously If you wanted to get 10 shirts with the same image done in a hurry use Printer Echoing to output 5 copies on each T Jet The Print Manager Window The Queue window is the main console j g Menu bar for monitoring print job activity The main elements of this console are Toolbar e A dropdown Menu Bar that provides Active Jobs the main controls for the Queue and selected print jobs e A Toolbar that provides basic Start Stop controls for the queue and selected print jobs Prove igen Archived Jobs e An Active Jobs list that displays all of the active or pending print jobs for the Queue e An Archived Jobs list that displays previous print jobs that are now available for reprocessing Each list of print jobs provides real time information about 1 Status of the print and or cut jobs 2 Print Modes being used for each print job 3 File sizes of the soooled print data 4 Date and time stamps of the print and or cut jobs 5 Port destination of the print and or cut jobs 132 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration Tool Bar Controls amp Se Fg iS 2 a a a i F Below the FastRIP menus are the Toolbar gt Fr p A a 4 controls which are used to start and stop F EEE 2e the Queue as well as edit print jobs within F k Z s
18. Files Once you have both versions of an image prepared import them into FastARTIST and let the Underbase Wizard work both at the same time With two files open on the screen drag the cursor fo encompass both to select them Or click on one image hold down the Shift key and click on the other F FastARTIST Untitled cOL File Et Layo Arne Trandum B map Yew Optons Web Kelp Rima ras m LoD i ea Fi Hoo H am 7 g Fab Punt Laja z ry 4 amp i J i 1268 1 Select the Underbase Wizard icon from the toolbar and you will be prompted to designate which file is for a White shirt and which file is for a Black shirt 2 When you get to the Clipping Path page do not check it Having two images makes things very simple FastARTIST Untitled1 CDL File Edit Layout Arrange Transform Bitmap View Options Web Help 3 When you are finished with the Underbase Obect0 g woo few aw aow Her C ow in a yi oo se 4 1000 x Wizard this file is ready to print except that awaascnas FastARTIST will still be showing the Black Oe AR version of the artwork It is done using this E file for The Underbase calculations so you can delete it J ra O GC when done m kiny 4 Press Print 181 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Additional Underbase Wizard Options Creating the ideal Underbase is a key component to the quality of the print Due to FastARITIST s ability to import images with
19. If you use higher resolution Print Modes you will notice a decrease in print soeed but an improvement in image quality A higher DPI increases print quality by increasing the density of the dots per inch Therefore we recommend a lower resolution for cartoon images but a higher resolution for photo type images 122 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration Print Modes with the HS designation are bi directional Print Modes This means the Print Head will print during BOTH the out and back movements of the Print Head compared to a unidirectional Print Mode that just prints on the outbound move Bi directional Print Modes are twice as fast as unidirectional Print Modes and will increase your print soeed accordingly especially if using a higher resolution However you must be aware of the increased potential for banding or shadowing When using these modes it is crucial the Nozzles are perfectly aligned The number of Print Modes may seem like a lot of choices however once you Start to print jobs you will find that they are not that hard to use You should quickly discover the Print Modes that work best for you The name of your printer such as T Jet 3 or Blazer will be listed before each CMYK Print Mode When first starting out the most versatile Print Mode combination for BOTH photos and cartoons is 720 DPI for CMYK and 1440 DPI for the Underbase For images on light garments in which no Underbase is used a 2 Pass Print Mode
20. Image Processor that kad makes Inkjet to Garment printing possible This very powerful pnn zr software tool is included as part of the FastARTIST software Foa D a oackage however it must be configured separately and prior US Soro E ee to sending any Print commands to your Fast T Jet Once installation has been completed the first time you load FastRIP it will automatically present the configuration screens Should you wish to reconfigure FastRIP at a later time you must access FastRIP Setup through FastARTIST to recall the configuration menus Printer Tab The Printer tab in FastRIP Setup lists all the available orinters connected to your computer If your Fast T Jet is not currently listed as an available printer click on the New Printer button For best performance we recommend that your Fast T Jet be the only printer connected fo your computer when outputting to garments Hold Job If This option is enabled any jobs received by FasiRIP will be automatically held They will appear in the Queue but they will not print until manually Released 121 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Spot Color Matching Option This option determines how Named Colors are printed If this option is ON then Named Colors are printed using their LAB lookup value This creates a Process Color equivalent to the Named Colors If this option is OFF then Named Colors will be printed using their CMYK values from the Shop palette
21. Manual Move the selected Object to the bottom layer Ctrl B Move the selected Object up one layer Ctrl U Move the selected Object down one layer Ctrl L Reverse the layer order of the selected Objects Ctrl M Create a common path from the selected Objects Ctrl H Reverse the common path that was applied to a group of selected Objects Ctrl J Convert the selected text to graphic Objects Alt B Simplify the selected Object Shift F2 Create a clipping shape from the current selection Alt C Remove the clipping that was created Alt U View Menu Hot Keys Toggle the display of Object fills Alt S Toggle the display of bitmaps Alt M Toggle the display of the line style Alt N Toggle the display of the rulers Alt R Toggle the display of the Instant Replay window Alt I Options Menu Hot Keys Snap to grid Ctrl W Use guides Alt W Functions Keys Help F1 Disable all Shop palette colors except the current target color F2 Select all Objects F3 Refresh the Workspace F4 Activate the Zoom In tool F5 34 Chapter e An Overview of the Workspace Zoom out Zoom in Zoom to selected Object Zoom to Page Toggle between current and previous zoom levels Select the menu bar Pan Workspace toward current mouse position Cut Menu Hot Keys Open the Cut Preview plotting controls 35 F6 Shift F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 Alt P FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9
22. Move Only perform speed scrolling when dragging an Object Full Perform speed scrolling when dragging an Object or when dragging a marquee Duplicates When using the Duplicate command Offsets specified here will be applied to the placing of new Objects with respect to the original Grid Size The grid dimensions are set in the General Preferences dialogue The Snap Angle is used when Ctrl is held during certain operations such as when editing line segments and corners Polyarc Polygon The Polyarc Polygon setting indicates the type of shape that is produced by certain features such as Welds Shadows or Outlines Export Error Tolerance When Exporting a file from FastARITIST the file sometimes contains a very large number of Nodes This is especially true of artwork that was originally imported from another software application As a solution FastARTIST files can be exported using a certain Tolerance Level This will make the exported artwork smoother as well as substantially reduce the number of required Nodes Error Tolerance is specified using the current Workspace units We caution against a high Error Tolerance value since this may introduce distortions of the exported Objects Generally the default values 0 001 or 1 1 000 of an inch will work very well for most files 2 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Undo Setup Undo Setup The Undo Setup dialogue is used to limit the i a A resources that a
23. Print Mode settings Reset to Defaults Reset to print mode Set Defaults Restore Defaults Cancel Help FastRIP is the software that manages print output It applies the proper Print Mode and allows you to stack jobs reprint jobs and save jobs Changes you make within FastRIP will often override settings coming from a Print Mode FastRIP also allows you to sort print jobs control the sending job batches collect jobs that are similar in nature such as the same type of media and spool print jobs rasterizing or RIP ing in advance of sending them to your printer 130 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration When you press Print the a FastRIP Queue will appear O Untitied1_tle_0 Pending 1 FastT Jet2 Cartoon720 NULL 65 798 MB 100 10 Here is where the job is processed Sending Jobs to the Queue When printing jobs the Queue will automatically open You may also access the Queue by choosing Launch FastRIP from the File menu Naming the Queue When a workstation has been installed with the FastRIP that workstation becomes a Queue Other workstations may then send print jobs through that computer If you have several networked workstations then it is useful to give each Queue a meaningful name that distinguishes it from the others When q computer is initially configured it is assigned a default My Queue name but this can be changed in Queue Properties To change the Que
24. RGB and 89 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual click on OK The standard RGB swatches are comprised of thirteen sets of swatches where each set has thirteen rows and thirteen columns The rows indicate the amount of Red which varies top down from 255 to 0 The columns indicate the amount of Green which varies left to right from 255 to 0 Each set of swatches indicate the amount of Blue where each set varies left to right from 255 to O Standard CMY Swatches From the File menu select Color Swatches Select Standard CMY and click on OK The Standard CMY swatches vary from 0 to 100 of each colorant The rows indicate the percentage of Cyan which varies top down trom O to 100 The columns indicate the amount of Magenta which varies left to right from O to 100 Each set of swatches indicate the amount of Yellow where each set varies left to right from O to 100 Above each set of swatches is a swatch representing the given percentage of Yellow Standard CMYK Swatches From the File menu select Color Swatches Select Standard CMYK and click on OK The standard CMYK swatches are the same as the CMY swatches except that Black is introduced as a fourth colorant Each swatch is quartered with 5 Black in the top left 10 Black in the top right 20 Black in the bottom left and 30 Black in the bottom right of each swatch Customized Swatches As an alternative to using the standard swatches a custom set of swatches
25. Select option is disabled then a shape may only be selected by clicking the edge of that shape 29 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Use Default Snapping Range The Snapping Range determines how close a mouse click must be before it snaps to the nearest grid or line The default range Is three pixels Uncheck this option and enter a number in the data box to create a custom range Highlight Selected Objects The Highlight selected Objects option is used to draw a border around the desired Objects The Highlight size field may be used to make the highlight more prominent Shapes that are on a Cut Only layer will be given a Red highlight For shapes that are on a Print and Cut layer you may select the color for the highlight These highlights are intended as a quick visual cue to confirm the nature of a given shape Sketching Tool Settings Sketch Tool Settings are used n ees a conjunction with Graphic Creation Pr a tools and for editing vector SFE Ee Ced graphics Hide nodes in segment edt mode Use thin rodes Under the Curve node behavior Use faster drawing when the number of nodes being moved is greater than Z heading there are two options 1 The Lines pass through nodes option will cause lines to pass directly through the center of a given Node 2 The Lines pass near nodes option will cause the line to pass near but not touching the Node Import Bitmap Setup Bitmap Import Color Setting
26. The individual tints can be checked by referring to the tint percentage boxes The overall balance is checked by looking at the color graduation When the test page looks correct perform an additional test using a photographic image If the 5 tint box appears to be empty and the 10 tint box appears too light then reduce the white point Highlights slider by ten Should these tint boxes appear too dark after another test incrementally raise the white point and continue printing test pages If the 90 to 100 tints are too dark then increase the dark point Shadows slider by ten Should these tint boxes appear too light after another test incrementally reduce the black point The Shadows Slider H Override print mode color adjustments _ Input data The Shadows slider adjusts the black By Level point which is the lower end of the i ni curve Increasing the Shadows value _ _ causes the darkest parts of the print to F Pikaia be recognized as pure black which also causes the darkest details to be lost in the shadows Generally the purity of printed black depends on many factors such as eer how many colors are being used Use the mouse to adjust the Shadows slider 140 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration The Midtones Slider The Midtones slider adjusts the gamma curve This curve affects the Midtones of an image without changing the black and white points the lower and upper ends of the cur
27. Translation dialog Translation E Move Scale In addition to moving the shapes to a specific Left 0 00 4 Absolute Values location on the media the shapes may be scaled as follows for 0 00 m s fo o0 foso E il Cancel Absolute Set a specific width and height for the shapes The Values original proportions of the shapes will not be preserved Percentage Scale the shapes by a percentage of their original sizes Values The proportions of the shapes will be preserved As an alternative to expressing a percentage the shapes Ratio may be scaled according to a ratio value of their original sizes The proportions of the shapes will be preserved 159 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Fit to Page At the far right of the SmartBar is the Fit fo Page button Clicking this button will maximize the shape s upon the media while preserving their J aspect ratios Page Size Page Size indicates the A FastARTIST Print Preview Untitled1 CDL that is available for Printing Fie Eat Layout Arrange Transform Bitmap View Options Web Help This is represented by a sone oes green rectangle around the u shapes being output The dimensions of the green rectangle are determined by in the Page Setup tab from the File gt FastRIP Setup menu l Landscape FastARITIST refers to its page dimensions in terms of width and height For purposes of printing a two dimensional image on a garment
28. Underbase highlight options NEES Use as underbase only C Use as highlight only C Use as both highlight and underbase C Use as underbase and do not print object 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Underbase highlight color v Only show colors designated as spot V 0 No Underbase or Highlight 1 Underbase Only with a Solid Underbase Color Underbase with solid color C Underbase using object s tint decrease tint by 2 Highlight Only 3 Underbase and Highlight with a Solid Color 4 Underbase and Highlight witha 5 Underbase Only with the gradient tint from design object s tint 6 Underbase Only and Do NOT print the Object Use the object s tint This is good for images that will be printed as Black and White on a Black shirt 169 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual To create a Highlight for the White in the word Cardinals ungroup the design if grouped and select ONLY the word Cardinals Double click on the Underbase icon of choice This will open up the Underbase Highlight Menu From here you can decide what to do with the word Cardinals In this case we want all of the White in the word to be part of the Underbase and Highlight passes After clicking on Add you can now select other parts of the image If you want a solid Underbase under the entire design group the image and double click on the appropriate Underbase icon You have now fold FastRIP to create a solid Underbase for everything you have selec
29. Vector CMYK icm Bitmaps tags a lv CMYK Cadlink Image CMYK icm Output tag pi z iv RGB faik image Aion SC xi wi Publishing DTP industry has widely adopted the ICC profile format for use ree with color management systems Mic 5 Apply ColorTune to Grayscales Davee 720 SL XK3 icm When your software was installed ICC profiles were loaded into a directory labeled icc within the FastARTIST root directory Set Defaults Restore Defaults Cancel Help The ICC Profile tab specifies which ICC profile should be used when mapping colors All FastRIP Print Modes use generic monitor profiles for inout of RGB data and a specific output ICC profile for the media and ink combination used by the printer Checking Override print mode and selecting Custom will enable the ICC Profiles options For RGB LAB and CMYK options that are enabled their colors will be mapped using the best color matching that ICC rendering can produce By default ICC Profiles are enabled for RGB and CMYK ICC profiles are not enabled by default for LAB LAB is only used in linked EPS files ICC profiles are generic for mapping colors to an output device Although these generic profiles will be minimally adequate for most printers the profiles are not specific to the printer operating conditions nor the loaded media and inks To provide no mapping at all simply disable the Line Arf and Bitmaps options If The RGB opt
30. a selected Object press iiil ST Agd pusle ine st noma M Shift and right click on the 2pm i Object handles This will j _ not work when editing a wa parametric shape 3 To add guides when Node editing press Shift and right click on the Node 4 Open the Edit Guides dialogue by right clicking on the Workspace with no Objects selected 5 Open the Edit Guides dialogue by selecting Options gt Guides gt Edit Guides 6 When dragging the position of a guide press Shift to constrain a guideline to the nearest ruler increment 7 To remove a guide press Shift and right click on the guide with no Objects selected As an example the following steps will create a guideline between two points l Right click on the Workspace to open the Edit Guides dialogue 2 Set the guideline orientation to diagonal and choose two points from the drop down list 3 Set the coordinates for Point 1 and Point 2 and click on the Add button The resulting guideline will pass through the indicated points Note As many as sixty guidelines in either direction may be displayed on the screen at one time 25 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Align Palette Holding down the Ctrl key while right clicking on the Workspace will display the Align Palette This provides tools for aligning Objects with respect to any grid lines i Set Origin Set the grid origin to the selected location r Resize arid Resize the gri
31. chisel bevel effect to reach Its maximum height depth at the same rate For areas of the bitmap that have a short distance between the edge and center the bitmap will tend to plateau The Constant Height option will cause the chisel bevel effect to dip peak along the centerline of the shape The Direction option creates a chiselled appearance that is effective with lettering Clicking on OK will close the Set bitmap DPI dialog and a preview of the bitmap will be displayed In the SmartBar the gradient bar will indicate the range of shades used to construct the chisel bevel effect The left edge of the gradient bar indicates the color Using the Constant Slope Using the Constant Height that will be present setting a plateau is produced setting the slopes are varied so along the outer edges at the intersection between two that a peak is produced at the of the shape The right rectangles maximum height edge of the Gradient Bar indicates the color that will be present at the center of the shape Clicking on either the left or right edge of the Gradient Bar will select that edge and the color picker may then be used to change the color FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual By double clicking within the Gradient Bar a color nub will be created Initially the color nub will be assigned the shade of color that was present where the Gradient Bar was clicked This color may be changed by utilizing the Color Picker
32. create an effect that nage Qual DPI 120 F File Size 6 6 MB extends past the line art contour Use blank object e Effect Location FT Blank Coir i C Use current fill iA Labi i j Plug ins effects can create a bitmap from line art shapes For the bitmap that is produced by the 108 Chapter 6 Working with Bitmap Images plug in effect the Effect Location can be used to automatically apply your original line art as a clipping path on the bitmap The benefits of using a clipping path are 1 The empty portions of the plug in bitmap are usually set to a White color which are undesirable when arranging the bitmap with surrounding Objects Clipping to the original line art will hide the empty portions of the bitmap 2 The bitmap that is produced by the plug in will offen have a jagged edge which will look poor when scaled up to a large poster size Clipping will trim the jagged edge such that scaling is acceptable If is a good idea to scale your original line art to the desired size before applying the plug in effect Line art shapes will scale without diminishing their details The Inside Clipped option will automatically clip the plug in bitmap to your original line art shape Use this option to hide empty potions of the bitmap and to trim jagged edges that plug ins can sometimes produce The Inside Outside No Clipping option will not apply a clipping path This option should be use
33. enabled a checkmark should appear next to the item then all changes to the Shop palette will be saved when FastARIIST is shut down Creating a new FastARTIST Workspace will not cause palette settings to be saved You must use the Save As command fo save such settings before creating a new Workspace Load During installation a Palettes directory was created within the FastARTIST directory The Palettes folder contains color palettes for a variety of manufacturers and each palette can be identified by its PAL file extension To load a FastARITIST color palette choose Load gt New from the Context Menu and the new palette will replace the current Shop palette configuration Merge is used to select a palette PAL file and append it to the current Shop 74 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills palette Use this command to combine color plates of two or more commonly used palettes When FastARITIST is launched a standard palette is loaded with a selection of commonly used process colors Use Set default to specify an alternate palette to be loaded instead of the standard palette Shop Palette Wizard The Shop Palette Wizard is a visual browsing tool used to create a custom palette by browsing and selecting from any of the palettes that were installed with FastARTIST Colors from more than one palette may be combined with no restrictions on creating a palette containing colors from different manufacturers View Install
34. expensive Most computers ship with 512 MB Megabytes of RAM This is not enough especially when using FastARTIST and FastRIP Your computer should have 1 to 2 GB Gigabytes of RAM 152 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration If you are currently using or planning on upgrading to Windows Vista you will need a minimum of 2GB of RAM for proper operation of your printer and software Start FastRIP BEFORE Sending a Print Job If you encounter errors when a job is sent to print try opening FastRIP before you send the Print command When in Doubt Unplug Everything Sometimes inkjet printers just get confused especially if you stop them in the middle of a run If the printer is suddenly acting abnormally turn everything OFF and unplug the power Make sure to disconnect your Fast T Jet from the computer to end any data transmission that still may be occurring Leave everything unplugged for a few minutes and then plug it all back in and start OVeT You MUST cancel all print jobs for this to be effective or they may start back up when you turn the computer and printer back ON 153 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual 154 chapter 8 Printing with FastARTIST and a Fast T Jet Your Fast T Jet is designed to produce an image using the four colors of CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black along with White if it has been specified as a print color for Highlights or as an Underbase To print an
35. following Stylize Artistic Filters are available under the Image menu Emboss Emboss applies an emboss effect to the bitmap letting you specify the depth and direction of the effect The Depth indicates the apparent depth of the emboss effect Solarize Solarize creates an effect that mimics the accidental exposure of photographic film to light This is done by inverting all color intensities that exceed the Threshold value Oilify Oilify creates an oil painting effect For each pixel the Amount indicates the number of surrounding pixels that are considered when creating the effect Increasing the Amount will result in less detail in the resulting image Mosaic Mosaic creates a mosaic effect by dividing the bitmap into tiles of the specified size and then averaging the pixel colors within each tile Spatial Filter The Spatial Filfers are an assortment of mathematical effects that can be applied to enhance the bitmap appearance The usage of these filters requires a bit of trial and error fo achieve the desired result The assorted categories are _ Shift and Difference _ linesegment o Sooo Halftone Halffone converts a bitmap into a grayscale halftone bitmap The Angle setting is used to rotate the pattern 106 Chapter 6 Working with Bitmap Images The available halftone patterns are Circular Apply a circular halftone pattern Elliptical Apply an ellipse halftone pattern Linear Apply a linear halftone patt
36. gaps and lines are appearing in the output then this can indicate that the LPT mode has been set too high which prevents the printer from receiving data consistently For reference the following table summarizes commonly available Printer Port Modes In this mode data is sent to the printer at the ECP Fastest fastest possible rate Generally most printers can support this speed but if your prints show errors your printer may not be capable of this mode This is the mid range speed setting It is not often oe used but may be a good compromise between or aarange ECP and SPP modes These modes are synonymous and refer to the same setting In this mode data from the computer to the printer is transmitted at the slowest rate SPP Normal or Slowest possible In this mode there are very few errors however printing time will also be at its longest If your printer can not operate without errors in any of the faster modes you will have to use this mode Compatible Automatic If the Automatic option is enabled FastRIP will attempt to determine the fastest possible mode for sending data to the printer FastRIP will test for ECP fastest rate capability first followed by EPP mid range rate and then SPP slowest rate DMA Channel If the computer hardware supports Direct Memory Access DMA then enabling the DMA channel option on the Port Settings dialog will allow the printer to access memory on the computer motherbo
37. general info and location information about each font Panose font information is disolayed Panose is a typeface matching system used to classify and or match type styles For example if you wished to locate all Small Caps fonts set the Type of font Type Decorative __ Ee Beet to Decorative and limit the Range Serif Variant D Lining Topology teenie Ait of characters to Small caps After I Entended Colection 2 A Select Al clicking on the Filter button the Font Sage cata A ces Detective will show all the available Pa Smal Cape 5 Small Caps fonts 40 Chapter 3 Working with Text Picture Guide When choosing which font attributes to filter for a picture guide is provided as an aid Some examples are as follows Display CADlink VEF fonts Display CADlink VEF fonts and TrueType fonts Installing New Fonts Install Fonts FastARTIST supports a wide range of font Font formats Leck ir technologies such as TrueType and FF Locate Inelype OpenTyp ok COO Adobe Type 1 fonts To use a new font oF TE eg aes with FastARTIST or to use a VEF that was Sane Reret ihe fontditabase Reset not installed with FastARTIST go to File gt eee eae ohare cera a m Install gt Fonts FF Locate CADink FON font files You will oe prompted for the location of the new font s Use the browse button to select the folder in from which the font s will be copied If you are copying fonts from a CD
38. i properties of any device DiiverSigring Device Manager gt Mittin Add Hardware Wiza ka E Device Manager Fie Action view Help Within the Device Manager window locate t Ey the USB device that is identified as an Z unknown device this is your Dongle and choose Uninstall 2 Mice and other pointing devices E Monitors z T Other devices gi sieht HASP4 USE 1 33 E F a mji z i o Processors 4 Sound video and game controllers Exit the Device Manager and close System window Unplug the Dongle from your computer Place the FastARITIST installation CD in your CD drive If prompted to choose a language click Cancel Go fo Start gt Run Within the Run dialogue click Browse and locate the file called HINSTALL EXE on the installation CD Double click on it to select Type the name of a prg ram folder Meument or 4 Internet resource ag windows will ope t fc E HINSTALL EXE i HINSTALL EXE will now be displayed in the Run dialogue field Click within the field and type i soace hypen lowercase letter i immediately after the filename Click OK and the Dongle driver will be reinstalled After the installation is complete restart your computer FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual 9 When your computer has rebooted connect the Dongle to any available USB port If should be properly recognized and associated with FastARTIST as a device If you are still e
39. image Open or FastARTIST Untitled1 CDL Import a file using the File menu Faen ko o eese If you Open or Import a bitmap pre tever file from Photoshop or another p program ensure the file is in RGB format The file may open on the page the wrong size if it is IN CMYK format CMYK Color Adjustments gt Eye Candy 4000 Because this software is a very powerful tool you also have the option of creating the entire image in FastARITIST enerrrea eO o a On AHA Once the image is placed in PEEERPL TTTS adeli rea the Workspace select Print to FastRIP from the File menu This command will send the image to your printer through a printer driver called FastRIP FastRIP is a Raster Image Processor that tells the printer how many passes to make how much ink to lay down whether to print in unidirectional or bi directional mode and how to print White ink if applicable If you have not configured FastRIP you cannot output an image to your Fast T Jet Inkjet to Garment printer Before continuing with this Chapter please ensure you are familiar with all the information contained in Chapter 7 especially Print Mode selection Printing to a Fast T Jet using Templates The easiest way to print with Fast T Jet is to use preconfigured Templates These have been precisely laid out to correspond to the Shirtboard size s on which you ll be printing Go to File gt Open and locate the Template folder in the FastARTIST direc
40. ip ogee Chh Bee bo cri auaa ceePgqure per bers Wag sever pire package vernon found i Back hrai amp Canc Next from CD and insert the CD in the CD Drive Put a check mark by Search CD ROM or floppy drive Click Next Click Next Click Finish Create Queve Wizard You will Then be asked to tell FastRIP to which port your printer is attached Select your printer and verify the connection port If the printer is connected to your computer by a USB cable the correct port will look like Epson Stylus 2200_USBO0 Epson Stylus Pro Ens 4800_USBO0 Epson Stylus 7600 or Epson Stylus Pro Port EPSON Photo R1800 uS8002 1800_USBO0 If you are using a parallel port cable me this option is not available for the Fast T Jet Blazer the extension will be LPT Printer defaults Assign a defauit printer for this production queue If a job is received by the queue that does not contain printer information the defast printer and settings wil be used Select the default printer print mode and output port for this queue Configuring FastRIP from within FastARTIST Configure Printer You may also configure FastRIP from within FASTARTIST 1o pinrteris conioued opin wth tis instalation of FasARTIST Select File gt FastRIP Setup This will bring up a different window that will determine how your printer is connected It will then launch FastRIP allowing you to perform the setup process Chapter
41. or non textile item it is important to be aware of the fact that height means the same thing as length Print Toolbox Print Toolbox CO SMA A HNA g The Print Toolbox is the floating toolbar that becomes active in the Print Preview mode e Rotation Rotates the shapes by 90 degrees Perform a rotation to help minimize wasted material e Mirror Mirror the shapes either vertically or horizontally Typically Mirror is used where the media Is to be reverse applied such as the inside of a window pane 160 Chapter 8 Printing with FastARTIST Zoom The Zoom tools are used to change the perspective of the shapes being previewed In addition to these buttons keyboard shortcuts may be used Print Button Clicking the Print button will send a print Print Toolbox FastRip T Jet 8 5 TAR File Queue Jobs Printers Tools View Help The FastRIP Queue will open and the Lf x gt i 20 Gis job will start to process i Lot akae EE A Archive list Name Status lt For Help press F1 161 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual 162 Modern Inkjet printers are i E FastARTIST Untitled1 CDL designed to print either Fie Edt Layout Arrange Transform Btmap View Options Web Help Grog 5 saa 20 fen 1am 4 1000 Ax O00 4 9 pas Fil rind Mixin four color CMYK or some Rees momy in i ee ze 8 is l combination of seven or ae eight color
42. select your printer Click on Properties Click e meme 7 on Advanced Set the Page Size Go the Printer meen tenement Features section Bring the Print Mode menu down aus to select the Color Print Mode Bring the Underbase sieccmnopens o Sta Mode menu down to select the Underbase Print prstoma Mode Set the number of ink passes for Underbase S Em Prt Mode CMYK Photo 360 Standard liS and color Click on OK in Advanced Options In CODE Document Properties set to Landscape or Portrait aisi x for orientation Click on OK Click on Print Select either Image Heavy or Normal as your Underbase Print Mode CorelDRAW Design Setup When designing in CorelDRAW set areas where no Underbase is desired as pure White RGB 255 255 255 or CMYK 0 0 0 0 To print an area as White set the area to a slight tint of off White RGB 254 254 254 or CMYK 1 1 1 1 In this first example the selected area is set to CMYK 1 1 1 1 which is recognized as White and will receive an Underbase when printed through FasiRIP 184 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink When working with vector images if you use Named Spot Colors use the Spot Color White and FastRIP will create a Highlight White when It prints the Top Color pass This means an Underbase will be applied and then Highlight White will be printed in conjunction with the Top Colors In this example the arrow is identifying the use of Spot White Adobe Illustrator Design Setup
43. the PDF file e File gt Save As Some design applications use the Save As dialog to create a file In the Save dialog designate the file type as Portable Document Format PDF In some cases choosing the file type will reveal a Customize button that will allow you to specify the PDF parameters e File gt Export Older design applications will likely not have a specific PDF save tool in which case you are expected to use the Export command under the File menu In the Export dialog designate the file type as Portable Document Format PDF In some cases choosing the file type will reveal a Customize button that will allow you to specify the PDF parameters e When choosing your PDF save parameters each application will present different controls and there are usually more controls than are discussed here However this list highlights the most pertinent settings that you need to check Take care to ensure that the following settings are in effect l Font Folder Some design applications provide the ability to save the font files in a separate folder which can be distributed along with the PDF file When importing the PDF into FastARTIST the PDF Import Options dialog will read the fonts from this folder 2 Font Embedding If a Font Folder is not used then Font Embedding should be ON to ensure that font information is available in FastARTIST 3 The entire font should be embedded as opposed to a subset that consist
44. to that screen Once you are done CO SARANA IS analyzing the preview you would select the printer icon from the Print Toolbox 165 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual FastRIP will open and the job will say Pending Right click on the job title and select Spool Only The job will start to process and you will see it Interpreting Processing etc Eventually it will say Holding Right click on the job title again and select View Raw Data View Raw Data Window The View Raw Data window is VERY informative Here White you can select to lune see All Planes all ENS eres Basic colors the actual printing Bic e functions including white2 E en White3 each actual pass or Layer or change the background Sunt color to simulate the color of the garment You may also turn off a Layer uncheck it to see what it looks like Layer 1 is the FIRST print pass your T Jet will make We indicated in the FastRIP Setup window we wanted THREE passes of White so you will notice that there are three layers that show ONLY White being printed In this example Layer 4 shows the CMYK colors being printed We did NOT tell this image we wanted a highlight White UnderbasexCardinals tie 0 View Raw Data x Ly 4 CARUINALS a pisme 7AA 166 4 oo CARDINALS Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink You may also choose to view only the Underbase to see how it looks
45. whole page of output The valid range is from 50 to 400 By summing the total percent of each ink used on the page the sum will not exceed the Max INk setting This control overwrites the Print Mode setting To access the Max Ink settings select Queue gt Properties gt Max Ink Case MaxiInk Cyan Magenta Yelow Black 1 400 100 100 100 100 2 200 100 0 100 0 3 200 50 50 50 50 143 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Image Adjustments Queue Properties ettings Image Adjustments Acme Color Printer The Image Adjustment controls are used ase image Sanging fastast in addition to the Color Adjustment 1s controls Select the Queue gt Properties gt Image Adjustments Image Adjustments ICC Profile Image Sampling Image Sampling controls are used to reduce the output quality of the RIP in the interest of soeed Reducing the quality in this fashion is useful when creating a proof of the finished job Sharpen Blur Ce The job may be set to either Sharpen or Blur the printed images The Blur setting is useful as a means of creating the effect of a painted image Image Saturation The Image Saturation slider is used to create an artistic touch As with the tonal settings saturation may be separately adjusted for each color plane In general Increasing the Saturation produces a more colorful print Decreasing the Saturation produces a more grayscale print ICC Profiles A Pri
46. will result in better color saturation CMYK Print Modes Cartoon CMYK Cartoon 720 x 720 CMYK Cartoon 720 x 720 HS CMYK Cartoon 720 Standard 2 Pass CMYK Cartoon 720 HS 2 Pass CMYK Cartoon 1440 x 720 CMYK Cartoon 1440 x 720 HS CMYK Cartoon 1440 x 720 Standard 2 Pass CMYK Cartoon 1440 x 720 HS 2 Pass Photo CMYK Photo 720 x 720 CMYK Photo 720 x 720 HS CMYK Photo 720 Standard 2 Pass CMYK Photo 720 HS 2 Pass CMYK Photo 1440 x 720 CMYK Photo 1440 x 720 CMYK Photo 1440 x 720 Standard 2 Pass CMYK Photo 1440 x 720 HS 2 Pass 123 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Eight Color Print Modes FastARTIST and FastRIP support Eight Color Print Modes that replace White ink with the additional colors of Red Green Blue and Orange This configuration of inks cannot be used to create an image on dark garments however when printed on light garments the additional colors create vibrant hues with better flesh tones and gradients If you did not originally order an eight color system you may purchase inks and supplies as an additional option If you switch between an eight color configuration and CMYK with four White or vice versa you MUST THOROUGHLY FLUSH ALL of your Ink Lines with cleaning solution until all liquid runs Clear before switching to the 8 color system You must then re initialize your Bulk System to get the ink flowing properly Refer to your User s Manual for initialization procedures The
47. you to save it in a variety of file formats Reverse the previous operation When node editing only five levels of Undo are permitted Reverse the previously performed Undo operation Closes the current FastARTIST window Exit FastARTIST Md Goce eeas vA swstbma F Simplify Gradient Fills SoU ax Remove All Guides Instant Replay Show Storage Bin Multi Spot Gradient Fills 18 Chapter e An Overview of the Workspace Pattern Fills Metamorphosis Render to Bitmap eT Clipping m Clipping Clear Contour Cut Array Alignment Outline Shadows Transformation Fit Text to Path Sort Colors By All Objects Pan State Percent Zoom Print and Cut Tools Toolbar mY AAQ eazs fe 19 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Select The Select tool is used to select Objects E ee ee H i Measure tools are used to label Workspace dimensions and to measure place notes about Workspace Objects Text Text tools are used for creating text on the Workspace Zoom Zoom tools are used to zoom in and out to view the Page Weld tools are used to bond overlapping shapes into a combined Weld Object Shape Basic shapes are available from the Shapes toolbar Graphics The Graphics Edit tools are available for node free and arc Edit editing The Scan tools include FastScan Photo Machine and Center Line Scan Tracing j gt h
48. 0 User s Manual 36 A diL Working with Text tools can be accessed through the Text Tools flyout Here you will find four options ad FastARTIST 1 5 Untitled1 CDL Fie Edit Layout Arrange Transform Bitmap View Options Help Frame Text Objects 0 ese x 00 yx 00 100 2614 0 217 e 5 2 y 000 oo 10000 e T LeO D HNNAN Be Esl 2 5 2 1 5 0 5 al Text A PA alb Bc Composition Q D aa Spell Check On Screen Kerning This is the main option you will use when Text frame adding text Select this option and drag a marquee within the Workspace with the mouse The marquee will be represented by j yp ed a dashed rectangular that will remain fixed as I Cursor text is typed When adding characters inside text Text Composition the marquee its properties will determine how the text will compress exoand and wrap f Ef p p i The Horizontal Compression Vertical A T E E E E EE ET E Compression and Line Properties buttons are a L REE PARLA A PAPAA PETRAEA SN AORA MR TTS IOA used to change the behavior of how text fits We aa AS ine Properties within the frame Vertical Compresgion Horizontal Compression 37 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Horizontal Compression Click on the Horizontal Compression i Soe E button to modify how text is arranged Eee ane 3 to fit on a line Using compression text PPR eres eee era a may be prevent
49. 7 Use default snapping range are on a Print and Cut layer you can select 7 the color for the highlight These highlights are Highlight selected objects intended as a quick visual cue to confirm the nature of a given shape Selection Settings Coke Picker masaa 21 Highbght size m pels 1 al o B To enable or disable these highlights select Options gt FastARTIST Setup gt Selection Tool Settings and check or uncheck the Highlight Selected Objects option The Highlight Size field may be used to make the highlight more prominent Select a color from the Color Picker for the Print and Cut Layer highlights 92 Chapter 6 Image Size To obtain professional looking prints it is important to use high quality images with a resolution of 150 to 300 DPI dots per inch Under Bitmap gt Image Size you can find the size and resolution information tor a selected image This information will be displayed within the SmartBar as follows 3 Click Apply to change pixel size and resolution 2 From the Bitmap menu activate the Image Size controls 1 Set the print size of image before editing its Image Size settings Pixel refers to the on screen image size in pixels Resolution is listed in pixels per inch i e like DPI Image reflects the actual size at which the image will be printed expressed in the current ruler units Image dimensions are not editable within the Image Size edit mode You must use the S
50. 7 covers in detail Cs a serene eters role FastRIP configuration as well as Print Modes and other options n Please select one of the following options My printer is connected to this computer directly or through a local network The FastRIP Queue This is The same window you will see when the RIP is working The top menu allows you to change many of the RIP settings Chapter 1 Installation and Getting Started Verity Printer Installation Open the Manage Printers window Go to Printers gt Manage Printers and ensure sure your Fast T Jet appears under Printers Verify the Port settings as well From this screen you may also troubleshoot and change ports if necessary If you wish to be able to print DIRECTLY to FastRIP from programs like CorelDRAW Illustrator or Photoshop you MUST put a check in by it in the Control Panel menu This will add the printer to the Printers Window allowing other programs access fo it Fast T Jet Blazer Users may ONLY print directly from programs other than FastARTIST when outputting CMYK images that do not need white ink However we recommend you Import ALL images into FastARIIST for printing even if using an eight color system Removing FastARTIST If FastARTIST is not operating correctly and you are asked to uninstall it move any artwork you have stored in the FastARITIST root directory into a separate folder before deleting the program Select Add Remove programs from
51. 80 0 J y of interline spacin ps sais To use the Auto Spacing controls the eo Se cents text must have been created using the i Frame Text Compose option ne spacing Cancel 39 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Equal Spacing establishes lines of text at equal distances apart The Top Equal Bottom Margin Size settings affect interline spacing A value of less than 0 Spacing will decrease the distance between the lines of text A value greater than 0 will increase the distance between the lines of text Selecting Weighted Spacing will enable the spacing between lines of text to Weighted vary Entering a value of greater than 100 in Extra Bottom Weighting will Spacing increase the size of the bottom margin Entering a value of less than 100 in Extra Bottom Weighting will decrease the size of bottom margin Line Compression Next to the Frame Properties button is the Line Compression field This field is used to compress a line to a percentage of its original width For example enter 50 to compress the line to 50 of its original length Choosing the Font The Typeface dropdown list will disolay a in ARALIK i IRE j menu of all installed fonts in alohabetical Eaa eck Mi order Text Height In addition to the dropdown list the Font lz Detective can be used to search for Bi Font Detective installed fonts based on specific criteria such as thickness script lettering and serifs In addition to
52. Computers for their implementation of the IEEE 1394 standard which calls for a high performance serial bus that connects peripherals to your workstation This standard has been implemented under other commercial names such as iLink from Sony Corporation It is also sometimes referred to generically as IEEE 1394 TCP IP iim x Properties For port TCP IP Remote printing Timeouts The TCP IP port is used with printers that are accessed across a TCP IP network In order to use a TCP IP network printer your network system administrator should be consulted to determine the IP Address Port number and SS Protocol of the printer To access the Port Settings dialog Besserefertevour printers manual for Tce port click on the ellipsis button next to the Port cies IP Adress Protocol Raw C LPR LPT Port Port Settings The LPT Port also Known as a parallel port is commonly Properties for post LPT used as a printer port LPT Mode also known as Printer advanced Tinecuts Port Mode determines the transmission rate when eee ree ee Automatic LPT Mode sending data to the printer Although fast rates of transmission are preferable the printer must be capable of sustaining the selected mode Faster data rates also DMA channel increase the chances of transmission errors SO using a ea good quality IEEE 1284 cable is important ERREA 145 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual If
53. DF indicate which pages to Import After the pages are imported the Paging Too can be used to browse through each page 5 Do Not Show This Dialog Check this option if you wish to hide this dialog Hidden dialogs can be restored within the General Preferences window Click on OK to close the PDF Import Options dialog If cl any font information is not found the Font Replacement dialog will open The missing font will be listed and a Latin substitute font must be selected from the dropdown list of locally installed fonts The Font Replacement dialog will reappear for each font that requires a substitution 1252 e A Final Note about Importing Files The Import command is designed to load designs from other applications while trying to remain true to the types of Objects that were in the original file For example a square with a gradient should come in as a square with a gradient as opposed to a thousand individual Objects that each have a different hue to form the gradient Not all applications have the same Object types or attributes which may cause the Object to be converted For example a mesh fill could be arbitrarily converted into a bitmap Object Retaining and matching fonts can be problematic also If possible save the original artwork as a PDF with embedded fonts Otherwise you will need to substitute for a font with the nearest match that you have on the FastARTIST installed system You do have the
54. J i p Sh SS a a R a i a meea i el a k pe a f 1 e eal N 5 I Graphics Software FaStARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual SelU aia ae Version 2 2 Basic Safety Instructions Please read this entire Manual before attempting to Print Follow all warnings on and about your printer Use the proper power source type indicated on the printer s label and in its User s Manual Connect all equipment to grounded outlets Do not use the same outlet for any other system such as a copy machine an air conditioning unit or a Heat Press that may cycle ON and OFF Place the printer where the power outlet is easily seen Do not allow the power cord to become damaged If you are using an extension cord ensure the extension cord s power ampere rate does not exceed that of the printer s cord Keep electromagnetic devices and other potential sources of magnetic fields away from your printer and computer hard drive s Do not use the printer in locations that may experience high humidity shocks vibrations debris or dust e Leave enough space around the printer for proper ventilation e Do not leave your printer near heat sources such as radiators or heat vents e Do not leave the printer in direct sunlight e Place the printer on a stable surface that extends beyond the length and width of the printer supports The printer will not work properly if it Is tilted or leaning e When packing and moving
55. Jet 3 Additional Functions 151 Reset Ink Pad Counter 151 Initial Charge l9 Removing FastRIP 152 Other FastRIP Errors or Concerns 152 When in Doubt Unplug Everything 153 Chapter 8 Printing with FastARTIST and a Fast T Jet 199 Printing to a Fast T Jet using Templates 155 Print Preview 156 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Printing the Same Image Multiple Times with Gang Mode 157 Print Preview Controls 158 Landscape versus Portrait Orientation 158 Repeats and Gang Mode 159 Alignment 159 Size and Move 159 Fit to Page 160 Print Toolbox 160 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink 163 Underbasing and Highlight White for Garments 164 Types of Underbase 164 Configuring FastRIP to Hold a Job 165 View Raw Data Window 166 Underbase Strength 167 Choking the Underbase 168 Printing an Underbase with a Highlight Pass 169 Viewing Raw Data of the Highlight 170 Underbasing Full Color Images 171 The Underbase Wizard 171 Using a Clipping Path 173 Creating a Highlight 174 Preparing to Print 175 Checking Preferences in FastRIP Setup 176 Viewing the Image in FastRIP 176 Two Versions of Your Artwork May Be Needed 177 Using FastARTIST to Create the Proper Files 179 Using the Magic Wand 179 Using the Underbase Wizard on White and Black Files 181 Additional Underbase Wizard Options 182 Printing From Various Graphics Programs 183 Underbase and Color Print Modes 183 Adobe Photoshop Design Setup 183 Printing from Adobe Photoshop 184 Cor
56. Job Errors and Logs If a problem occurs when printing such as paper out the print job will be put on Hold After the problem is resolved use the Clear Errors item to remove the error flag If a job has encountered an error condition Job Properties will summarize the errors Job Properties also include a detailed Log of the tasks completed before the error was encountered 135 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Job Notes Job Notes are taken from the Job Cost Notes accessible under the File menu Use this information to retain a record of job particulars such as delivery date and customer contact info RIP Settings RIP syabera Folder RIP Settings are found under Tools gt Options SR TELS TS gt RIP The sliders are used to specify the resources available for soooling print jobs These controls will directly influence the workstation that is performing the RIP Taper a eara calculations ie Faster Amount of Memory RIP can usa Sil Me Amount of Memory to Use Memory refers to the maximum amount of computer memory RAM that may be used by the RIP It is recommended you set this number to approximately 50 of the amount of RAM you have available Should the RIP require more RAM than you have allocated if will turn to Virtual Memory VM to meet its needs VM refers to a process where space on your hard drive is allocated for use by applications to process data Processing images and graphics uses a l
57. Lirie be Lel biaia Page Setup Poplenerecies Lindarhage Saug Sark Une one base cria of dusionas proper Underbase Print Mode to match your een ea graphic image and Top Color Print Mode For dark ee shirts try using the 1440 DPI Print Mode to achieve Pie a stronger more consistent Underbase This is due gezen eee to the fact that the higher resolution will disoense more ink at a slower speed creating an extremely even coverage If you are printing lighter colored shirts it may not be necessary to print such a strong Underbase 720 DPI or 360 DPI may work better DO NOT check anything in this dialogue if you wish to produce ONLY a 4 color CMYK or 8 color CMYKRGOB output on White or light colored garments If you alter anything within this window FastRIP will think you wish to print White ink FastARTIST Underbase Underbase Cartoon 720 Underbase Cartoon 720 HS Bi directional Underbase Cartoon 1440 x 720 Underbase Cartoon 1440 x 720 HS Bi directional Underbase Cartoon 1440 Underbase Cartoon 1440 HS Bi directional Underbase Photo 720 Underbase Photo 720 HS Bi directional Underbase Photo 1440 x 720 Underbase Photo 1440 x 720 HS Bi directional Underbase Photo 1440 Underbase Photo 1440 HS Bi directional 125 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Windows Underbase The following Windows Underbase Print Modes can be selected when printing from graphics programs such as Adobe Photoshop Co
58. Note To remove a color nub hold the Ctrl key and then Left click the nub Subdividing Shapes Before converting a shape into a contour bitmap the Ginsu Ba al Knife tool may be used to subdivide the shape Tose Pah 12E Ca For example suppose that the Ginsu Knife tool has been used to subdivide a rectangle shape into several small pieces Using the Select tool resize and nudge the pieces to create a small gap between each piece When ready select all of the pieces and apply a Render Contour bitmap operation A chisel bevel effect will be created for each piece which is then combined into the final bitmap Rectangle shape that has been Select the pieces and apply a subdivided using the Ginsu Knife Render Contour bitmap operation tool Pal If a small gap is not created between the pieces then the Render Contour bitmap feature will create a bitmap that shows no separation between the adjoining shapes Clipping the Edges of a Bitmap Once a contour bitmap has been created the original shape may be used to clip the bitmap When editing the contour bitmap enable the Keep Original option at the far right of the SmartBar After click on ing on the Apply button return to the Select mode 96 Chapter b Working with Bitmap Images enerosify Click the bitmap to make it the current selection From the Arrange menu select Order and To Back The bitmap will now be behind the original sha
59. RTIST Palettes FactoryDefault pal 4 gt j 0 ee Sees ssa aaeashaseasaoebtae 44 gt dae SRS o sdri layeri e FastARTIST also has the ability to open standalone Manufacturer s palettes Specific color plates may be dragged from a palette and added to the Shop palette This allows for quick customization of the Shop palette to include the 67 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual most frequently used color plates The Shop Palette Shop palette C CADIink SignLab 1 FactoryDefault PAL 44 4 gt AME The default location of the Shop palette is along the bottom of the Workspace It is Commonly referred to as the color palette and it contains all of the color plates currently available for use within the Workspace Left clicking a color plate will set the default Fill color for new shapes as well as set the Fill color of any currently selected shapes To change a shape s Fill color without changing the default Fill drag and drop a color plate onto a shape F e na EARMMARNAAAR he estat Ler a eel Release mouse button when Shape changes to color of Click and drag a color plate f cursor is over object color plate When the mouse button is released it is the location of the cursor tio that determines where the new color will appear In the example above if the tip of fhe cursor arrow was touching the outer line of the star then the Stroke color would change to Green rat
60. Replay Displays the Instant Replay window Show Storage Bin Displays the Storage Bin window Multiple Document Windows Show Substrate Show Overprint and Overlap To have more than one design window open at the same time enable Multiple Instance under the Options menu To create additional windows you would use the File gt New command To manage these windows there will be two 12 Chapter e An Overview of the Workspace additional commands under the File menu Close Closes the current design window You will be prompted to Save your work Close All Closes all open design windows Having extra FastARTIST windows allows for components of a design to be edited separately and then combined To move a selected Object between windows use the Copy and Paste commands You may also drag and drop Objects between windows Workspace Colors This will customize the basic appearance of the Workspace For access select Options gt Workspace Colors Background Color refers to the area around the Page Grid Color refers to the grid lines in the Workspace Guideline Color refers to the guides Page Color refers to the edge of the Page The color of the Page is set within the Current Selection attributes found in the Layout gt Page Size dialogue Refresh Screen To refresh the Workspace select Edit gt Redraw Origin Selection Origin Selection is used to indicate the zero zero 0 0 position of the Page
61. Scroll Bar Paging Tooland Shop Palette Page Control a igi 4 wo gt 0G ee eso eee A AA af Layer 1 Sheet Layer Palette aaj Qo eee alttone Palette 11 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual The basic display of Workspace Objects may be modified by accessing the View menu The functions available from this dropdown are summarized in the following table Show Page Size Toggles ON OFF an outline that visually represents the Page Size Set the Page Size color according to the substrate color as indicated by the currently selected Sheet Layer Plate When the Show Substrate option becomes disabled the Page Color will be reset to White Toggles ON OFF the use of wireframes to improve screen refresh time Show Bitmap Toggles ON OFF outlines in place of bitmaps to improve screen Outlines refresh time Link Show Fill and When Show Fill is toggled this causes wireframes to be shown Bitmap Outlines instead of the bitmap image Show Line Style Toggles ON OFF the display of line styles for Workspace Objects Toggles ON OFF the display of crosshatch and diagonal patterns used to indicate a shape that will be printed with the Overprint or Overlap property Show Rulers Tepes ONOFF the dpley ofthe Worspace rues For display purposes only reduces the color depth and resolution Bitmaps of bitmaps This will improve the screen refresh time Show Gr Toggles ONOFF he ispay orara imes Show Instant
62. T at its core was a sign printing program and this routine was designed to print multiple images that are all the same on a sheet of decals 3 In the Decal Setup window choose the appropriate Shirtboard configuration from the dropdown selection window Choose the orientation Landscape or Portrait FastARTIST T Print Preview Jet Jumbo Untitied t COL 4 Once you have choosen the orientation FastARITIST will display the image the way it will look on the Shirtboard You will be Unable to move the images around at this point 5 Press the Print icon in the Print Toolbox Landscape versus Portrait Orientation The Landscape option is used to toggle the media orientation between portrait and landscape Toggling the Landscape option will reset any scaling or positioning previously performed 158 Chapter 8 Printing with FastARTIST Tile Overlap horizontal and with respect to the media that the orientation of the image if the Landscape option is toggled the image will be rotated however the Tile Overlap settings will not be rotated with the image Repeats and Gang Mode These modes are designed for multiple images on the same page Alignment a The Alignment buttons are used to adjust the placement of the shapes Upon the media These buttons are only available when the image s i Si are smaller in area than the media size Size and Move Clicking the Size and Move button will open the
63. The View Raw Data screen can be made larger along with the Select Planes window This routine actually scans the image to be printed and displays it pixel by pixel if you choose However this can be a VERY slow process It is often easier to just Zoom in to view a portion of the image This is where a fast computer with a lot of RAM really helps For any part of an image that requires White as a printed color you MUST fill that section with Spot White and not Process White Underbase Strength For even more control of your Underbase output an Underbase Strength option containing four Underbase level modifiers and a Gama Adjustment control are available Upon importing a PSD TIFF EPS or PNG bitmap file with a transparent background this window will automatically query whether you wish to apply an Underbase to the image The options available are e None e Weak This is identical to the Normal setting within the Underbasing Wizard The Underbase Strength will be 100 tor White Areas 80 Underbase in Light Areas and 0 in Dark Areas e Medium This is identical to the Heavy setting within the Underbasing Wizard The Underbase Strength will be 100 tor White Areas 80 Underbase in Light Areas and 8 in Dark Areas e Strong This new setting adds Underbase under Black image areas in to the Medium setting distribution The Gamma Adjustment feature will affect the Midtones of the Underbase in the event it is too strong o
64. Vertical Text Arrange text from top to bottom Justification Line Spacing Left Justify Align text with top of frame Center Justify Center text within frame Right Justify Align text with bottom of frame 42 Chapter 3 Working with Text Case Control AB Upper Case Convert selected text to upper case ab Lower Case Convert all selected text to lower case i Proper Name For each word selected the first letter will be upper case Ab Case and the remaining letters will be lower case Character Placement Superscript Properties You may right click on both the Height 00 Superscript and Subscript buttons to Raised faoa z Cancel customize their settings AS Superscript Create raised lettering Ao Subscript Create lowered lettering Unscript Remove superscripts and subscripts Bullets Clicking on the Bullets button will place a bullet To customize the shape of the bullet right click on the Bullets button Text Bullet Properties The bullet design may be selected from any PA registered font You may also use the Font rsm Detective to assist in finding a desired font and oOo 37 gt bullet Distance H z Cancel Spell Check AEC When editing text click on the Spell Check button to verify the spelling of the currently selected text If no text is selected then the entire text object will be checked If soelling errors are found the Spell Checker dialogue will open 43
65. When designing in Adobe Illustrator set areas where no Underbase is desired as pure White RGB 255 255 255 or CMYK 0 0 0 0 To print an area as White set the area to a slight tint of off White RGB 254 254 254 or CMYK 1 1 1 1 In this example the selected area is not a pure White RGB 254 254 254 meaning that the image will print White When working with vector images if you use Named Spot Colors use the Spot Color White and FastRIP will create a Highlight White when it prints the Top Color pass This means an Underbase will be applied and then Highlight White will printed in conjunction with the Top Colors In this example the arrow is identifying the use of Spot White Solid Spot Colors No Gradients Go to File gt Print and select your printer from the General tab Click on Properties Click on Advanced Set the Page Size and go to the Printer Features section to access the Print Mode menu Select your desired Color Print Mode and use the Underbase Mode menu to select your preferred Underbase Print Mode Set the number of ink passes for both the Underbase and Top Colors Click on OK in Advanced Options In Document Properties select Landscape or Portrait for orientation and click on OK Click on Print 185 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Gradients Gradients with Solid Spot Colors Bitmap with Vector Objects Fast T Jet 2 Advanced Options Go to File gt Print From the General tab select your
66. White ink it becomes a positive Potentially confusing yes but it s the facts of life when making an Underbase When you convert a full color image to Grayscale and make a negative of It you have a file ready to print with White ink The image on the left shows what the final file would look like as a negative The image on the right is the image printed with White ink The Underbase Wizard The Underbase Wizard was designed specifically to assist with the challenges of Underbasing Bitmap images You can access If from the left Toolbar 171 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual FastARTIST Untitled1 CDL coo x 000 e 0 00 oo ono aeo 0 00 ooo 8 Objects 0 18 362 4 211 in However it can t perform magic The easiest artwork to use is art that has a hard edge like the Air Show image Artwork that is harder to Underbase has soft or vignette edges like the Cowboy image When opening the Underbase Wizard you are given the option of Saving Loading previous Wizard settings in order to recall previous Underbase or Highlight settings This comes in handy if you are working with similar images or if you need to use the Underbase Wizard for the same image more than once Since this is the first time we have are memm Underbasing an image we have no ty sete danao fioo diee configurations to recall so have todo hk it manually Hi i To work with hard edge images that have White i
67. ack This command will make pixels that are very close to Black go fo Black Using this fool creates a cascading effect within the colors turning the darkest pixels Black and averaging the color change with surrounding pixels Each successive mouse click will increase the amount of pure Black pixels within the image Make Lighter The Make Lighter option is very similar to a Brightness control Using this feature will lighten the entire image from Blacks to Whites Make Darker The Make Darker feature Is just The opposite of Make Lighter Using this option will darken the image across the entire tonal soectrum Increase Saturation The Increase Saturation command will increase the intensity of the CMYK colors 100 Chapter b Working with Bitmap Images with changing their hue Blur Image Sharpen Image These two options are very similar to the Blur and Sharpen Filters discussed later in this chapter CMYK Color Adjustments Levels Levels adjusts the distribution of color intensities throughout the bitmap either to correct a scanned image or to create an artistic effect Increasing the Black level will equate the darkest portions to Black Decreasing the White level will equate the lightest portions to White Increasing or decreasing the Gamma will modify the overall intensity of the bitmap End Limits are used to adjust the and values which is an effective means of removing absolute White or Black from the image A hist
68. ance To setup the Auto Head Cleaning function Fo open FastRIP and go to the Queue menu Select Properties gt Printer Status Printer Status Fast T Jet 2 Schedule device maintenance Automatically perform the given tasks at specified time intervals The queue needs to be running in order f or these tasks to be performed Check the box to the left of Head Cleaning and select the amount of time until the first procedure hours and minutes 7 ez o 2 hem For example if you activate the Head OOA Cleaning option at 50m with a time frame mem of 7 hours FastRIP will perform a head cleaning at 12am midnight Unless the box is unchecked to deactivate the 149 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Auto Head Cleaning FastRIP will perform another Cleaning at 7am Head Cleanings will then continue every 7 hours until deactivated Once you have selected the time frame you have the option of performing a Head Cleaning immediately or clicking on OK to confirm your settings The printer and computer must REMAIN ON DO NOT SHUT OFF for FastRIP to perform the Auto Head Cleaning The computer monitor may be turned OFF An Important Note for Fast T Jet 2 Users Waste Bottle Valve Your printer is equipped with an external Waste Bottle and valve to protect against the possibility of siphoning This valve must remain in an OPEN position whenever the machine Is powered ON This also includes any time
69. and 2 zooming to the loaded 57 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Objects FastARTIST Import Filters Import filters are designed to convert fille data into Objects that can be edited within the FastARTIST Workspace Often a customer will provide an obscure file format for an ordered job You may also need to reuse artwork from older CAD software that is no longer in use In either case FastARTIST supports a wide range of import filters which should allow you to load such files with few restrictions FastARITIST will Import a wide variety of common file formats including TIFF PSD JPEG and EPS The Import command is located in the File menu When Importing with the Merge option checked the imported file will be added to the existing Workspace If the Merge option is unchecked then the existing Workspace will be overwritten For certain types of files the Customize button will become active in order to specify certain parameters for the given file type The Filter button is used to customize file types that are listed within the Files of type menu EPS Files When importing Encapsulated PostScript EPS boe aware that there is a fair amount of variety in how different graphics applications Export data to an EPS file If you encounter problems when importing an EPS file into FastARTIST then a useful alternative is to Export the data as an Adobe Illustrator Al file instead Importing from CorelDRAW CorelDRAW u
70. and the original image will be modified by the plug in effect In the example below both the text and image were selected before applying a Gradient Glow effect The effect was created for the line art text with the Use selected bitmap option so the original bitmap was modified to include the effect GRAHAMS SAVES EAWN GARE Applying Plug ins to Sections of a Bitmap In some cases a plug in may require that only part of the bitmap be selected If a selection has not been made then a warning dialog will indicate that a selection is needed To select part of a bitmap double click the bitmap to activate FastScan Mode At the far left of the SmartBar will be tools for selecting portions of the bitmap For example if a bitmap containing several leaves is being edited and you wish to apply an effect to only one of the leaves the Draw Lasso tool would be useful 110 Chapter b Working with Bitmap Images Select the Draw Lasso tool and sketch a selection area around a leaf From the Bitmap menu choose your desired plug in The plug in dialog will open allowing parameters to be edited Once the parameters have been set the effect will be applied to the selected portion of the bitmap In this case the plug in created a motion blur effect Applying Plug ins to Text Here are two examples of how a plug in may be applied to text 1 Create a text shape and scale it to the desired print size 2 Goto Bitmap g
71. angular bitmaps that are composed mostly of sharp corners use a Corners setting of 7 or greater For bitmaps that are composed mostly of curves then use a round Corners setting of 3 or less Tracing Options Tracing Options define the general rules to be applied to the trace e Speckle Filter Bitmaps that are generated using a scanner can often contain l le zl Pixels undesirable speckles which are Speckle Fiter e e ero aa batoro Seti E Zl Bors these imperfections the Speckle Small Shape Accuracy g Filter may be applied as part of the trace However be cautious of using a high setting since small details may be potentially mistaken for soeckles Set the Speckle Filter to the number of pixels that will be recognized as being a speckle During the trace only Objects that are larger than the set value will be considered T Overlay 117 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Speckles may also be recognized in terms of a percentage of the overall bitmap size Setting the Speckle Filfer fo a percentage Is useful when the bitmap Is particularly dirty While higher Speckle filter settings result in fewer extraneous Objects being traced it may also result in the loss of smaller Objects Exercise caution when choosing an appropriate filter setting Snap Long Lines to Vertical Horizontal When using a scanner to create a bitmap the original document may not be perfectly aligned on the scanner bed As a resul
72. ar warranty period it will be replaced at no charge AFTER it has been returned You must insure the Dongle for at least 750 against loss or damage during mailing If the Dongle is not under warranty Chapter 1 Installation and Getting Started a replacement Dongle may be purchased Contact us for pricing or for details on purchasing or returning a defective Dongle All returns must be shipped by a trackable carrier and have a return authorization number on the box provided FastkRIP is the heart of the printing process performing the task of a Raster Image Processor RIP controlling how much ink Is laid down how many passes are made by the Print Head and how White ink is printed FastRIP also manages the memory needed for raster images and the spooling of multiple jobs to the printer by utilizing Virtual Memory VM disk processing FastRIP does most of this with PostScript PostScript is an industry standard scripting language used to communicate the text and graphic elements of a job from a computer to a printer When FastRIP processes a job these PostScript elements are used to generate a raster image a series of horizontal lines that the printer is capable of rendering The printer will Then output your image one raster line at a time When the FastARITIST installation is complete it can be launched by double clicking on its icon However you will not be able to PRINT an image using your Fast T Jet until FastRIP has b
73. ard This allows data transfer to occur without involvement of the microprocessor CPU which improves overall system performance If DMA is not supported then the DMA channel setting will be ignored 146 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration Use Windows LPT Driver Leave this option disabled Null Port The Null port option simply discards the RIP data which is useful as a means of troubleshooting a print job USB Port A Universal Serial Bus USB port has the benefits of allowing new hardware to be added without configuration concerns or hardware conflicts In addition a USB device may be added without requiring the workstation to be restarted This can be a BIG Issue If for some reason you have to cancel a print job in the middle of printing you may find that no matter what you do the printer wants to keep printing Here are the steps to take to completely stop or abort a printing job 1 Turn the printer OFF Make sure you follow your printer s recommended procedure for a system shutdown File Queue Jobs Printers Tools View Help 2 Open the FastRIP program Lite a0 L _ Select and highlight the job in Status Device Print Mode Port Disk Size the Active List Go to the Jobs Lizard Simulated ay ar Stylus Pro 4800 PS FastRIP 720 SD 55ipi US 31 095 MB 16 Abort menu and select Abort Show log console WARNING Port Locked Port USBOO3 has been lo
74. bs will appear around the Object on the Workspace The placement of color nubs will depend on the given style The initial color nubs will also be represented in the Gradient Bar The two end nubs of the Gradient Bar are fixed but double clicking within the bar will add a color nub The new nubs will also be shown on the Workspace A line joins the two initial color nubs which will indicate valid regions for creating color nubs Double clicking within this valid region will create a color nub ehen Nubs Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills Changing Nub Colors On either the Gradient Bar or the Workspace a color nub may be clicked fo set it as the focus Once designated the nub color may be changed by clicking on the color picker The color picker is located above the Gradient Bar Dragging Color Plates Color plates may be dragged trom the Shop palette and dropped onto a color nub The color nub will then be assigned the given color 40S ERERES BAS HOSMER ERE eee OSGeo eee Dragging a color plate from Hold the color plate over the The color nub is assigned the the Shop palette existing color nub and then new color release the mouse button If a plate is dropped onto an area of the shape that does not already contain a color nub then a new color nub will be created Deleting Color Nubs On either the Gradient Bar or the Wor
75. cked 3 YOU May get the Port Locked warning DOP UP Your printer may require a reset Please ensure the printer is in a Ready state before Click on Unlock Y unlocking the port 4 You may also nee to clear the job from the Windows Printer Queue Go to Start gt Control Panel gt Printers and Faxes Go to View and select Details Double click on your printer and cancel any jobs listed 147 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual If you are using a USB or FireWire port look for a printer called PhotoScript Passthru and cancel any jobs listed i Printers and Faxes Fie Edt Views Favorites Toot Tootars Status Bar is k Printer Document View Help Expe Bar i Document Name Status Owner Pages Size Submitted 28 AV pheant rin inh Error Printing Student N A 10 50 20 AM 7 pi Microsoft XPS De O as D Sarot POF cr i s Pro 5 Remove the job from the FastRIP Queue Right click on the job and select Remove File Queue Jobs Printers Tools View Help k ROG A Active List leror iheld 1 total Name Status Device Print Mode x Lizard Simulated psd Holding Add 0PS FastRIP 720 SD 55ipi US Remove Clear error Alt E View raw data Alt V lt Properties Alt Enter A 4 Archive List Name Status Device Print Mode Port Disk Size Cy FASTFILMSMAN6COLOR PSD Complete Epson Stylus Pro 4800 PS FastRIP 720SD 55ipi USB 26 483 MB
76. click on the Add Color button in the F FastARTIST 1 5 Vectorization Untitled1 CDL 4 Fie Edit Layout Arrange Transform Bitmap View Options Web elp Color Selection dialog box This will make the MOMC oun ee ma selected Red the current color BPO N A oS _Polte OM fa VEVPRARABTOASH E R RA ER To finish making Red transparent click on the Eye icon next to the selected color This acts as a toggle switch selecting it again will deactive any transparent color t A e Q A a amp ie a A Palette Add Color The background color can be any solid color not just Red For example if can be White Black Blue etc However FastARTIST will remove one color only If your image has a multi color or gradient background it may be necessary to use an application like Photoshop to make the image print ready 120 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration The Print button may tell your printer to start producing an image however it must know what to do with the image data it is being given That is the job of a Raster Image Processor or RIP The RIP translates the image data into a language called Postscript and Postscript conveys the image as a series of lines or rasters with information about what colors go where and how much ink to lay down Given this data your printer can then begin to produce an image K a FastRIP is a soecially designed Raster
77. creating cutting paths When applied as a Stroke color the Object will effectively have no thick line attribute The button prior to the Invisible Colors is the Line Fill button which is used to toggle between Fill Mode and Line Mode If Fill Mode is selected then clicking on a color plate will set the Fill color of a selected shape Righi clicking on a color plate will set the Stroke color If Line Mode is selected then left clicking a color plate will set the Stroke color of a selected shape Right clicking on a color plate will set the Fill color The Halftone palette also has a Line Fill button which operates in similar fashion for Knock Out Overprint Overlap Primers and Halftones Color Plate Labels Each plate on the Shop palette is indexed according to the order of colors in the palette To hide these labels uncheck Show Layer Numbers Mill and stroke Color from the Context Menu or select the Options gt colors of Layer Palette gt Show Layer Numbers selected N Z gt shape When an Object is selected its color plate is shown on the SmartBar and the index number is visible within the plate Color Type 70 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills In addition to its index number each plate displays a letter that identifies its color type Process P Spot Foils SF or Soot Color SC The letter designation is also visible from the SmartBar Edit Color Edit Color Dialog The Edit Color dialo
78. ction Orientation Page Size Dimensions Advanced Settings Create and Add a New Blank Add to List Delete Remove From List Order of Workspace Objects Toolbars Custom Toolbars System Toolbar Workspace Toolbar Tools Toolbar Zoom Tools FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Chapter 2 continued SmartBar Controls Objects Selected Current Nub X amp Y Coordinates of Mouse Cursor Object Coordinates Object Width and Height Object Scale amp Aspect Ratio Rotation Object Color Fill Primer Stroke Primer Fill Halffone Stroke Halffone Scrolling and Panning Guidelines Workspace Options General Preferences Units Layer Number Speed Scrolling Duplicates Grid Size Polyarc Polygon Export Error Tolerance Undo Setup Font Setup Color Management Selection Tool Settings Use Live Cursor Use Filled Region to Select Use Default Snapping Range Sketch Tool Settings Import Bitmap Setup Display Units Automatic Save Automatic Load Enabled Create Backup Files When Saving Ruler Positions Hot Key Listings Customize Shortcuts Generic Hot Keys Alignment Hot Keys File Menu Hot Keys Table of Contents Chapter 2 continued Edit Menu Hot Keys 33 Layout Menu Hot Keys 33 Arrange Menu Hot Keys 34 View Menu Hot Keys 34 Options Menu Hot Keys 34 Functions Keys 34 Cut Menu Hot Keys 39 Chapter 3 Working with Text 37 Text Composition 37 Horizontal Compression 38 Vertical Compression 38 Line Properties 38 Frame Text 39 Auto Spacin
79. cursor to the Job palette and position the tip of the cursor over the red color Release the left mouse button and all red shapes will now become orange Halftone Palette The Halffone Palette is used to apply Knock Out Overprint Overlap Underbase 7 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual and Halftone properties to Workspace shapes Since a halftone dot is not needed when printing to an inkjet printer the halftone feature has been disabled BUT this palette is still called the Halftone Palette The main purpose of this palette is to apply an underbase to an image 44 gt AEE eae ae ee 4 gt J 6 o adaleli Laver 1 The Line Fill Selector Button 44 4 gt gt 7 Ml The Line Fill Selector button is used to toggle between Fill Mode and Line Mode If the Fill Mode is selected then lefi clicking a halftone or primer will apply it to the Fill of a selected shape If the Line Mode is selected then left clicking a halftone or primer will apply it to the line style of a selected shape Line Style Tool The Line Style Tool is used to apply a thick line effect fo 2 to Workspace shapes When a shape is selected the color of its line style is visible in the SmartBar For example the following screenshot of the SmartBar shows that the current Fill color is blue process color plate 2 The red outline around the blue square indicates that the line style color is red To change the line style col
80. d If this value is less than 100 the replaced pixels will be darkened This function preserves the lightness of the original pixels and substitutes the red color with the new color Plug ins are software modules used to create special e effects for existing bitmaps or to create bitmaps trom o line art Plug in modules may be purchased through Adobe or other third party developers To use a plug in select a bitmap and then choose the given plug in from the bitmap dropdown menu Depending on the type of plug in a dialog may open allowing plug in parameters to be edited FastARTIST includes five plug ins from the Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000 CD The available plug ins are Bevel Boss Chrome Corona Gradient Glow and Shadowlab Some plug ins require that a foreground anq background color be set Bitmap gt Options gt Set Foreground Color or Set Background Color can be used to do this For instructions on using specific plug ins please refer to the documentation that was provided with the plug in installation package A plug in file is recognized by its 8bf file extension Plug in Dialog When a plug in is applied to line art or line art that has been placed over a bitmap the Plug in dialog will Effect Location P TS Inside Clipped open For most plug ins the effect can be clipped es 73 Inside Outside No Clipping by the line art contour to produce a good effect a ere ioiii However some plug ins will
81. d dropdown menu you may choose a value between Accurate and Fast providing the ability to find a balance between speed and precision O Using Fast will soeed up the kerning process by examining only a limited number of points O Using Accurate will result in kerning based on the examination of substantially more points gt Style Auto Kern can generate a font with one of five different kerning styles Normal Wide Narrow Touching and Overlap O The Normal setting kerns the font by adding white soace roughly in proportion to the width of the letter O The Wide setting kerns fonts at a rate of Normal kerning plus 20 i e There is 20 more white soace added between each letter O The Narrow option sets kerning at Normal kerning minus 20 54 Chapter 3 Working with Text O The Touching setting causes letters to touch but not overlap O The Overlap setting causes letters to overlap each other by 5 of their Normal kerning Saving a New Font When editing a font the new information is not written to your hard drive until you actually Save the font Until then the font is buffered A buffered font is somewhat in limbo it exists and is available to Text Compose but it has not been committed to the hard drive This means you still have the option to Save or Discard changes to the font before exiting FastARTIST Saving a font means moving the information out of the buffer and onto the hard dri
82. d increments based on the distance between the 1 g selected location and the grid origin Snap to Grid Move the Object such that the nub is at the nearest grid Intersection intersection Snap Move the Object such that the nub is at the nearest horizontal Vertically grid line Tet Snap Move the Object such that the nub is at the nearest vertical grid E ki l Horizontally line To reset the Origin choose Reset Origin under the Options menu Workspace Options General Preferences General Duplicates Units inches gt x offset 1 000 2 General Preferences Yarat 1 000 Grid Size Width 11 000 The General Preferences dialogue contains Layer Number On Hei ro basic Workspace settings that are common Zl o to most features To access this window select Options gt FastARTIST Setup gt General Polyarc Polygon Warning Dialogs Preferences cabs pane Reset Units Unless otherwise specified the Units set in the General Preferences dialogue will be used throughout the FastARTIST Workspace and features You may also change the Units used by clicking on the Workspace rulers Layer Number The Layer Number toggles the display of Color Plate numbers 26 Chapter e An Overview of the Workspace Speed Scrolling If Soeed Scrolling is active then dragging off the edges of the Workspace will cause the Workspace to scroll There are three options for soeed scrolling Off Disable speed scrolling Object
83. d when the plug in effect extends beyond the bounds of the original line art shape such as the Corona or Gradient Glow plug ins Margin amount specifies the amount of empty margin around a resulting plug in bitmap Image Quality Image Quality determines the resolution DPI of the bitmap produced by the plug in The result will vary according to the size and complexity of the original artwork Keep in mind a high quality image will require a large file S ZE Bitmap Source Most plug ins allow for an effect to be applied to more than one Object with the Objects being either line art or images In a case where there is more than one original Object it won t be clear to FastARTIST which should be the source for use by the plug in To solve this problem the following options are used to specify how these Objects will be used by the plug in effect If the Use blank Object option is selected then only the contour of the line 109 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual art shape will be used The plug in effect will be applied as if the line art had a White fill color If the Use current fill option is selected then both the contour and fill pattern of the line art will be used This option is typically used when a fancy pattern or gradient fill has been applied to the line art The Use selected bitmap option should be used where line art has been arranged over an image The plug in will be applied to the line art
84. d you wish to place one on your desktop go to Start gt Programs and locate the FastARTIST program folder Mouse over the folder to expand contents and you will see two FastARITIST listings One will have a version number after it the other will have Demo Right click on the icon with the version number and select Send To gt Desktop Any time you wish fo launch FastARTIST double click on the desktop icon Dongle Error Unknown USB Device The USB Port Dongle is a sealed plug that is provided with FastARTIST as a means of preventing software piracy It is important you do not connect your Dongle to your computer until AFTER FastARTIST has been installed Otherwise there Is a risk that Windows will label the Dongle as an unknown USB device After plugging your Dongle into your computer if you receive a Windows error balloon stating Unknown USB device Go to Start gt Settings gt Control Panel and double click on it to open a new window l Chapter 1 Installation and Getting Started System Properties System Restore Automatic Updates Remote Within the Control Panel window locate and ae a double click on the System icon Click on the ie os Hardware tab Click the Device Manager button You will see displayed all of the hardware that Is currently connected to your Ey peee Manager lists all the hardware devices insjhlled on your computer Use the Device Manager to chang C O I OD U te r
85. derbase you want to use for a given piece of artwork Yes decisions decisions decisions Printing White ink on dark shirts will require a few sample prints as you experiment with the proper number of White passes solid or grayscale Underbases and more 164 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink Underbasing Simple Line Art Vector based images created in FastARTIST or images imported from applications such as CorelDRAW or Illustrator are easy to Underbase 1 If you were to create a solid White Underbase for this image you would access the FastRIP Setup dialogue from the File menu 2 Click on the Underbase Setup tab Check Underbase all objects with this Underbase color and choose the White SF color swatch from the dropdown color field 3 Check Underbase with Solid Color and set the number of passes in the Number of Underbase Colors window Select your Print Mode and click on OK Configuring FastRIP to Hold a Job When printing an Underbase it is offen desirable to view the final print image prior to outputting onto a Er garment To do this you must tell FastRIP to HOLD a print job before it soools it Check Hold Job in the Printer tab This will force FastRIP to let you decide when you want to print When you are ready to print the job click on the Printer Button This will start FastRIP If you have the Print with Preview option enabled you will be taken Print Toolbox
86. e Clear Color RGB Black and RGB Process White Pantone colors are to the right of these system colors Save The Save command will save the current Shop palette settings This will either be your current default palette or a palette that you have loaded using the Context menu gt Load gt New command or the Options menu gt Palette gt Load gt 73 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual New When your software Is initially installed the Shop palette is set to FactoryDefault pal located in the main directory This default palette will be automatically used when a new Workspace is opened To change this default use the Context Menu Load gt Set default or the Options gt Palette gt Load gt Set default You can view the file path of the current Shop palette by double clicking on an empty portion of the palette between color plates The palette will become a floating toolbar and the file path will be displayed in the toolbar name Double click again to dock the toolbar in its original position Save As The Save As option it used to save the current Shop palette settings as a new PAL file Saving the Shop palette is desirable after it has been customized with commonly used color plates The saved palette may then be opened like a manufacturer palette or it may be set as the default palette that is loaded with each new FastARTIST Workspace Save Default on Exit If the Save default on exit item is
87. e bounding box for the selected character including a top line representing the font height and the character s current placement within the box When changes are made to the character those 52 Chapter 3 Working with Text changes are immediately reflected in the display box The Display Box will display kerning pairs as well as words where necessary Kern Letter The Kern letter field indicates the character to be manually kerned in the trailing position relative to the character currently being edited The letter pair will then be displayed in the display box This setting identifies the exact distance between the start points of the two characters A larger number increases the soace while a smaller figure reduces the space This setting is grayed out and unavailable unless a kern letter is selected to be paired with the current character Display Word To examine the kerning set for a given letter in a realistic context tyoe a word containing the letter in the Display Word box The word will be displayed in the Display Box In order for the word to appear in the display box it must contain the character currently being edited Auto Kern Auto Kern This button opens the Auto Kern dialogue box Decii Letter Code Value aoan Letter Code Value From 32 From Ee a Auto Kern is used to automatically to pa fs 4 to pa E y generate a kerning table for a Style eee given font Kerning tables contain Norma
88. e Customizable Tool Palette To remove a button from this list first select the button from this list and then click on the Remove button To remove a button from the Customizable Tool Palette select a button from the Current toolbar buttons list and then click on the Remove button Click on the Close button to exit the Customize Toolbar dialogue The Reset button returns the Customizable Tool Palette to the settings that were in effect when the Customize Toolbar dialogue was opened Press the Help button to access the On line Help To increase the priority of a button first select that button in the Current toolbar buttons list and then click on the Move Up button To decrease the priority of a button first select that button in the Current toolbar buttons list and then click on the Move Down button The System toolbar includes the tools for file operations To toggle the toolbar ON OFF select View gt Toolbars New Open Blank Size Open a new Workspace Opens the Blank Size dialogue where you can change the dimensions and orientation of the Page Open a previously stored selection of operations 17 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Save Import Export Undo Redo Close iE Window H Exit Workspace Toolbar Workspace To save operations for later use select the desired operations and click on Save File Import a file into the Workspace Exports the Workspace allowing
89. e Fills directory of the FastARITIST installation folder The pattern bitmap can be applied using the Pattern Fill tool l 2 Apply the New Pattern bitmap Create and select a large shape to be tiled with the new pattern bitmap From the Stroke and Fill Tools flyout choose Pattern Fill The Pattern Fill controls 99 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual x 0 00 4 oo 4 x oon H non y 1 Click to display bitmap patterns will appear in the SmartBar 3 Locate the pattern bitmap you wish to use 4 Set the SmartBar controls for the size skew and 2 i necessary dick rotation of the pattern bitmap file location cae wt 3 Click the pattern 5 Click on Apply to produce the finished pattern Jema lt that you created 6 Click on an empty portion of the workspace to nat finish editing ee Easy Color Adjustments Within the bitmap dropdown menu are several one click tools designed to simplify editing bitmap images You may use any option repeatedly on an image to get a stronger effect if you don t achieve the desired results at first Clean Up White The Clean Up White option will make pixels that are very close to White turn White Using this tool creates a cascading effect within the colors turning the lightest pixels White and averaging the color change with surrounding pixels Each successive mouse click will increase the amount of pure White pixels within the image Clean Up Bl
90. e has a soft edge it is difficult to put White around it The only real way to make the edges soften going out to Black is to use the Airbrush tool and actually paint around the image Doing this will helo you encourage customers to give you the correct art Using the Magic Wand FastARTIST has a feature also found in Photoshop called a Magic Wand To get to the Bitmap Editing tools double click on the image If this does not change your SmartBar to the Bitmap tools you need to convert the image to a Bitmap From the Transform menu click on Render to Bitmap E FastARTIST Vectorization Untitled1 COL w Ai da L He Transtorm Lat soa Cetin Web Help FastARTIST ir Untitledi CDL ea mn CC 1 OA Bel pome 3768 a a _ Feet el em i Bitmap 2 8 007 7 506 in Shadow REE Rees N 5 Render Multi tone Bitmap a Render Pattern Fill Bitmap Contour Object With the SmartBar in Bitmap Editing Mode you can see there are many more tools normally associated with Bitmap images The Magic Wand tool is designed to select areas of an image that have a similar color You can adjust the strength of the Magic Wand in the Magic Wand Setup window This is called the Color Match Radius For now set the number low 179 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Before you select an area to fill with Black you need to change the Color Palette to Black Double click on the Palette swatch White rectangle and choo
91. e the ink cartridge Do not touch the IC chip on the ink cartridges This will adversely effect normal printing operations Legend of Symbols Throughout this Manual you will see three symbols used to notify you of important facts or procedures This icon is used to denote important points that may affect the proper operation of your machine or the viability of its output Think of this as more than just a helpful hint This icon indicates recommendations based on research and develooment or years of experience within the Garment Decorating business Following these helpful Hints Tips or Reminders will make printing with your Fast T Jet more enjoyable Where you see this icon you should take note of the warnings Failure to follow any of the listed procedures could result in severe damage to your printer computer or software large amounts of N downtime and or costly repairs or the possibility of severe bodily injury or death Legend of Symbols Chapter 1 Installation and Getting Started Welcome to FastARTIST System Resources and Requirements Installing FastARTIST Dongle Error Unknown USB Device Support Hours Do Not Lose the Dongle Dongle Warranty Installing and Configuring FastRIP Configuring FastRIP from within FastARTIST The FastRIP Queue Verify Printer Installation Removing FastARTIST Chapter 2 An Overview of the Workspace Workspace Elements Multiple Document Windows Workspace Colors Origin Sele
92. easing levels of shadow the color appears darker even though its saturation remains constant Lightness is the appearance of a color in terms of how White or Black it appears Curves The Curves menu adjusts the tonal range Shadows Midtones and Highlights of the bitmap The horizontal scale of the graph represents the range of intensity values shadows progressing to light or vice versa and the vertical axis represents the current intensity values The initial diagonal line represents the original distribution of intensities across the bitmap tonal range Example 1 Example 2 The Toggle Gradient Mode button is used to alternate how the intensity values 102 Chapter 6 Working with Bitmap Images are displayed The graph can either display shadows to highlights with values increasing from O to 255 or display highlights to shadows with values increasing from 0 to 100 To set specific intensity values either click within the graph or enter the value using the edit fields A maximum of thirteen intensity values can be set Invert This selection inverts the colors in the gi bitmap producing an effect similar to photographic negative This feature Py can also be used to invert the color of et he a grayscale image making the Black Bre Whit e an d th e Whit e BI a ck Original Bitmap Grayscale Grayscale and Invert Posterize Posterize limits The number of color levels per plane red green and b
93. ection of a bitmap an apply any filters or plug ins to just that portion of the image Selection Tools The following selection tools are available when for use with bitmap images 112 f a S Sc i a cil l Whole Bitmap Ellipse Select Rectangle Select Draw Lasso Draw Select Eyedropper Palette Magic Wand Magic Wand Setup Clip Region Invert Selection Modifier Keys Chapter b Working with Bitmap Images Select the entire bitmap Select an oval area Select a rectangular area Select a freehand area Define an area that has an irregular shape Pinpoint a color in the bitmap Select regions based on specific colors Colors may be either added or subtracted from the current selection Select region based on similar colors The Magic Wand setup may be used to customize what is considered to be similar Adjust the range of color intensities that the magic wand uses when determining a region The Fill Holes option will include any gaps as part of the overall selection Create a clipping shape from the current selection The Clipping Clear command can be used to remove this clipping Invert the current selection area When creating a selection to modify holding down the Shift key while clicking with the left mouse button will add additional items groups or areas to the selection Holding down Ctrl and a mouse button click subtracts from the previous selection
94. ed Palettes During the FastARITIST installation purchased modules will determine what color palettes are included To confirm available palettes choose View Installed Palettes from the Context Menu Export Palette FastARTIST palettes including Spot and Duotone colors may be exported to either CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator Map Named Colors The Map Named Colors feature is Used to perform color substitutions when importing either Al or EPS files Truncate Truncate will remove all color plates that are to the right of the currently selected color plate with the exception of any colors that are currently being used on the Workspace Sort Colors The Sort Colors menu can be used to rearrange the Shop palette color plates Sorted colors will be moved to the front which is the far left of the Shop palette The table on the following page lists the various sort parameters available 75 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual By Selected Objects By All Objects By Active Colors By Hue Move Process Colors to Front Move Spot Foils to Front Move Duotone Colors to Front Move Color to Front For the given selection of Objects their color plates will be shifted to the left of the Shop palette Colors that are currently being used on the Workspace will be shifted to the left of the Shop palette Active colors are shifted to the left or front of the Shop palette while inactive colors are shifted to
95. ed trom exceeding a set line length Conversely expansion Method Keming compression E may also be used to spread text over Apply to Each Line Individually the entire line length Word Wrap can Word Wrap be set to occur after a specific amount Cee ES of compression has occurred This on ee neon noo f Hanging Indent command is only available when the text frame width is fixed Vertical Compression Compress text only when height exceeded The Vertical Compression button may E be clicked to specify how lines of text Always compress or expand text to fit height Cancel are arranged within a text frame This m i Method Line spacing compression command is only available when the Apply to all ines text frame height is fixed If a given line of text contains a mix of character sizes then vertical compression will be based on the height of the first character on that line Line Properties Text Line Properties f Free Length a Relative Length Heh 0 00 Clicking on this button brings up the Text Absolute Length il a Line Properties dialogue f Relative Spacing The Free Length option allows the line Absolute Spacing fiac to run to its natural length based on K 45 72 y 125 40 z the height width and kerning settings Relative Length will resize the line to a Close percentage of its natural length Absolute Length will fix the line to a specif
96. edge of bounds Center Objects both horizontally and vertically Arrow key Shift arrow key Tab Shift Tab Ctrl Select tool Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Alt 4 Alt 5 Alt 6 Alt 7 Note Bounds refers to the rectangular outline of each Object File Menu Hot Keys New Workspace 32 Ctrl N Open Workspace Save Workspace Print Workspace Objects Edit Menu Hot Keys Undo last command Redo last command Repeat last command Cut selected Object Copy selected Object Paste Object Delete selected Object Duplicate selected Object Edit selected Object Edit font of selected text Select all Objects on Workspace Deselect all Objects Inverse the selection of Objects Refresh the Workspace display Layout Menu Hot Keys Activate the Alignment feature Apply the current Alignment dialogue settings Group the selected Objects Ungroup the selected Objects Arrange Menu Hot Keys Move the selected Object to the top layer 33 Chapter e An Overview of the Workspace Ctrl O Ctrl S Ctrl P Ctrl Z or Alt Backspace Ctrl Y or Ctrl Backspace Ctrl R Ctrl X or Shift Del Ctrl C or Ctrl Insert Ctrl V or Shift Insert Del Ctrl D Ctrl E Ctrl I F3 or Ctrl A Shift F3 Alt F3 F4 or Alt D Alt K Ctrl K Ctrl G Alt G Ctrl F FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s
97. edium settings If you are printing to dark shirts you may apply a slightly larger Choke The edge of your image may shift color but it will not be noticeable on a dark shirt 168 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink If you use the Choke Underbase option choose the Strong Underbase setting This will apply Underbase under Black If you do not you may have areas in your image where there s a gap between Black output and White output It is VERY important to choose a WHITE SF spot color White from the color palette Process White looks White but will NOT print as an Underbase or highlight Our Fighting Cardinal sample image looks good but it can look even better with the addition of Highlights The teeth eyes and the word Cardinal would all be brighter if another layer of White is printed at the same time as the colors This layer is called Highlight White Highlights work BEST with vector images but they can also be applied to Bitmap images The drawback fo using Bitmap images is that FastARTIST views the entire image and does NOT take into account any canvas areas around the image If the Bitmap has non printing canvas White around the image this will end up be printing as White FastARTIST gives you seven pre configured Underbase settings covering the various combinations of Underbase and Highlights Double clicking on any of these icons will allow you to see the settings for each Underbase Highlights
98. een configured From your desktop go to Start gt Programs gt FastARTIST A dropdown menu will open to the right Click on the FastRIP listing A Configure Printers window will open prompting you to select a printer Select the applicable Fast T Jet printer The second window will query you for the location of a Printer Package A printer package contains all of the Custom Print Modes that tell FastRIP how to print on garments and they located are on the FastARTIST CD labelled Printer Package Drivers Also check www screenprinters net for any recently released Printer Package updates When prompted select the option Search tor new printer package versions FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Configure Printers Configure Printers Configure Printers a i Pa Pai Prinirr Package Search faa Copying Prinker Packages ing Configuration Summary m z en copy pogei v comoleted She inated P ed Serd Gor new printer package reton from a C edir the Internet dei ahei rem Printer Wiaard TratalaSes Faspieie e Seerch CD A or Aeppy dive SESS SSeS eeeeseeeeeseeeseeueseesseueseeesnneneeueneasl Insert your printer packages CO Search sedated Drine server tor updated prie pecesses Caer ia Pees Mort furs Internet sess fer tes feature by mari Give pacioege inertia 0 7 ae maton fly Con osardh automate aly Tell chops fhe dearch kabon Eabachet jogs Extracto Compie CECE Minin pace uiai
99. efault value is insufficient then ae caution is urged against setting a high value for EE the Export error tolerance As a rule the default value 0 001 or 1 1 000 of an inch will work very well with most files Parameter Specification Export error tolerance Exporting an Image Export Image Render To Bitmap The Export Image command Is used for bitmap raster images such as BMP JPEG and PNG files If line art A Hoe shapes are being exported then FastARTIST will render a _ Caca the line art into raster data during the exporting process Full Color During the Save you will be prompted for the resolution and color depth of the raster data r Color depth Resolution Publish to PDF The File gt Publish to PDF command will save the current Workspace as a 62 Chapter 4 Importing and Exporting Files Portable Document Format PDF file An advantage of PDF files is that they can be viewed using Acrobat Reader available from the Adobe web site This is a free program and a very common application Most computer users have some version of it installed on their system Exporting Palettes to CorelDRAW and Illustrator Spot and Duotone colors in FastARTIST palettes may be exported to either CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator ensuring that the same color information will be used when designing an image in these applications If the finished design is then saved as either an EPS or Al file it can be imported it in
100. eing put on hold To access the Scheduling tab select Queue gt Properties gt Scheduling 138 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration If the Queue is stopped ALL jobs are automatically placed on Hold regardless of Job Scheduling settings Archiving After a print job has been completed Archiving will store the job files for reuse This is an especially important feature where a spool file of a print job has been archived When a spool file has been archived resending the job does not require the time that was spent compiling the spool file However keep in mind that spool files can require large amounts of hard drive space To access Archiving trom the Print and Cut Manager select Queue gt Properties gt Archiving Adjusting the Properties of an Archived Job If a Spool Folder has been archived then the properties of the print job will not be editable from the Archived Jobs list The reason for this is that the Spool Folder has already incorporated the properties for this job Levels ICC Profiles Scaling etc The only way to change these settings is to rasterize the original PostScript file If only the PostScript file has been archived then the properties of the print job can be edited The Color Adjustments tab Queue gt Properties gt Color Adjustments adjusts Color Adjustments the color levels of the print job These ond SEE adjustments are not typically required asl eldecalicaegs A Print handi
101. elDRAW Design Setup 184 Adobe Illustrator Design Setup 185 Solid Spot Colors No Gradients 185 Gradients amp Gradients with Solid Soot Colors 186 User s Manual FaStARTIST 1 9 1 FastRiP 9 0 This manual contains the latest and most accurate information at the time of printing We reserve the right to make product changes and improvements at any time Some product photos in this Manual may vary slightly from the currently shipping machine e Chapter 1 and Getting Started Welcome to FastARTIST Your version of FastARTIST includes this Manual an installation CD a CD with clip art and fonts a training CD and a training DVD Your version of FastARTIST will work with any Fast T Jet Inkjet to Garment printer including the T Jet 3 and the Fast T Jet Blazer You should have also received a Dongle The Dongle looks very similar to a Flash Drive and it plugs into any free USB port on your computer The Dongle acts as a hardware protection key Much like your car keys allow you fo start your car the Dongle allows you to use FastARTIST and FastRIP DO NOT LOSE OR DAMAGE the Dongle Without the Dongle your software will not function Should you lose your Dongle you will be required to PURCHASE a replacement DO NOT insert your Dongle into your computer until instructed to do so by this Manual System Resources and Requirements The soeed and configuration of your PC will have a significa
102. elect state to change the size of the image File Size indicates the total amount of hard drive space the image will require when saved Please be careful when creating large high resolution images the file size can quickly become excessive The Maintain Aspect Ratio preference is applied when changing Pixel Dimensions or Resolution Below the Maintain Aspect Ratio checkbox Is the Sampling Method dropdown list This indicates the resampling method that will be used when changing the Pixel Dimension or Resolution Resampling involves 93 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual changing the pixel dimensions and thus the display size of an image The available options are Resize the image normally by adjusting the pixel dimensions and or the Normal resolution Resample Uses interpolation and averaging to produce a higher quality image Bicubic Uses Bicubic interpolation and averaging to produce a higher quality image but is slower than resample Many of the options available within Bitmap menu can be applied fo Vector images without converting them to bitmaps Tools such as Hue and Saturation will transform a Vector image in the same manner as it would a bitmap However most of filters require you first convert a Vector image into a bitmap with a Clipping Path in order to perform the adjustment In these instances you will be asked fo enter a resolution for use when creating the bitmap Transforming an Image Render t
103. eline adjusts the vertical character placement with respect to the baseline For example an uppercase H in a sans serif font will generally have an offset of O no offset This means that the bottom of the actual letter will be the same as the bottom of the letter s bounding box On the other hand a lowercase g will require a negative offset so that its descender the tail will fall below the baseline Select Previous and Select Next Buttons Font characters can be designed on the FastARTIST Workspace and then added to a new font FastARTIST orders Workspace objects according to the sequence in which they were created Using the Select Previous and Select Next buttons you may browse Workspace objects without leaving the Create Edit Font dialogue When the correct object is selected click on the Apply Changes button to create the character For example if you have created a new alphabet with objects for AB CDE F etc in the Workspace you would go to the Create Edit Font dialogue and set the Code Value to 65 You would then use the Select Next button to select the A object within the Workspace 51 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Click on Apply Changes to create the new character and then increment the Code Value to 66 Click on the Select Next button to select the B object and click on Apply Changes again This process would be repeated for each character that you created for the fo
104. ents Printer Options Page Setup Pref The Page Setup tab is used to specify page p margins and the amount of overlap between are adjoining tiles Mars Left 000 4 oo Page Size Match the Shirtboard that is loaded into the printer by either choosing from the list of predefined page sizes a template or specify a Custom Page Height and Width Set Defaults Restore Defaults Cancel Help Margins If you wish to apply margins to the printable area of a garment you would set these in the Page Setup tab These margins will then be shown in Print with Preview Orientation Orientation indicates the rotation of the Page Size Landscape indicates that the Page Size will be rotated 90 degrees clockwise In Print with Preview the orientation is controlled by the Landscape option 128 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration ICC Profile Tab The International Color Consortium FastRIP Setup ICC has specified a broad variety of St a er input and output device profiles that Fast Tet 2 Cartoon 360 HS Standard are suitable for storing color soace ene information By using the ICC Profile Custom C Use FastARTIST Inputs format a color management system is ensured of being able to use color space information regardless of the manufacturer that was responsible for generating the profile Because of its non proprietary format the Desktop Line art tags V RGB Cadlink Vector RGB icm r MV CMYK Cadlink
105. er results If so then choose the Fast setting instead of Accuracy The Fast setting will offen produce acceptable results Manual Kerning The On Screen Kerning feature is used to make manual adjustments to text using a special set of kerning nubs The kerning nubs may be used to adjust inter line spacing line kerning individual letter pair kerning and the alignment skew of text i E a a AB ab A ESES i F v CHARM Aipa o 4 Afo f H By ag Holding Ctrl and double clicking on a text object will also allow you to access On Screen Kerning mode Line Movement Handle Line Kerning Handle On screen K e rn n g Letter Kerning Handle Kerning handles may be dragged using the mouse In addition clicking on a handle will cause that handle to become selected and the cursor keys may be used to move that handle one pixel at a time Holding the Shift key will move a handle by five pixels The types of kerning handles are e The Line Movement Handle used to position the line of text Holding the Ctrl key may be used to constrain the movement of the line Holding the Shift key will align all the text lines along a path between the current handle and the handle of the first line e The Line Kerning Handle used to adjust kerning for the current line Holding the Ctrl key will adjust the word kerning while keeping the soace between adjacent characters constant e The Letter Kerning Handle adjusts the k
106. ern Print Apply a halftone pattern for printing Random Apply a random halftone pattern Rectangular Apply a rectangular halftone pattern View Apply a halftone pattern for monitor display e Intensity Detect Pixel intensities within the bitmap range from O to 255 for each color plane red green and blue The Intensity Detect filter compares each pixel s intensity with the Low and High values and sets the pixel s intensity as follows Between Low and High Increase intensity to 255 Less than Low Clear intensity to zero Above High Setting Clear intensity to zero Remove Red Eye The Remove Red Eye feature is available under Bitmap gt Filters This filter removes the red eye effect that results from flash photography For each pixel only the red color component is evaluated This feature has no effect on grayscale images since there Is no red eye effect in a grayscale image If desired a new color can be substituted that is closer to the original eye color Greater than Threshold Pixels are replaced Lightness value is applied Less than Threshold No change The FastScan tool should be used to select a small region around the eye Otherwise all pixels within the bitmap will be affected 107 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Lightness is a Percentage value that indicates whether the pixels that are replaced are lightened or darkened If this value is greater than 100 the replaced pixels will be lightene
107. erning of characters that are opposite the Line Kerning handle 46 Chapter 3 Working with Text FastARTIST can modify existing fonts or create new ones from scanned digitized or hand drawn objects Regardless of whether the font is new or edited it will always be saved in VEF format even if the original font had been stored in another format such as True Type TTY or Postscript PFB Any Workspace object can be converted into a font character However the object must be a single path graphic Imported or grouped objects must be welded and or converted to a single path prior to creating a font version from those objects To import objects that have multiple paths use the Make Path command to convert them into a single path The Text to Graphics command must also be applied Editing an Existing Font When editing fonts it is important to understand how the placement of individual letters is accomplished As a rule each character s font metrics include two general types of information a the shape and size of the character itself and b its placement in relation to the other characters in the font The area that a character occupies can be thought of as being an enclosed box The box is considered to have an x axis a y axis and an origin in the lower left corner Such placement information is necessary to help arrange adjoining letters correctly while also considering any possible descenders The three primary adjust
108. es Stroke Line Style Gradient and Pattern Fills are available from the Stroke and Fil 2d Fill toolbar Ginsu Open and Close Path tools are available from the Ginsu Knife Knife toolbar Zoom Tools Zoom zoom Previous Pan n F5 Out F Zoom F9 Workspace A o SAMRTI foom Selected Loom To Percent Object F7 Media F8 Zoom The zoom functions 20 Chapter 2 An Overview of the Workspace Focus on marquee drawn by cursor Right click on Loom IN te to zoom out Zoom Out F6 Display more area of the Workspace Zoom to Fit the viewing area to the selected Objects If no F7 Selected Object Objects are selected then fit to all Objects Zoom to Blank F8 Fit the viewing area to the Page Size Zoom to F9 Toggle between the current and previous zoom Previous View levels Middle Pan Workspace Button Click and hold on Workspace then drag view Mouse I Percent Zoom View Workspace at a specific zoom level ih Wheel SmartBar Controls FastARTIST 1 5 Untitled1 COL File Edit Layout Arrange Transform Bitmap View Options Help We coe peg x2r disa 3 10000 Heg GO oo 3 men O FP Mode ee eee oy aa A zs apio 44 D mail The SmartBar is a special toolbar in FastARTIST that provides context sensitive controls according to the type of operation that is being performed When q shape is selected the SmartBar displays information such the Object s Size and Position If you undock or clo
109. es tab is used to customize workspace elements that will be sent as output cae ea a ae ee to the printer 7 Printing Mode Selected Objects Only Page Size Area Copies The Copies field indicates the number of times that the job will be sent to the printer ra Maintain curves in EPS link files Printing Mode The Printing Mode determines what workspace shapes that are valid for printing The available options are Set Defaults Restore Defaults Cancel Help Selected Objects Only Print only those shapes that are currently selected Sign Blank Print everything that is within the confines of the workspace Any shapes 127 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual outside the workspace are not printed Objects that are partially within the workspace will be printed accordingly i e they will be partially printed Entire Area All objects on workspace are valid for printing including objects that are both within and outside the bounds of the page borders Fit to Printer For the currently loaded printer sheet this option will adjust the image to fill the sheet Maintain Curves in EPS Link Files If a linked EPS file contains color curve information then these Curves can be retained by checking the Maintain curves in EPS link files option on the Print and Cut Setup dialog Preferences tab Page Setup Tab FastRIP Setup ICC Profile CMYK Color Adjustments Maximum Ink Level Adjustm
110. g 39 Choosing the Font 40 Installing New Fonts 4 Text and Special Effects 42 Slant 42 Text Orientation 42 Justification Line Spacing 42 Case Control 43 Bullets 43 Spell Check 43 Style Painter 44 Character Width 44 Kerning 45 Font Editing and Creation 47 Editing an Existing Font 47 Creating a New Font 48 Global Attributes 48 Font Height 48 Intersoace 48 Use Bottom of Sign Blank Page as Baseline 49 Monospace Font 49 Stretch 49 Slant 49 Character Attributes 49 Letter 49 Code Value 50 White Space After Character 5 Character Backspace 5 Offset from Baseline 5 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Select Previous and Select Next Buttons Define Character as Soace Define Character as Selected Object Apply Changes Display Box Kern Letter Disolay Word Auto Kern Saving a New Font Chapter 4 Importing and Exporting Files Working with CDL Files FastARTIST Import Filters EPS Files Importing from CorelDRAW Importing PDF Files FastARTIST Export Filters Exporting an Image Publish to PDF Exporting Palettes to CorelDRAW and Illustrator Scanning to Acquire an Image Acquire Vector Select Source Scan and Trace Wizard Digitizing Setup Track Pen Reset Baseline Set Baseline Using a Digitizer The Shop Palette Changing the Stroke Color Changing the Fill Color of Grouped Shapes Changing the Order of Color Plates The Invisible Color Layer The Line Fill Selector Button Color Plate Label
111. g is opened by double clicking Z i aie on a color plate in the Shop palette The main Se controls of the Edit Color dialog are within the Hesa GretagEyeOre top third of the dialog These controls are used to indicate the specific color value its color soace RGB CMYK etc and how the color should appear on the Workspace The lower two thirds of the dialog has additional controls that are used to indicate the type of color Process or Spot and the manufacturer of this color Setting the Color Value Sliders indicate a specific color value according to the Color Space setting RGB CMYK etc You can change the Color Value by adjusting these sliders You may also click on the Measure button to read a color from a color measurement device Once a color value is adjusted it will be previewed next to the current color The RGB value of the new color will be shown below the preview Color Preview of Current space color change color Edit Color Ed General Mi oo oe es E Ie 102 i 222 RGE 0 102 255 Measure E Color Set color from Color sliders input device picker 71 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Color Space may be chosen from the dropdown list in the top right corner of the Edit Color dialog The choice of Color Space will determine the method used to define the color RGB RGB is the most common format used for additive color mixing For example a computer monitor is desig
112. h up the bitmap There are several brush shapes available by e 72 i Clicking on the Brush Selection button os O Move Region The Copy tool may be used to move a selected area to another position of within the bitmap or used to copy a selected area to another position 114 Chapter b Working with Bitmap Images e Copy a Selection To copy a selected area click on the Move Region button The mouse cursor may then be used to drag the selection e Move A Selection To move a selected area click on the Move Region button and then hold the Ctrl key when dragging the selection The area vacated by the selection will be filled with the Target color Crop Tool oo l Fi f The Crop tool removes all of the bitmap except for selected areas G Fill Region The Fill Region tool will fill a selected area with the Target color Select a Target color by double clicking on one of the palette colors in the Image palette dialog Select the area to be flooded using the selection tools and click on the Fill Region button Quarter Bitmap The Quarter bitmap button will reduce the resolution of the bitmap by 50 in terms of its width and height The storage requirements for the T bitmap will be reduced however the visual quality of the image may suffer Extended Information ape This tool will disolay information concerning the dimensions and L resolution of the bitmap Clicking on the Resample button will perform the sa
113. h will access more Context Menu commands The Reset Curve command trom this menu will delete all of the intervening nodes and reset the curve to a straight line from the bottom left 250 to the top right O of the graph Chapter 6 Working with Bitmap Images Tone Reproduction Curve i zj al Ed al zi j zi zl aj zi Render Pattern Fill Bitmap The Render Pattern Fill bitmap feature available in the Transform menu is used to create a custom pattern bitmap that will be used with the Pattern Fill tool available trom the Stroke and Fill Tools flyout An example of how to create a bitmap pattern follows Using the Rectangle tool create 2 square Create the bitmap Pattern Convert Selection to a Fill Bitmap shape Apply a Radial Gradient Fill that is centered in the square oo Select the square and choose Render Signa Pattern Fill bitmap trom the Transform menu The Convert Selection to a Fill e bitmap dialog will preview the bitmap that will be created Set the Color Depth For a bitmap that has millions of colors choose the Full Color option Set the Resolution high enough to maintain acceptable print quality Simple patterns will not require a resolution higher than approximately 150 DPI detailed bitmaps should be set for 200 300 DPI Type a Name that will be used to identify this bitmap pattern and click on OK to continue The resulting pattern bitmap will now be saved in th
114. he Queue menu contains the basic queue controls Same as the Start Queue Tool Bar button Start the queue and process Start each print job according to its status Same as Stop Queue Tool Bar button Stop all print jobs from being Stop processed The queue will not proceed until the Start Queue button has been pressed If a problem occurs when printing Such as paper out the print job will be rear ee put on hold After the printing problem is resolved use the Clear Errors Errors item to remove the error flag Properi s Edit the queue properties For more information please refer to Queue and p Print Job Properties within the Index Jobs Menu The Jobs menu contains the basic controls for adding deleting and editing print jobs Opens the Add Multiple Files dialog enabling you to add PostScript aed files to the Active Jobs list Remove Deletes the selected print job Restore jobs Used for managing archived print and or cut jobs Select all Selects all print jobs in the Active List If a job is selected in the Archive List then all archived jobs will be selected Select none Clears the current selection of print jobs Release Activates a print job that has been put on hold Hold Pauses the selected print job 134 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration Abort Cancels a job that is currently being spooled to the printer If a problem occurs when printing the print job will Clear error be put on hold After the
115. her than the Fill color Changing the Stroke Color Right clicking a color plate will set the default Stroke color for new shapes as well as set the Stroke color of any currently selected shapes You may also drag and drop color plates onto the outline of a shape to change ESRB see aa the color When holding the color plate over a shape the dragged color plate will appear to be hollow indicating that Drag a color plate When Release the mouse over the shape line style button and the line style the plate appears hollow color changes 68 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills releasing the mouse button over that Spot will change the Stroke color of the shape By default Workspace shapes have no Line Style When the mouse is released it is the location of the tip of the cursor that determines where the new color will appear In the example on the previous page if the tip of the cursor was touching the inner line of the star when the mouse was released this would cause the Fill color rather than the Stroke color to change fo Blue Changing the Fill Color of Grouped Shapes Magenta plate is dragged and If you drag and drop a color plate onto a aroppedinio new location collection of grouped shapes that will set all of the shape Fills to that color Hold down the Ctrl key to target a single shape within the group for that color Magenta plate is inserted in new location Changing the O
116. herit that property by default Note Changing Queue Properties will not affect the properties of jobs that are already in the Queue Default Printer FastRIP can accept print jobs from graphic software applications other than FastARTIST and PostScript files can be drag and dropped into the Queue window In these cases the Default printer and Default Print Mode would be used If you wish to print an image requiring white ink for Underbasing or Highlights we strongly recommend you Import the image into FastARTIST and print from within that application If you are printing on a Fast T Jet Blazer you MUST print images requiring white ink from within FastARTIST Default Print Mode If no Print Mode is selected prior to spooling FastRIP defaults to the Print Mode that you set in Sefup window Hot Folder A Hot Folder is a directory on the workstation hard drive The Queue will monitor this directory and if any print files are placed in the directory these files will be added to the Queue as new jobs Typically a Hot Folder setup is used when several computers are linked within a network The Hot Folder would be used by other designers on your network They would copy their jobs into the Hot Folder and your workstation Queue would process those jobs Job Scheduling Job Scheduling is Used to automatically place jobs on Hold These jobs would not be processed until you verify the printer is ready Jobs may be spooled before b
117. ic length 38 Chapter 3 Working with Text Spacing is used to determine the vertical distance between successive lines of text Relative Spacing is expressed as a percentage of the font height Typically a relative spacing of 150 is a reasonable default Absolute Spacing will maintain a set distance between successive lines expressed in current Workspace units The X and Y fields will position a line of text at specific coordinates Frame Text Tet Frame Properties x w Fee width Food width alk eae The purpose of a Text Frame is to constrain text Free Height T to a given height and width Click on the Frame C Fired Height fot PE pes Properties button to open the Text Frame Properties x 31 690 y 172570 dialogue duga i Abiohte If you select the Free Width or Free Height options Lohans the text will be set according to the default height width and kerning settings for the given font Fixed Height and Fixed Width will constrain fonts to User Defined values The X and Y fields are used to position a line of text at specific coordinates Text frame Margins may be set in terms of absolute distances from the text frame edge or by a percentage of the text frame size Auto Spacing Auto Spacing Checking the Auto Spacing option will enable the Settings button Clicking on the Settings button will open the Auto Spacing dialogue f Equal Spacing C Weighted Spacing Top Bottom Margin Size 1
118. ications Fast T Jet Blazer users MUST use FastARTIST when printing ANY image requiring White ink output The various Underbase and Print Modes available for use are listed and discussed in Chapter 7 of this Manual Please consult that Chapter for specific resolutions and image compatibility Adobe Photoshop Design Setup When printing a design from Photoshop FastRIP will determine which components of the image are pure White and configure the output so that those areas do not receive an Underbase RGB 255 255 255 or CMYK 0 0 0 0 If you wish to override these settings set these areas to a slight tint of off White RGB 254 254 254 or CMYK 1 1 1 1 In this first example arrows identify that the N in California has been set to RGB 294 254 254 meaning that it will print White The arrows in this second example show that the background Is set to RGB 255 255 255 making the background transparent when printing with FasitRIP 183 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Color Management must be turned OFF before sending the image fo print Color Management is found in the Print with Preview window Go fo File gt Print with Preview For more information and instructions on how fo Print from Photoshop refer to Chapter 9 of your FastARTIST User s Manual Printing from Adobe Photoshop Go to the File menu Print with Preview Click Page Setup Click on Printer In the Page Setup pe a menu
119. ifferent models of computers For a given font there are 255 characters in the ANSI character set which encompasses upper case letters lower case letters numbers and sometimes special symbols Because some of these ANSI values are intended for communication protocols between devices not all of the characters will be printable For example the first 31 characters are reserved for soecial command sequences that would be recognizable by a modem or printer but which have no significance for our purposes of editing a font The following table indicates some sample values Which we know as CASHEWB Font EMBASSY Font 65 The letter A GS 66 The letter B A 67 The letter C rA 97 The letter a Z 98 The letter b FA 99 The letter c C 48 The number 0 i 50 Chapter 3 Working with Text White Space After Character This field is used to adjust the width of a character bounding box In effect this will increase the separation from the following character Although this is similar to Interspace keep in mind that this setting is applied on a per character basis Infersoace Is used to adjust the overall kerning of the font characters Character Backspace Character backspace Is used to move the character with respect to its bounding box origin In effect this will place the character either further away or closer to the preceding character Offset from Baseline The Oftset from Bas
120. ignation that indicates the correction mode for that color If the Layer Numbers option is set to OFF then the index numbers and letter designations are hidden Creating a Palette Swatch The Create Palette Swatch is used to prepare a swatch for each color shown in the Shop palette This tool places a palette swatch on the Workspace and the swatch can then be printed This is a very useful fool to compare colors between printers to compare color variances between monitor and printer or to match a customer s color request Job Palette The Job palette shows colors currently being used on the 7 z Workspace By default the Job pes EEIE ES a E AE palette shows the Color View which lists all the color plates primer colors and halftones that are currently in use on the Workspace Job palette Foil view Selecting Foil View within the Context Menu will display only those Spot Colors or Spot Foils that are currently in use on the Workspace This serves as a quick summary of the foils that will be used when rendering the job Performing a Global Color Substitution The Job palette can be used to substitute one color for another and this substitution will take place throughout the entire Workspace For example suppose that there are several Red shapes on the Workspace which need to be changed to Orange From the Shop palette left click and drag the orange color The cursor will appear to be dragging the color plate Move the
121. indows Print Manager retaining objects that have already been ripped using FastRIP even after a PC or printer shutdown Check 148 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration the System Tray window to see if there is a small Printer Icon showing If so double click on this to open the Print Manager Select the printing job s and go to File gt Purge Print Jobs Epson Color Stylus 3000 Printer Document view Help Printer Icon I documentis in queue If FastRIP Doesn t Print If for some reason FastRIP doesn t print or if you continue to get PostScript code output even after you cancel a print routine you may need fo re install the program or the printer driver It is possible for the program or printer driver to become corrupted We recommend you schedule Automatic Head Cleanings every 12 hours using FastRIP This will help prevent Print Head and Capping Station issues caused by dried ink This is especially important if the printer will be idle longer than ONE day 24 hrs FastRIP offers an Aufo Head Cleaning function One of the most common problems with printing white ink is that it has a tendency to clog the Print Head The Auto Head Cleaning function allows your printer to perform Head Cleanings throughout the night which keeps the white ink from settling and or clogging the Print Heads Your Fast T Jet will be ready to print first thing in the morning in addition to requiring less mainten
122. ink cartridge configuration for a Fast T Jet Blazer utilizing an 8 color system Slot 1 Black Slot 2 Cyan Slot 3 Magenta Slot 4 Yellow Slot 5 Red Slot 6 Green Slot 7 Orange Slot amp Blue a The ink cartridge configuration for a Jumbo 2 utilizing an 8 color system Slot 1 Blue Slot 2 Orange Slot 3 Green Slot 4 Red Slot 5 Black Slot 6 Cyan Slot 7 Magenta Slot 8 Yellow re The ink line configuration for a Fast T Jet 3 utilizing an 8 color system Line 1 Black Line 2 Cyan Line 3 Magenta Line 4 Yellow Line 5 Red Line 6 Green ine 7 Orange Lne 8 Blue a Eight Color Print Modes The name of your printer will be listed before each 8 color Print Mode 8C Photo 360 360 HS 8C Photo 360 2 Pass 360 2 Pass HS 8C Photo 720 720 HS 8C Photo 720 2 Pass 720 2 Pass HS 8C Photo 1440 x 720 8C Photo 1440 x 720 HS 124 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration We recommend starting with the 720 DPI HS Print Mode Eight color Print Modes lay down a little more ink than do CMYK 4 White Print Modes so one pass is generally sufficient Pretreat shirts with FastCOLOR and you should have a very strong print that will withstand many washings Underbase Print Modes These Underbase Print Modes may only be ee selected from within FastARTIST With Cartoon caper and Photo Print Modes available in three different resolutions you have the ability to select the CMYK Coke Acuimerda
123. install ANY version _ eveerese srr of FastRIP or if you are Upgrading to a iii newer version and you are instructed to uninstall your current application you must do a COMPLETE uninstall or you may create registry issues that could affect the operation of your computer To uninstall FastRIP from your computer click on Start gt Control Panel and find the icon labelled Add or Remove Programs Double click on this icon and another window will open Scroll through the listings until you see FastRIP Click on the program to highlight and then click on the Remove button From the FastRIP Setup window select Remove and click on Next The uninstall process will remove most of the program components however a folder MUST still be deleted from you hard drive Right click and Explore your My Computer icon on your desktop Double click on your C drive and double click on Program Files Right click on the FastRIP folder and select Delete Delete the RIP driver by going into Start gt Settings gt Printers and Faxes Right click on your printer and select Delete Dongle or RIP Conflicts If you are printing to other devices that use a Dongle or if you have another RIP installed for other applications there may be conflicts Remove the other Dongle s or disable the other RIPs before printing to resolve any conflicts Make Sure You Have Enough RAM RAM is the temporary memory that your computer uses when processing complex data RAM is NOT
124. ions are disabled then RGB values will be converted info CMY values and mapping colors will include Black generation 129 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual CMYK Color Adjustments Tab casi senp Printer Options Page Setup Preferences Underbase Setup ICC Profile CMYK Color Adjustments Maximum Ink Level Adjustments The Color Adjustments tab provides curve 7 erae i a controls to adjust the tonal range Shadows E orende Byles r Append to C By Density Midtones and Highlights of each separation eee The horizontal scale of the graph represents the aie Shadows range of intensity values shadows progressing ai Mion to light or vice versa and the vertical axis mae S F pal Be Use same curve for all je represents the current intensity values The initial ti diagonal line represents the original distribution Resto Deus eye Reset to print mode of intensities across the bitmap tonal range Set Defaults Restore Defaults Cancel Help Maxi Ink Level Adjust tsTab An akimum n eve JUS men S a Printer Options Page Setup Preferences Underbase Setup pti ICC Profle CMYK Color Adjustments Maximum Ink Level Adjustments Fast T Jet 2 Cartoon 360 HS Standard The Maximum Ink Level refers to the total volume bisa of ink allowed when printing a job Maximum Ink aT au information is contained within the Print Mode oo 7 Maximum Ink Level Adjustments may be used to override
125. is that when shapes are welded their original color layers are reasserted thereby losing any gradient Fills For each shape that will eventually be applied with a Gradient Fill assign a Unique layer color instead This will allow such shapes to remain distinct from the other Workspace shapes After all welds have been completed the Gradient Fills may be applied to the unique color shapes If necessary the Unique color shapes may be selected by Shiff clicking their color plate on the Job palette Pattern Fills Pattern Fills use a bitmap pattern as a template which is then tiled over the surface of a shape Pattern Fills are accessible from the Stroke and Fill Tools Bitmap pattern of leaves tiled over a rectangle shape At the far left of the SmartBar is the Select Pattern Bitmap button click on this button to choose the bitmap that will be used as the Fill oa ae va a 4 F L bi oe a i AS FoF tp ree hee eae Cell Width and Cell Height indicate the dimension of one tile The bitmap will be scaled to cover the entire tile The X and Y coordinates indicate the 88 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills placement of the initial tile The Skew field is useful for creating a slanted effect for the bitmap The Rotate field indicates the rotation that is applied to the bitmap Tiles If Use Partial Fill is checked then a border will be formed about each tile The border will be a o oy 4 pe
126. jects Circle has a higher layer Circle has a lower layer order than the square order than the square There are four toolbars available in FastARTIST System Operation Workspace and Tools Toolbars To toggle a toolbar ON or OFF select View gt Toolbars To customize the toolbars select View gt Toolbars gt Customize Toolbars may also be customized by right clicking on them Custom Toolbars Customize Toolbar Ayveldabde toolbar butions Current bonis buttar The System Workspace and a Tools toolbars are available New Show Fil by default The additional toolbar Operation may be toggled ON from the View D Espot Image menu da Acquire Image i 16 Chapter 2 An Overview of the Workspace Should you wish to create a new Toolbar you would use the Customize Toolbar dialogue to Add Remove or rearrange the available commands The Customize Toolbar controls available are Available Toolbar Buttons Add Current Toolbar Buttons Remove Close Reset Help Move Up Move Down System Toolbar This list displays the buttons that are not currently on the Customizable Tool Palette To add a button to the palette first select the button from this list and then click on the Add button To add a button to the Customizable Tool Palette select a button from the Available toolbar buttons list and then click on the Add button This list displays the buttons that are currently on th
127. k button The new Page Size will be added to Resize objects proportional Display a Aat up Sigi Blank Object the list of available Page Sizes _ Advanced _ Add fo List For a selected Page Size in the top list click on the Add to List button to add it to the Current Selection dropdown menu Delete For a selected Page Size in the top list click on the Delete button to remove it completely Remove From List To remove a Page Size from the Current Selection dropdown menu highlight it in the bottom list and click on the Remove From List button The Page Size will remain in the top list to be selected at a later time Display at Start Up If the Display at start up option is enabled the Page Size dialogue will open when a new Workspace Is created 15 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Objects are usually edited in terms of their width and height however Workspace Objects also have a layering order that determines which Objects appear on top of other Objects The order of individual Objects may be modified using the following commands from the Arrange gt Order menu To Front Ctrl F Position the selected Object before all other Objects To Back Ctrl B Position the selected Object behind all other Objects Forward Ctrl U Increase the relative position of the Object Backward Ctrl L Decrease the relative position of the Object Reverse Ctrl M Invert the relative order for a group of selected Ob
128. kspace control clicking a color nub will delete that nub To clear all color nubs click on the Clear Nubs button Horizontal and Vertical Position By default the Gradient Fill is placed at the center of the Object The Horizontal and Vertical Position fields may be used to place the gradient Fill Gradient Angle Angle Dragging the color nubs may be used to adjust the angle of the 0 H Fill The Angle field on the dialog bar may also be used 83 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Repeats The Fill can be applied with either as a Single or repeating Sawtooth or Wave pattern Ma Single Render the Fill from the initial color through to the final color Render the transition from the initial color through to the final color f es iooh which then repeat the specified number of times For example five Ei colors with 4 repeats would display shades in the following order 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 and 1 2 3 4 5 Render the transition from the initial color through to the final color P and then from the final color through in reverse order to the initial j Wave fi color For example five colors with 2 repeats would display shades in the following order 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 Pinstripe versus Blend By default Fills have a Blend style Spectrum Up and Down p The Pinstripe style will create an abrupt transition between each Fill color Using a Blend style will create a gradual tra
129. l 1440x720DPI Image Heavy Underbase 1440x720DPI Vector Heavy Underbase 1440x720DPI Image Heavy Underbase HS 1440x720DPI Vector Heavy Underbase HS Bi directional Bi directional 1440DPI Image Normal Underbase 1440DPI Vector Normal Underbase 1440DPI Image Normal Underbase HS 1440DPI Vector Normal Underbase HS Bi directional Bi directional 1440DPI Image Heavy Underbase 1440DPI Vector Heavy Underbase 1440DPI Image Heavy Underbase HS 1440DPI Vector Heavy Underbase HS Bi directional Bi directional 126 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration Non Textile Print Modes Non textile Print Modes will oe used when printing on golf balls and similar items that are not of a fabric composition These Print Modes can be obtained by downloading the most recent Printer Package Update for your Fast T Jet printer The following is a list of available Print Modes including 2 eight color options e Non Textile Photo 1440 Standard e Non Textile Photo 1440 HS e Non Textile Cartoon 1440 Standard e Non Textile Cartoon 1440 HS e Non Textile Photo 2880 Standard e Non Textile Photo 2880 HS e Non Textile Cartoon 2880 Standard e Non Textile Cartoon 2880 HS e Non Textile 8 Color 1440 Standard e Non Textile 8 Color 1440 HS Options Tah Within this tab are controls to verify print settings within the Print Mode There is no need to make changes here because any Print Mode you select will override User changes Preferences Tab The Preferenc
130. l x Fast information about the spacing ok Cancel between pairs of characters The Auto Kern feature is similar to the Text On Screen Kerning feature that is available from the Text Tools menu Once kerning information is created for a font FastARTIST will simply duplicate the kerning table already defined Due to the time required to generate a kerning table on the fly the main 53 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual advantage of using Auto Kern at the font generation stage is that FastARTIST generates paragraphs of text very quickly when entered in Text Compose since Auto Kern will not be used at that stage There are four settings that can be adjusted in order to generate a custom kerning able for a font gt Ist Character By definition a kerning pair has a first or leading character and a second or trailing character Use the two entry boxes to specify the range of characters from first to last to be set to Auto Kern in the first position By default FastARTIST will kern all 255 ANSI characters in the leading position gt 2nd Character Use these two entry boxes to specify the range of characters to be set to Auto Kern in the second position By default FastARTIST will Auto Kern all 255 ANSI characters in the trailing position gt Accuracy vs Soeed Auto Kern works by checking and adjusting the distances between a number of points along the height of letter pairs From the Accurate versus Soee
131. lue For ys Te example two levels mean two of Red 5 Levels 6 Levels 7 Levels 8 Levels two of Green and two of Blue The valid range for the number of levels is from 2 to 64 a Original 2 Levels 3 Levels 4 Levels Histo Contrast Histo Contrast increases or decreases the contrast of the bitmap image using a histogram to determine the median brightness Once the median brightness has been determined pixel values above the median are brightened Original Bitmap Histo Contrast 30 Histo Contrast 20 and pixel values below the median are darkened Stretch Intensity Stretch Intensity increases the color contrast in the bitmap without changing the number of discrete intensity values ordinary contrast adjustments can lose high and low end values Parquet Walnut Walnut with Stretch Intensity Parquet Cherry Cherry with Stretch Intensity 103 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Histo Equalize Histo Equalize linearizes the number of pixels ers A ee A f in the bitmap based on the specified color at ee iw soace RGB Grayscale etc This can be used to bring out detail in dark areas of an ESS im q g e Original Bitmap Histo Equalize Grayscale and then Histo Equalize Balance Colors Balance Colors redistributes the RGB values of individual bitmap pixels For each pixel its Red Green and Blue components are isolated and the color sliders are then used to increase or decrease the perce
132. lute width Adjust the character width to be a specific width 44 Chapter 3 Working with Text Once the type of Width Style has been selected highlight the text and enter a value into the Character Width field For example the following screenshot indicates that some characters have been compressed to 50 of their normal widths he Style white space between characters Noma st Cancel The Kern Percent field is used to specify what percentage of standard E Ne SpCed kerning is to be applied Reducing Fast 7 the percentage will decrease the soace between characters Adjust for Engraving Tool Toolbit Diameter 0 000 Increasing the percentage will move a characters further apart Kerning of 115 Kerning of 90 Customize the Auto Kern feature by right clicking on the Auto Kern button Normal Balance the amount of white space while maintaining normal character spacing Wide Insert approximately 20 extra white space between characters Narrow Remove approximately 20 of white space between characters Touching Arrange the characters so that their finials touch yet do not overlap Overlap Force adjacent characters to overlap by approximately 5 45 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Accuracy versus Speed Due to the number of calculations involved with finding the best kerning for a given pair of Characters it may be desirable to sacrifice some of the kerning accuracy in exchange for fast
133. may be generated From the File menu select Color Swatches Select Customization K M Mulipis Chatt sa joge dwd 4 Ed ma and click on OK The swatch parameters are set from the SmartBar At the far left of the SmartBar the color model may be set as either RGB or CMYK If RGB colors are used then each primary will vary from O to 255 If CMYK colors are used then each primary as well as black will vary from 0 to 100 Grid Size 90 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills The size of the grid can be Small Medium or Large The larger the grid the more color swatches that will be created Axis Colors The choice of axis colors will determine how the color swatches are arranged For example if the horizontal axis is yellow then the yellow content of the patches will increase from left to right The amount of the increase Is determined by the Percent change between swatches Percent Change between Swatches This percentage indicates the hue shift that will occur between successive patches This value must be positive with small values requiring more swatches to complete the grid Multiple Charts More than one chart may be created at once where successive Charts will vary according to the chart axis color For example if the horizontal axis is yellow and the chart axis is also yellow then each successive chart will have its horizontal axis shifted by an additional percent change between swatches This i
134. me function as the Quarter bitmap command Merge Colors The Merge Colors button removes all unused colors from the Bitmap palette It also merges colors that are selected in the Image palette dialog opened by clicking on the Palette button and replaces these colors with the current Target color 115 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Posterize Region PEER Posterization is the process of as a generating a color palette for a l bitmap where none exists It will also Humber of Colors 256 expand or reduce the size of the palette attached to a bitmap Click on the Posterize Region button to open the dialog and M Sharpen Cancel choose the number of colors that will compose the resulting bitmap The Sharpen option affects the color boundary between Objects in the bitmap narrowing it to create the impression of sharp edges Bitmap Vectorization tools are used to trace components of a bitmap and generate a corresponding sequence of vectors These vectors may be then be edited and cut like regular workspace Objects The Vectorization feature may only be applied to bitmaps of 8 bits or less 256 colors However FastScan filfers discussed later will produce 24 bit bitmaps Therefore if a filter has been applied to a bitmap then the Mode of the bitmap must be reduced Bitmap menu before tracing may occur The level of Vectorization detail is determined by the Trace Setup controls which are loca
135. ments are White space after the character Character backspace and Offset from the baseline Choosing Edit Font from the Edit menu will Fe v CASHEWB Noma open the Create Edit Font dialogue Lint 1252 Global Altebutes When editing a font there are two broad Heig 28897692 r nterspace o Monospace Fork classes of adjustment Character Altributes Letter Code Value Pa E4 Global Attributes are applied to all of White Space Afar Character 31845569 the characters in a given font Character Backspace 07874015 Otiset From Baseline 6 6929134 Select Previous Select Next Character Attributes are specific to a E EN Define Character as Selected Object single character within the font ieee AustoKem Save Font Save Fort As 47 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Creating a New Font To create a new font click on the Create apale ew Lon button Enter the name of the new font in the Font name Create New Font dialogue and click on OK Character set Latin 1252 You will be prompted for a name under which Cancel to save the font You must use a Font Name that is different from an original font Otherwise the original font data will be overwritten Global Attributes Adjustments to the Global Attributes are used to define the general appearance of a font These adjustments will be applied to all the characters within the font Font Height Fo
136. n textile item it is important to be aware of the fact that height means the same thing as length Dimensions The Dimensions section of the Page Size dialogue displays the current dimensions of the Page If the Landscape option is enabled the image s orientation will be rotated 90 clockwise e l j Portai and Add new blank size Advanced Settings x ae Click on the Advanced button to S toggle ON OFF the display of the a a Advanced Blank Size Controls en aaa psm x mo Note Blank and Page are a ee synonymous within this application Remove Frombist O I Resize objects proportionally Display at start up Sign Blank Object 14 Chapter e An Overview of the Workspace These controls are used to create a new Page Size Blank that can be added to the Current Selection list The Advanced Controls window contains two lists of Page Sizes The top list contains Page Sizes that have yet to be added to the Current Selection dropdown menu The bottom list contains Page Sizes that are already available from the Current Selection dropdown menu Create and Add a New Blank If the Create and Add new blank ae size button is pressed the Advanced Blank Size Controls will be temporarily eta hrc M e replaced with controls for entering a Sane set new Page Size After entering the Name Width 4 E nch S Height and Units for the new Blank click on the Add New Blan
137. n the canvas like the Air Show first make sure you know the image resolution Prior to using the Underbase Wizard your image must be resampled to the final actual print size at 150 to 300 DPI A good rule of thumb the more text the higher a resolution should be used If it is mainly an illustration like the Cowboy then 150 DPI is acceptable b gt Ee a ODP gt ss If the image is 72 DPI and a low quality JPG file for example from your customer s website it may be soft and jagged and no amount of upsampling will save the image Select the image with the Selection tool and click on the Underbase Wizard icon The first screen you see will give a sampling of what the Underbase will look like The default Preview Mode is Black on White You really want to see how it will look with White ink on a Black shirt so change this to White on Black Make sure To pick the Underbase color of White You have a lot of control over the Underbase You can control the Strength and make the entire layer solid White You can also make the Underbase a 172 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink greyscale image that lets the shirt breath Keep in mind you are looking at how the Underbase will print on a dark shirt so this may take a little practice When in doubt apply more Underbase but try to avoid Underbasing areas of the image that will be dark or Black Using a Clipping Path The White canvas of the original artwork is now the problem
138. ncountering problems please contact Technical Support Support Hours Toll Free 888 MYTJETS 698 5387 Technical Support 480 929 2937 Corporate Office 480 929 0640 Fax 480 929 0766 E mail sUpport usscreen com Internet www screenprinters net Click on the Support tab Support hours 7 00am to 8 00pm Monday through Friday 9 00am to 3 00pm Saturday and Sunday 24 hr Emergency Support is available All times listed are Mountain Standard Time USA Note Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time Do Not Lose the Dongle The Dongle acts like the key to a lock It is an integral part of the FastARTIST and FastRIP programs and must be treated accordingly If you lose the Dongle you will be required to purchase a replacement Protect the Dongle Without it your software will not function The easiest way to protect yourself from loss or theft is to make sure the software AND the hardware Dongle are covered by your business or commercial insurance plan Most Homeowner s policies do not cover business related property To purchase a replacement Dongle contact usfor pricing and details Dongle Warranty If failure of the hardware Dongle has resulted from accident abuse or misapplication we shall have no responsibility to replace the hardware Replacement will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or 1 year whichever is longer If the Dongle ceases to operate within the 1 ye
139. nd Outside can be selected by engaging or disengaging the buttons 173 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual 5 Select Apply Underbase Wizard Underbase Wizard You can see that Clipping would be harder if we were using the Cowboy image because if might give us a harder edge on what should be a soft edged image When dealing with soft edged images you ll just have to experiment Underbase Wizard Underbase Wizard Creating a Highlight Underbase Wizard The Underbase Wizard will also create a Highlight White A Highlight will print on top Mew would you Mice ta crate your highlight white layer of an Underbase White in areas that are very sai light in color or are White The Highlight White PAE prints at the SAME TIME as you print the CMYK colors The next window you get will ask you if you want a Highlight If not check No Highlight If you want it to print with the CMYK colors this 174 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink is called Overlap Highlight You can let FastARTIST do an Auto Highlight but you might feel more comfortable if you have more control Remember that you do NOT want too much Highlight White printing on other colors However you do want a Highlight to print where there is White in the design Due to the nature of Underbase Wizard displaying images the Highlight will display in negative of how it will print Any areas that are Black are actually where the White ink will
140. nd of the open path coat p Extended co End Cap Create square end caps as terminators for an open path POUNG ENG Perform rounding of open paths a Cap Corner Styles There are three corner styles 80 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills Sharp Corner Corners retain sharp angles as per the base Object For a sharp corner of the original Object the corner formed by the line style may be quite steep Use the Mitre Amount to clip the line style according to a percentage of the line thickness Mitre Corner E Round Corner Corners are rounded Gradient and Pattern Fills are applied to Object Fills from the Stroke and Fill Tools flyout Gradient Fills Create a process color Fill Fa Pattern Fills Create a process color Fill effect by tiling a bitmap pattern apoi cracient Create Fill effects only using one or two Spot colors P Multi Spot x Gradient Fill Create Fill effects using one or more Spot colors Gradient Fills The Gradient Fill styles are selected at the far left of the SmartBar Fill Gradient Position Pinstripes save to Types Nub Col of Fill ile ypes uib rN i Shop tin TE o d me d Peed A ma sp ectrum Gradient Bar Blend Up Down Examples of the Fills are as follows 81 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual j Uniform Fill Ga Conical Fil s _ _ E Square Fill Triangle Fill a a Radial Fill Choosing a Fill Style When a Fill style is selected color nu
141. ne AUtomatically assigns the character baseline To enable check the Define Character as Selected Object option under the Character Attributes section of the dialogue and use the Align feature to arrange the characters along the bottom of the sign blank Monospace Font The Monospace Font option converts the font to a fixed width font in which each character occupies the same amount of horizontal soace regardless of its width For example the character i would have as much width as an m Stretch F3 Stretch Font The Stretch Font dialogue is used to adjust the ratio between the font height and width expressed as a percentage Height 100 A value less than 100 produces a font that is short and wide whereas a value greater than 100 produces a font that is narrow and tall Slant The Slant Font dialogue is used to specify eusi the slant degree for the font characters A positive slant will create an Italic font Slant degree 0 i whereas a negative slant will create a Cancel backhand appearance Character Attributes Letter This box is used to specify the character currently being created or modified The edit box displays the actual character 49 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Code Value For computers to recognize text characters a numeric value called the ANSI standard is used This is a widely accepted standard that ensures text data will be understandable between d
142. ned to emit Red Green and Blue RGB light which combine to form the desired color CMY Cyan Magenta and Yellow CMY is the format most commonly used when performing subtractive color mixing This sort of mixing works on the principle that an external light source will be required to view the image CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black CMYK is an extension of the CMY model where equal portions of CMY colorants are replaced with a single portion of Black K HLS The Hue Lightness and Saturation HLS model identifies colors according to the following parameters Hue is the visual perception of a specific color such as Red Orange Violet or Green Lightness is the appearance of a color in terms of how White or Black it appears Saturation is the perceived richness of a color in consideration of its intensity LAB The L a b Color Space otherwise known as CIELAB was promoted as a standard in 1976 by the International Commission on Illumination CIE The purpose of L a b was to standardize the practice of predicting color differences where previously there had been as least twenty alternative 72 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills formulas in use to account for color differences in production workflows The L a b color soace is used to maintain color consistency between devices used in color reproduction workflows As such the L a b color soace is a superset of both RGB and CMYK color spaces
143. ng because an ICC profile is created for use res oer with a specific calibration Performing Color Adjustments will actually distort the color accuracy of the ICC profile Highlights Ww o Z 2 One reason for color adjustments would be to create an artistic effect However the main reason for color adjustments is to compensate for non standard media and inks where the cost of producing a new ICC profile is prohibitive Making color adjustments by eye is neither quick nor easy especially when adjusting the curve of individual color planes Unless very experienced in color theory the wisest advice Is fo keep any 139 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual changes simple For example if adjustments were made to Shadows for Cyan Highlights for Magenta and Midtones for Yellow without checking the results of each step then there would be confusion over which adjustment caused a given effect Tonal Correction Use Shadows Midtones and Highlights sliders to lighten or darken the image The easiest way to adjust the tonal range is to adjust the highlights first then the shadows and finally the Midtones Once the Midfones are correct the Highlights and Shadows can be further tuned All adjustments should be checked by using a Test Page which is automatically created by choosing Print test page from the Printers menu This Test Page Is specifically designed to help recognize changes due to tonal adjustments
144. nsition between each Fill color By default a gradient Fill between two colors will only have progressive shades between those two colors By doing so the intervening colors of the soectrum are ignored By clicking on either the Spectrum Up or Spectrum Down buttons the blend of colors will include these intervening soectrum colors For example consider the memory aid ROYGBIV which is short for Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo and Violet If the gradient Fill is initially between Orange and Blue then the following Is true a Spectrum Up Orange Red Violet Blue Bl Spectrum Down Orange Yellow Green Blue 84 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills Linear gradient Orange to Blue Spectrum Down Orange fo Blue Orange to Blue gradient Spectrum Up Save Fill At the far right of the SmartBar is the Save Fill button When this button is clicked the Gradient Fill will be saved as a new color plate and appended to the end of the Shop palette The Gradient Fill plate may then be applied like a regular palette color By default the name of the plate will be Gradient Fill If the Gradient Fill plate is double clicked then the Edit Gradient Fill dialog will open Edit Gradient Fill Gradient fill name Gradient Fill Type ae Gradient Fill ae Add Ae a The Edit Gradient Fill dialog may then be used to rename the Fill choose different colors for the Fill or change the type of Fill
145. nt Define Character as Space There is also a non printing character that is offen forgotten but which must be present in a font the Space character Without the Space character which appears when the space bar is pressed there would be no spaces between the words created when composing text Therefore it is critical that a Space character be included when generating a font There are two ways fo create the Space character e To use an existing character select a character that best represents an appropriate soace and enable the Define character as space option e To create the Space character using an object exit the Create Edit Font dialogue and create an object that has an area that is appropriate for the font Once the object is selected open the Create Edit Font dialogue and enable the Define character as space option Define Character as Selected Object When editing a font select an object to be included in the font as a character To designate a selected object as the current character check this box Note If the Not a Path warning appears then select Arrange gt Make Path Apply Changes Clicking on Apply Changes will save the character information and allow you to begin editing another character Note that the changes are not saved to disk until the font is saved using the Save Font or Save Font As button Display Box This box displays the current information for the character being edited It also displays th
146. nt Height defines the actual height of the font as it was created When creating a new font the height of a reference letter should be entered so that the remaining characters can be sized correctly For example suppose that an uppercase H were chosen as the reference letter this is a typical choice For the Height field you would measure the height of the H It is very Important to assign an appropriate height to a font being created The height of a font is offen based on the height of an uppercase M or H The precise letter height will be used when creating a block style font whereas script fonts may require a more creative estimate of height Notice how the script character is slightly taller than the non script character Interspace interspace is the nominal amount of trailing white soace that provides a gap between following letters By modifying the Interspace fonts can be given either a wide or a narrow kerning For example using a negative value will create a condensed font 48 Chapter 3 Working with Text Use Bottom of Sign Blank Page as Baseline The baseline will determine the vertical position of a character When creating a new font the vertical position of each character is defined in relation to the baseline Two options are available to assign the vertical position of characters e Offset from Baseline Used to manually adjust each of the characters e Use Bottom of Sign Blank as Baseli
147. nt Mode contains color soace info that determines how colors are mapped from the original artwork to the printer However this color soace info can be overridden with the use of ICC Profiles Printer Options Printer specific options are defined within the Print Mode Please note that these options vary according to your printer model so please refer to the User s Manual that was provided with your printer Log View The Log is used to review statistics about print jobs as they are processed through the Queue In the event of problems Technical Support can use this information to help provide a solution 144 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration The Manage Printers dialog Printers gt Manage Printers lists all of the devices that are currently configured for printing through the Queue From this menu you can check connectivity or set printer protocols for network use Although several different means of connecting your printer fo your computer are listed not all may be applicable for your machine Please consult the User s Manual that came with your Fast T Jet for the recommended method of connection File Port Selecting File as the Port spools the print job and then store the spool file in the indicated directory The spool file can be transferred to another workstation for printing Click on on the ellipsis button next to the Port fo open the Port Settings dialog FireWire Port FireWire is the term used by Apple
148. nt effect on the performance of the FastARITIST program The minimum system requirements are gt APentium IV 1 8 GHz PC with Windows XP 2000 or Vista Operating System This application is not compatible with Windows ME gt 1 MB RAM If you are currently using or planning to upgrade to Windows Vista YOU will need 2 GB of RAM for the best performance gt 10GB of free hard drive space for the program files with an additional 50 GB needed for saved images artwork fonts and clip art gt A free USB port for the Dongle A total of three USB ports may be required to accommodate the Dongle a mouse and a printer connection FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual FastARTIST is a customized version of a sign and vinyl cutting program called SignLAB Some routines and features that are not applicable to Inkjet to Garment printing have been removed however this is still a very powerful program that can be used as a standalone graphics application comparable to Adobe Photoshop or CorelDRAW The purpose of this Manual is to familiarize you with this program as well as get you started printing to garments as quickly as possible It is not intended to be a comprehensive guide If you wish to utilize any of the application s advanced features the complete SignLAB 7 1 Help Section is accessible via a dropdown menu within the FastARTIST program It is extremely important that you read the entire User s Manual that came with your Fa
149. nt mod FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Color Adjustments Density Curve cme Override print mode color adjustments The Density Curve is used to set densitometer values for each color plane This curve Is similar to using the X Rite colorimeter although lower cost hand held devices may instead be used p and the data must be entered manually noco paramere Reset to Defauks Reset to print mode Removing a Color Cast A color cast is a visual imperfection that is usually caused by a dominant ink or set of inks In a simple case removing a color cast is possible by adjusting the tonal settings of the individual colors that are causing the cast Begin by adjusting the overall tonal balance The color balance may then be adjusted using the Midtones slider for each offending color individually Print a test page after each adjustment When all adjustments appear complete perform a final test by printing a photographic image Where a complex color cast must be removed the primary consideration is that each adjustment will affect the overall color balance of the image Decreasing one color for example Magenta will increase its opposite color on the color wheel Green The effect occurs because Green is Composed of both Yellow and Cyan Reducing Magenta effectively increases the proportions of Yellow and Cyan relative to the previous CMY proportions making the image appear more Green
150. ntage RGB values within each pixel In this manner a color cast can be removed from the bitmap or a color tinge can be created for an artistic effect Setting all color sliders to 100 will result in a bitmap that is entirely White Setting all color sliders to 0 will produce a Black bitmap Swap Colors Swap Colors swaps the color channels of the original bitmap This feature is useful for obtaining artistic effects that would otherwise be difficult to achieve using the other Color Adjustment tools Dunnin Red To Blue scape Green To Biue Blue To Red Blue To Red Unsharp Mask The Unsharp Mask feature is actually considered to be a sharpening function because it increases the contrast between light and dark areas of the bitmap Wherever there Is a transition between light and dark the light area is made lighter and the dark area is made darker making the transition more distinct A blurred copy of the bitmap is created where the amount of blurring depends upon the Radius setting The blurred copy is then subtracted from the original 104 Chapter 6 Working with Bitmap Images and the resulting difference bitmap is referred to as the mask Pixel by pixel where the difference exceeds the Threshold setting the difference is multiplied by Amount and then added fo the original bitmap Where the difference does not exceed the Threshold setting the original pixel value remains unchanged Average Filter This filte
151. ntour 65 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual through the Nodes in a more connect the dots fashion When using a Digitizer certain button combinations may be used to form basic shapes Place two Corner Nodes to form the opposite corners of a rectangle and then double click the Finish button to complete the rectangle You can place two Curve Nodes to form the diameter of a circle and then double click the Finish button to complete the circle Placing three Curve Nodes and then double clicking the Finish button will fit a circle within the three Nodes If four or more Curve Nodes are placed then a circle will be created to best fit within those Nodes 66 Chapter 5 Paleties Strokes and Fills The Line Style Gradient and Pattern Fill tools are available trom the Stroke and Fills Toolbar Gradient and Pattern Fills The default color palette of FastARTIST is the Shop palette This lists the color plates available for use in the Workspace Other palettes are provided as an aid for working with Spot colors particularly with respect to foils By default color palettes are docked at the edges of the FastARTIST Workspace Shop Palette Halftene Falati Sheet Layer Palette a O E udhe N AAAA dalle Layer a A palette may be undocked by clicking and dragging the palette to its new position Double clicking a palette will toggle its position between docked and undocked Shop palette C FastA
152. o Bitmap The Render to bitmap feature in the Transform menu converts any selected vector or bitmap Object The possible color depths are as follows Color Depth Description Monochrome Convert the selected Objects to Black and White bitmaps 16 Gray levels Convert the selected Objects to grayscale bitmaps with 16 shades 256 Gray levels Converts the selected Objects to grayscale bitmaps with 256 shades of gray 16 Colors Convert the selected Objects to 4 bit color bitmaps with 16 colors 256 Colors Convert the selected Objects to 8 bit color bitmaps with 256 colors Convert the selected Objects to 24 bit color bitmaps with millions of Full Color colors The Resolution of the bitmap is specified in Dots per Inch DPI The default resolution is 72 DPI 94 Chapter 6 Working with Bitmap Images Render Contour Bitmap The Render Contour bitmap feature is used to create Contr Bimap three dimensional chiselled or bevelled patterns using process colors When a shape varies in thickness ho DA the effect will be adjusted to maintain consistent proportions throughout the shape i Constant Slope f Constant Height When the Render Contour bitmap command is ee chosen the Set bitmap DPI dialog will open The DPI field indicates the Dots per Inch of the bitmap that will be produced A high DPI setting will produce a higher resolution bitmap i e less aliasing but a larger file size The Constant Slope option will cause the
153. o your Fast T Jet Inkjet to Garment printer Before continuing with this Chapter please ensure you are familiar with all the information contained in Chapter 7 especially Print Mode selection 163 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Understanding Underbasing and Highlight White for Garments When printing on light shirt colors a little White below the colors will help the image stand out If the image has any White in the actual design it will help the image look complete When printing on dark or Black shirts you need more White under an image In order to help the lightest parts of the design really stand out you may need an additional White pass called a Highlight FastARTIST and FastRIP can control all of this In fact many images need multiple passes of White to lay down enough ink For very bright White on a Black shirt it is Common practice to do two or three or passes of the base color Underbase followed by a pass that prints the CMYK colors AND the Highlight White Types of Underbase Cartoon prints with solid Spot colors offen require a solid White Underbase Photographic images or images with lots of gradations do not always need a solid Underbase The secret to great looking Black garments is to let the shirt be part of the image A grayscale Underbase that only puts White where it is needed will create a soft and professional looking print Therefore you will have to choose the type of Un
154. ogram is a chart consisting of horizontal or vertical bars the widths or heights of which represent the values of certain data in this case the data represents pixel brightness across the bitmap J Levels adjusted for 2 a0 there a i Grippni comeeried to garec 2 invert of girya leis iii air Example of Using Levels After a grayscale image has been inverted the separations between the parquetry in 2 are White Using the Levels feature the White point is lowered to equate all the separations to White The White End Limit is then reduced to remove the separations Finally the Gamma is reduced to create a bitmap that is as dark as in the original grayscale 3 101 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Contrast Brightness The Contrast setting is used to modify the perceived difference between the light and dark areas of the bitmap The Brightness setting is Used to modify the overall intensity of the bitmap Hue Saturation Hue Saturation adjusts the Hue Saturation and Lightness values of the bitmap Hue is the visual perception of a specific color such as red yellow violet tie Shas ahs ke ARE or orange brown The Hue setting is arranged like a color wheel ROYGBIV where adjusting this setting will rotate the bitmap colors through the color wheel Saturation 50 petel a Saturation is the colorfulness of an area in consideration of its brightness level For example as a color falls under incr
155. option of converting Text to Curves if you are certain no further text editing is required This will convert the text to a graphic 61 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual making spell checking and additional editing unavailable After importing various Objects are offen grouped and bitmaps are sometimes clipped When an Object is selected the far left of the SmartBar will indicate the Object type If The Object is a Group then use Layout gt Ungroup or Alt G to break up the grouping If the Object is a Clip Group then use Arrange gt Clipping gt Clipping Clear or Alt U to remove the clipping After disassembling Object groupings you will likely need to specify any underbase attributes on an Object by Object basis FastARTIST Export Filters The Export command is used mainly for line art shapes However for file formats that are capable of storing both line art and bitmap shapes i e combination files the Export command can also be used to export bitmap shapes When exporting line art caution is required to prevent creating file Objects that contain an excessive numbers of Nodes This is especially true of artwork that was originally imported trom other software To overcome this problem click the Customize button on the Export File dialog The Parameter Specification dialog will open The Parameter Specification dialog is used to substantially reduce the Nodes of exported 7 Objects If the d
156. or for a shape right click a color plate in the Shop palette Alfernatively you can drag and drop a color plate onto the outline of a shape The color will appear where the tip of the cursor is located when the mouse Is released If fhe mouse Is released when the tip of the cursor is within the shape then the Fill Color will change In cases where Workspace shapes should have thick Line Styles but none are visible verify that the Show Line Style option has been selected in the View menu To add a Line Style to a selected shape choose Line Style from the Stroke and Fill Tools flyout 78 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills The SmartBar controls will appear similar to the following Lack End Caps No Line Hairline Proportions Butt Extended Rounded Hie oo amp SS gt FEE j ma S ANR Thick Thickness Linein Line Comers Sharp set Current Line Front Behind Rounded Mifred Line Color set Default Line Settings At the far left of the SmartBar the type of line style may then be selected The available line styles are x No line Removes any previously applied line style Hair Line Creates a 1 pixel wide line This line cannot 3 be cut but it may be applied as a line stroke l This is initially zero so the line will not be BMC EMe vieibie unl ne Thick seco eld ie incremented At the far right of the SmartBar the color picker may be used to select Po the Line Style color In addition
157. ortable 4 Import text as graphics Document Format PDF and select the I Use alternate font location desired PDF file to Import Click the Import button and the cursor will become an angled cursor Click on the FastARTIST Workspace to Mara paee position the top left corner of the imported file Pages found All pages At this point the PDF Import Options dialog will Single page open allowing you to select from the following Selection Import settings Fom 6 Do not show this dialog in the future 1 Import Text As Graphics It is recommended that this option be OFF to preserve the original font information 2 Use Alternate Font Location This option is used when a Font Folder 60 Chapter 4 Importing and Exporting Files was created containing the fonts used in the PDF file By default it is expected that this folder is named Fonts and is in the same directory as the PDF file being imported If the Font Folder is in a different directory click the Browse button to specify the location 3 Allow Subfonts A subtont is a subset of the original font info that is restricted to the characters used in the saved PDF file If this option is enabled then any embedded fonts will be used Otherwise an alternate font location will be searched followed by a search of the locally installed fonts If the font info is not found then a substitute font will be required 4 Import Pages For a multiple oage P
158. ot of memory so you should make sure no other applications are running when you are preparing your images for print It is also recommended you have 1 2 GB of RAM installed in you computer Exchanging data between the hard drive and your CPU Is a much slower process than just using RAM RIP Priority Level All software processes have a Priority Level that determines how the computer s memory will be multi tasked Normally processes are assigned equal priority levels by default However modifying the priority of individual processes is acceptable when this improves overall computer performance If the RIP Priority Level is increased print jobs will be processed faster although this will slow down all other software processes that are running on the computer Conversely if the RIP Priority Level is decreased then print jobs will require more time to complete If possible avoid using the RIP computer for any other applications other than print output If other applications are running close them to prevent long delays and or a potential computer crash 136 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration Concurrent RIP Operations To access the Process options select Tools gt Options gt Processing Optians al Processing RIP Maimam number of concurrent jabs Although the Queue can spool a print ee er job quickly there is still time required mmm err en re E to send the spool data to the printer E especiall
159. pe Drag a selection marquee around both the bitmap and shape to select both Under the Arrange menu choose Clipping The bitmap will now be clipped according to the contour of the original shape Render Multitone Bitmap The Render Multitone bitmap feature is used to create three dimensional chiselled or bevelled patterns by varying the tints of up to four spot colors Process colors may also be selected but the Render Contour bitmap feature is better suited for working with spot colors At the far left of the SmartBar the Number of Tones dropdown list indicates the number of spot colors that will be used in the multitone bitmap Up to four different soot colors may be selected For the Monotone option only one color picker will be available in the SmartBar Humber of Toner SI Spot Coke Onh Manatone oy Keep Original 7 um Q F SpotColers Ony App L E r Keep Ogna Beneath the color pickers is the Gradient Bar which is used to indicate the range of tints that will be applied as the chisel bevel effect The left hand end of the Gradient Bar represents tints that will be applied nearer the edges of the shape The right hand end of the Gradient Bar represents tints that will be applied nearer the center of the shape If more than one color has been chosen then the Gradient Bar will show their combined tints If dark tints are arranged at the left hand end of the Gradient Bar and light tints 97 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 Fas
160. print Also the Highlight display will NOT take into account the Clipping Path This is just for the display on the monitor The outside edge of the image will be clipped if you choose Clipping Path Preparing to Print FastARTIST now places the image on the main page with a sampling of the final printed image To represent the Underbasing and Highlights it uses diagonal lines across the image Yes the image is there you just can t see all PSs MN of it You are now ready to print 07 a esnez eosauonsersamneecensnseascaeasoracaarssasscna From the File menu select Print to FastRIP This will bring up the Print Manager 175 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Checking Preferences in FastRIP AEE Setup lentes LHaRHaAQLS You now need to check the Preferences in FastRIP Setup You can go to the File menu and select FastRIP Setup or click on the three little dots in the icon on the SmartBar Make sure the Page Size Is set for the correct shirfooard in your Fast T Jet under the Page Setup tab Make sure to tell FastRIP how many passes to make when it prints the Underbase in the Underbase Setup cere Onosma naan tab You should also choose the correct print mode m ett oo If you want to make the Underbase a little skinnier so it won t bleed around images you could also tell it to reduce the object s tint by 3 You DO NOT have to check Underbase all objects with this Underbase color
161. printing problem is resolved use Clear Errors to remove the error flag When the Queue is paused print the selected print job and keep the ii remaining print jobs in a pending state Used to preview printer output The print job must first be spooled Spool only ns and then the spool file can be previewed This preview is useful to Preview L confirm layout but it is not intended to show exact colors Applied to an archived print job it moves the selected archived job to Reprocess the Active Jobs list Manually shuts off the nesting process New print jobs will not be Close nesting added to the current nest Properties View the properties of the selected print job Will display a window showing the status of the job This option may Show log console be used when contacting Technical Support in order to identify any errors that might be occurring Job Properties The Job Properties item will open the Job Ticket Properties dialog These settings are inherited from the Queue so the dialog controls are generally the same as when editing the Queue properties with the exceptions being the Job Name and Job ID The Job Name is the name that is listed within the Active Jobs list and the Job ID is the name of the PostScript PS file that is generated for this job This file name can be found within the Queue directory The PostScript file name is generated by the Queue to avoid conflicts with other print jobs
162. r changes the color of each bitmap pixel to the average color of surrounding pixels This results in a blur effect Gaussian Blur Gaussian Blur smoothes or blurs pixels with respect to their surrounding pixels The Radius determines the surrounding area that is considered when blurring a pixel Motion Blur Motion Blur creates the illusion of movement within the image The size of the blur is modified through the Blur Effect setting Angle indicates the rotation of the blur where a positive Angle indicates a clockwise blur and a negative Angle indicates a counter clockwise blur If the Unidirectional option is checked then the blur effect will extend only in the direction specified by Angle If the Unidirectional option is unchecked then the blur effect extends in both directions Median Filter This filter changes the color of each bitmap pixel to the average color of surrounding pixels The Median Filter is similar to the Average Filter except that Median Filter is primarily used for noise reduction rather than a blur effect Add Noise Add Noise adds random pixels to the bitmap Adding noise can be an effective means of making an image appear older or dirtier especially where the purpose is to distract the eye from imperfections in the original image Despeckle This removes speckles from a bitmap such as those present in scanned images 105 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Stylize Artistic Filters The
163. r s Manual attached to the system set this once Select Source If there is more than one input source ae available on your system i e a flat bed scanner or a hand held device this feature provides the ability to choose i between the devices Select Source opens the Select Source dialog box pane The Sources list will contain all available TWAIN compliant devices attached to your computer After choosing the desired device click on the Select button scan and Trace Wizard The Scan and Trace Wizard includes all the steps to Import and trace an image In addition to importing a scanner image the Wizard can accept either an image data file or images that were copied to the Windows clipboard trom another application Digitizing Setup FastARITIST has the ability to interface with a _ a digitizing tablet without the need for a pine intermediary software drivers Once the I Track Pen tablet is connected configure it using the eee Digitizing Tablet Setup dialog available in ae the Edit menu Enable Digitizer This check box is used to enable and disable the Digitizer In order to reduce the load on your system it is recommended the Digitizer be disabled when not in use This will prevent FastARTIST from polling the tablet freeing up system resources Track Pen This check box is used to enable and disable the tracking of the Digitizing Pen In order to reduce the load on the system it is recommended tha
164. r too weak 167 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual The options available for Highlight White areas are e None e Weak Regions 100 White 80 e Medium Regions 100 White 90 e trong Regions 100 White 100 Choking the Underbase FastRIP allows you to Choke the Underbase to prevent peeking Peeking occurs when the White Underbase appears as a small fringe beyond the borders of an image This is most likely to occur when different resolutions are used for the Underbase and CYMK colors however peeking can occur even if both print modes are the same DPI This is because the ink will bleed slightly as it becomes thicker The Choke feature will reduce the size of the Underbase image to prevent peeking The amount of Choke applied to an image depends on the resolution the image The ideal resolution for an image to be choked is 300 DPI If the image you are working with is less that 300 DPI in resolution the Choke feature will actually result in more pixels being affected The four settings are e None e Minimum Chokes the Underbase approximately 2 pixels on a 300DPI image e Medium Chokes the Underbase approximately 3 pixels on a 300DPI image e Maximum Chokes the Underbase approximately 5 pixels on a 300DPI image Do not choke back too many pixels on light shirts If you choke back too many pixels the edge of your image may shift color because of a lack of Underbase under the color pixels Use the Minimum or M
165. raster images This creates many challenges when swapping data between different applications Fortunately most graphics applications provide Import and Export filters to facilitate the exchange of files The FastARTIST Workspace supports both line art and bitmaps so either type of data may be Imported or Exported The native FastARITIST file format CADIlink Drawing File CDL is referred to as a combination file because it can contain both line art and bitmap data Working with CDL Files The CADlink Drawing File CDL can Emam be opened into its own Workspace using File gt Open A CDL file may also be imported into an existing Workspace File gt Import provided the Merge option is enabled To merge COL files use import and select merge option M Do not show this dialog in the future When using the File gt Open command for the first time FastARTIST will query whether the intention had actually been to use the Import command Restoring Printer Info When a CDL Is saved File gt Save the information from the Print and Cut Setup dialog is stored within the CDL file When opening the file in the future enable the Restore Printer Information checkbox to load the printer and cutter settings Zoom Open When the File gt Open command is used the Workspace will Zoom to the loaded Objects The File gt Zoom Open command is similar except that the zoom level will alternate between 1 the current zoom level
166. rcentage of the tile size and the border color is selected from the color picker Color swatches are used to reference the hues that a given printer can produce The precise hue will depend upon the operating environment of the printer such as humidity and ambient temperature In addition hues are affected by the type of inks and media that are loaded into the printer After color swatches are printed store the printed sheets in a binder for quick reference If there are any changes to the printer operating conditions i e new type of media different manufacturer of inks efc it is worthwhile to create a new set of printed color swatches There are two tools for creating color swatches Under the File menu there are the Color Swatches and in the Context Menu there is the Create Palette Swatch tool The Color Swatches tool is used to create standard process color swatches for RGB CMY or CMYK color values The Spot Swatches tool is used to create Duotone swatches using Spot Foils that are in the Shop palette The Create Palette Swatch tool is used to prepare a swatch for each color that is in the Shop palette Creating a Set of Process Color Swatches From the File menu choose the Color Swatches tool In the Color Swatches dialog e Use the Standard option to create preset swatches e Use Customization to create a custom set of swatches Standard RGB Swatches From the File menu select Color Swatches Select Standard select
167. rder of Color Plates To change the order of the color plates within the Shop palette any color may be dropped into a different location of the palette The color will be inserted at the new location and colors to the right of that color will be shifted to the right Modifier Keys and Color Plates Additional functionality is available by holding the Shift Ctrl or Alt keys while clicking on a color plate The following table summarizes these modifiers Oom o Left click Set Fill color of current Object Right click Set line style color of current Object Shift Left click Include all Objects of that Fill color in current selection Ctrl Left click Disable the color plate All Objects with that Fill color will appear as dashed outlines on the Workspace Alt Left click Disable all color plates except for the plate that was clicked Holding the Ctrl key and clicking on a palette color will toggle the active 69 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual status of that color plate Objects that have inactive colors will not be editable The Invisible Color Layer The first two colors of the Shop palette are the Invisible Colors which are used to indicate the absence of color for either an Object Fill or Line Style Invisible Colors may be applied to Objects as a regular palette color When applied as a Fill color the Object will be reduced to the sum of its thick line attributes which is useful for
168. re used for storing Undo IMB operations Limiting the resources can Curent size of undo stack MB prevent the loss of system performance Ra ene ne that could occur when large quantities of used MB image data are in the Undo stack Wam if steps saved chops below Font Setup Font Settings are used to specify the font type and point size used in dialogue boxes Current Font i ms Sans Serif Cancel Use Indicates that the standard Windows Current Size Fort Default font should be used EB om Automatic Chooses the most appropriate font Tae to be used Use Default Enables the dialogue font to be C Automatic Select chosen f Select Color Management Monitors and printers are sometimes referred to by the quality of their gamut Gamut represents the entire range of colors that a device is capable of reproducing Although it is not possible a perfect gamut would be all the colors the human eye is capable of perceiving Compared to large format printers monitors have a smaller gamut Furthermore some printer colors are not reproducible on a monitor and vice versa Color Management settings can be accessed through the Options menu These settings indicate the input and output profiles that will be used when Using a device i e a scanner to Import an image or line art Using a monitor to display the artwork while editing Printing to a specific model of printer with specific media and loaded inks 28 Chapter e An O
169. reate a mask for each palette color and each mask will then be evaluated to help identify distinct Objects i Ts Given this bitmap the Traditional style would yield these Objects il Te Given this bitmap the Overlay style would also yield these Objects Since masks are evaluated according to the order of their colors in the bitmap palette it is recommended that the Re Order button be used first Image palette dialog to signify the importance of more frequently used bitmap colors Overlay tracing would be the preferred choice if you wished for simpler Objects to be produced or for no overlap to occur between Objects Centerline Tracing The Centerline feature is available in the FastScan tools This tool uses the bitmap qualities to produce a centerline traced drawing that can be cut routed or engraved by FastARTIST This feature works best with larger size Objects where v bits and or conical bits have an obvious effect As a result this feature does not work as well with photographic images Applying Centerline Tracing Pressing the Vectorization button applies a Centerline Trace to the selected Object based on the settings provided Setting Up Transparent Backgrounds in FastARTIST To set transparent backgrounds in FastARTIST double click on the image to enter Bitmap Editing Mode Using the Eyedropper tool click on the background color Red in this example 119 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual and
170. relDRAW or Adobe Illustrator There are four Print Mode options and each is available in different resolutions Bi directional is also offered for each Print Mode as well Select Image modes when printing a bitmap raster or gradient image This also applies when printing a gradient image in a Vector program Anytime you have a gradient in any image Image modes must be used Vector modes should be selected when printing solid vector images You will also be able to print White areas as a Highlight White on the color pass only if you use Named Spot Colors and apply the Named Color White Heavy Normal Underbase changes the intensity of the Underbase The Heavy Underbase modes use a preset that applies more ink in dark and light areas then the Normal Underbase modes Because Underbasing is such a crucial part of image quality we recommend you familiarize yourself with the different Print Modes to get better understanding of the uses for each one 720DPI Image Normal Underbase 720DPI Vector Normal Underbase 720DPI Image Normal Underbase HS 720DPI Vector Normal Underbase HS Bi directional Bi directional 720DPI Image Heavy Underbase 720DPI Vector Heavy Underbase 720DPI Image Heavy Underbase HS 720DPI Vector Heavy Underbase HS Bi directional Bi directional 1440x720DPI Image Normal Underbase 1440x720DPI Vector Normal Underbase 1440x720DPI Image Normal Underbase HS 1440x720DPI Vector Normal Underbase HS Bi directional Bi directiona
171. rrectly into FastARTIST from Photoshop it must be saved as a single layer PSD file without a background layer Upon removing the background layer your image will have a grey and White checkerboard background signifying transparency e Using Vector Files If the image was made in a vector program like CorelDRAW or FastARTIST you can duplicate the image and place a Black background around one version and a White background around the other Export each file as a JPEG TIFF or other format that can be Imported into FastARTIST CorelDRAW 12 C FastJET T Jet Sample Art underbase art FastT JetRaceCar Curves cdr lls File Edit View Layout Arrange Effects Bitmaps Text Tools Window Help JO BBA KDB m a AM A on x G 13 0 1 18 0 a al if _ va Da x Units inches Custom v Sesx BB SPSBODKR D7 178 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink Using FastARTIST to Create the Proper Files In many cases the customer will NOT know what you need They will give you artwork with the actual shirt color in the image However in most Cases you will get artwork with White in the canvas area You need to learn how to quickly replace the White in the canvas with Black Remember you don t want to replace all the White The design may have White in the image You just want to get the image looking the way it would look if printed on a Black shirt FastARTIST has bitmap editing tools that will help If the imag
172. s Edit Color Dialog Setting the Color Value Table of Contents Color Space 72 RGB 72 CMY 72 CMYK 72 HLS 72 LAB 72 Context Menus 73 Opening a Pantone Palette 73 Save 73 Load 74 Shop Palette Wizard 75 View Installed Palettes 75 Export Palette 75 Map Named Colors 75 Sort Colors 75 Find and Edit Color 76 Reset 76 Show Layer Numbers 7 Creating a Palette Swatch 7 Job Palette 1s Performing a Global Color Substitution 7 Halffone Palette 7 The Line Fill Selector Button 78 Line Style Tool 78 Lock Proportions 79 Line Above 80 End Styles 80 Corner Styles 80 Gradient and Pattern Fills 81 Gradient Fills 8 Choosing a Fill Style 82 Changing Nub Colors 83 Dragging Color Plates 83 Horizontal and Vertical Position 83 Gradient Angle 83 Repeats 84 Pinstripe versus Blend 84 Spectrum Up and Down 84 Editing a Triangle Gradient Fill 86 Gradient Fills and Color Layers 86 Selecting Shapes by Their Color 87 Deleting a Color Layer 87 Gradient Fills and Welds 88 Pattern Fills 88 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Color Swatches Creating a Set of Process Color Swatches Standard RGB Swatches Standard CMY Swatches Standard CMYK Swatches Customized Swatches Percent Change between Swatches Placing Objects on Layers Selecting All Shapes on a Layer Highlight Selected Objects Image Properties Transforming an Image Render to Bitmap Render Contour Bitmap Subdividing Shapes Clipping the Edges of a Bitmap Render M
173. s only of characters used in the saved PDF Otherwise if your design 59 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual requires any text substitution or serialization the subset may be missing required characters 4 Subset fonts when percent of characters is less than This option should either be turned off or its value set to 0 zero to indicate that the entire font should be embedded 5 Override Distiller Font Options Distiller options should be overridden to avoid any unexpected compression color management or partial font embedding The Distiller refers to the application that Adobe provides for converting documents into PDF 6 PDF Quality Image Compression If possible turn off all compression to ensure the highest image quality In some cases there will be slider that allows you to choose the quality 7 PDF Compatibility Compatibility should be set to the most recent version available Compatibility settings are used in consideration of distributing the PDF where users may be using an older version of Adobe s PDF Reader 8 Save the PDF Settings If possible save the configuration settings that you are using to create your PDF By having these settings available less time will be required when a PDF is saved and there Is less risk of accidentally forgetting a required setting e Importing a PDF Choose File gt Import to open the Import PDF Import Options File dialog Set the file type as P
174. s Eal When importing a monochrome bitmap the Bitmap Import Color Settings dialogue will soecify iiam m the Foreground and Background colors of the Foregoundt D Cancel bitmap Cache Size 250 30 Chapter e An Overview of the Workspace Unit Properties Display Units eae The Unit Properties dialogue specifies the units and Be ee precision with which Workspace controls are displayed Number OF Decimal Places The Automatic Save feature is used to store the current Workspace at preset tor iatic Sene intervals This protects against the loss of work due to system failure 5 0 Time between saves mincsec fh Create backup files when saving If a system failure does occur then restarting FastARITIST will restore the Workspace The amount of work recovered will depend on the Time between saves setting If the time interval is too large then a significant amount of work could potentially be lost However setting a time interval that is too small will cause FastARTIST to frequently interrupt your work when performing auto saves Automatic Load Enabled Automatic Load is only valid when the Automatic save enabled option is checked When active restarting FastARTIST will automatically restore the last Workspace that had been stored by the Automatic save enabled option This feature is useful where FastARTIST has been shut down using the File gt Exit command but when you neglected to save the Workspace When
175. s shown in the following SmartBar settings Three charts will be created where the percent change is 5 toe Se 8M OK Mamie Chats files a ele 10 o go Sis a meji g E z For the resulting charts notice that the horizontal axis is shifted for each successive chart 91 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Placing Objects on Layers By default shapes are placed on sheet layer 1 To add new layers double click Layer 1 to open the Sheet Layer dialog Select Add to add a new layer The following screen shot shows a Workspace where there are three layers present adaj Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 For selected Objects clicking on a layer plate will place those Objects on that layer An Object may also be assigned to a layer by clicking on and dragging the layer plate from the Sheet layer palette A small square will appear to be dragged by the cursor Hold the dragged square over a Workspace shape and then release the mouse button That shape will now belong to the given layer Selecting All Shapes on a Layer All shapes on a given sheet layer may be selected by holding the Shift key and left clicking the layer plate The shapes will be added to the current selection Highlight Selected Objects The Highlight Selected Objects option is used to draw a highlight border around selected ieee Objects Shapes that are on a Cut Only layer eran eens will be given a red highlight For shapes that F
176. s with the addition ee Light Black and even Light Light Black In order to print White ink however it Is necessary to replace the four light colors with White This allows the White ink to be prekrit Prr Hi bibis Siroka Mang Layer Liya applied through four sets of E A E Ar OECCEFL 1 1 Me ajajajaj tayer nozzles because its pigment on a garment is very weak This is why FastRIP and FastARTIST were created These programs were specifically designed to handle the requirements of printing White ink When you combine the power of FastRIP to open the valves and the unique ability to control White ink output printing on dark shirts becomes a reality So with all of this great software and hardware printing White ink should be simple right Well it s not For example what happens if customer brings in a piece of artwork with Black type and requests some prints on light shirts and some on Black shirts It would be nice but your software won t automatically know that the Black type needs to be outlined in White or converted to White type This is where the human factor comes into play you will still have to make some decisions If you are new to computer graphics and to printing on dark shirts this can result in a slight learning curve However with a little patience and a little practice you ll soon be printing shirts like a pro If you have not configured FastRIP you cannot output an image t
177. se Black Click on OK Move the Magic Wand near the edge of the image and left click Depending on the Color Match Radius strength the Magic Wand will search around the image it will not do interior areas and select the edge If the strength is TOO low it will find only a White edge FastARTISI Vectorization Untitled1 CDL moe Ces Cee e a LOGO Long Lines amp _ Color Selection EP EOE TECER TE ce E a raf eA Creel You will now see a line around the image This is called a selection which can be filled with color By clicking on the Paint Bucket icon the selected area will be filled with Black FastARTIST Vectorization Untitled1 CDL File EGR Layout Arrange Transform Bitmap View Options Web Help FastARTIST Vectorization Untitled1 CDL File dit Layout Arrange Tran fonm fitmap View Ophons Web Halp mwh Pe Me D Bw fio Hf rom pa ano 2 ET TE a ae M a T EF T En BE ah heh se Pr gt If the image has interior areas that need to be changed to Black use the Magic Wand the same exact manner and work your way through all the interior sections You should always be using a working copy of any image so you don t ruin the original When you have completed any changes or modifications save the new image under a name that is different that of the original artwork 180 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink Using the Underbase Wizard on White and Black
178. se the SmartBar there is no button to push to find or restore the SmarfBar If you do not have a SmartBar please call Technical Support for help with restoring it Objects Selected The Object type is listed at the far left of the SmartBar The number after the Object type indicates the database order of the Object When pressing TAB to advance ec between different Objects the TAB order is the same as the database order In 21 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Current Nub Selecting an Object will reveal its bounding box which are nine square nubs used for moving scaling and resizing Within the SmartBar the anchor controls indicate the current nub When the SmartBar is used to move or resize an Object the current nub is used as the reference point For example clicking the lower left nub in the SmartBar will indicate Selected object Anchor controle that Object should be resized with respect to its lower left bounding box D O O ooo oo g If the anchor nub is clicked in the SmartBar then a small anchor icon will appear within the bounding box To use the anchor nub position the anchor over a specific part of the shape and type new X and Y coordinates in the SmartBar The anchor will be moved to the new coordinates and the Object will be moved with the anchor X amp Y Coordinates of Mouse Cursor Below the Objects Selected field the X and Y coordinates of the cursor are di
179. ses its own proprietary file type called a a E n CDR however FastARTIST will not Open or Import a CDR Seseme file If you wish to keep the vector properties of the file you must Export or Save it in a generic format such as EPS Al or CMX If you examine the dropdown menu Files of type under the Import feature it lists all the file formats that FastARTIST can import Note EPS Al and CMX will keep the files in vector format and won t convert them to bitmaps 58 Chapter 4 Importing and Exporting Files Importing PDF Files Although there are any number of file formats that can be used PDF EPS etc the most reliable format is PDF If possible request that the customer provide you with a high quality high resolution PDF file to avoid any compatibility issues Guidelines for Obtaining PDF Artwork When working in other graphics applications it is recommended you save your original design as a PDF file and then Import the PDF into FastARTIST By saving your design as a PDF this avoids compatibility issues with different versions of software It has the added benefit of embedding fonts to ensure correct type matching The method of saving your design as a PDF will vary however there are common commands for saving a PDF e File gt Publish to PDF Some design applications have a dedicated Publish to PDF command under the File menu This will typically open a Settings dialog that allows you to specify parameters for saving
180. splayed as well as the current units of measurement that are being used on the Workspace Object Coordinates The X and Y fields display the coordinates of the selected Object These coordinates may be changed by dragging the Object with the mouse or by entering a new value in one of the fields After entering new data in a field press the Enter key to confirm the new coordinates Object Width and Height The Width and Height fields display the size of the selected Object These dimensions may be changed by resizing the Object with the mouse or by entering a new value in one of the fields After entering new data in a field press the Enter key to confirm the new values 22 Chapter e An Overview of the Workspace Object Scale The Object Scale fields are used to resize the Object as a percentage of its original dimensions The Object Scale arrows will resize the Object in 5 increments or you may the values by manually entering data into one or both fields After entering new data in a field s press the Enter key to confirm the new values Aspect Ratio When an Object is either resized or scaled the Aspect Ratio button may be maintained by activating this button Rotation The Rotation field indicates to what degree the Object will be rotated Rotation Arrows will rotate the Object in 15 degree increments Rotation may be manually changed by entering a new value in the field Affer entering new data
181. st T Jet printer BEFORE you begin printing That Manual contains specific details about your printer that are necessary for trouble free operation Installing FastARTIST Insert the FastARTIST CD into your CD drive Most Windows configurations will automatically launch the setup program however if this is not the case bora double click on your desktop My Computericonand i7222 locate the drive containing the installation CD Right opel click on the driver and select Explore Double click on the Setup icon to launch the Installer GIFA LIT CD F Tie pi ie Fwy Ou ad Aalis GI irine TILT Note Due to software upgrades and changes your installation menus may not look exactly like the following images You should always close any applications that are running before STOP starting an installation DO NOT insert the Dongle until AFTER r FastARTIST has been installed Choose Setup Language You will be prompted for what language you wish the installation to use Although FastARTIST menus E tectocesten Sonon and operations are ONLY in English you may choose another language for installation prompts The next screen will welcome you to the FastARTIST installation Chapter 1 Installation and Getting Started You will be prompted to approve You will be asked to choose an the license agreement Check Installation Directory Advanced Accept and click on Next Windows Users may wish to change the des
182. t Eye Candy 4000 gt Bevel Boss 3 Choose the Inside clipped option from the plug in dialogue 4 Click on the Use current fill option 5 Click on OK to continue and the Bevel Boss dialog will open which will be used to preview and adjust the bevel appearance 6 Click on OK to close the Bevel Boss dialog and the bevel effect will be applied 111 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual 1 Create a text shape and scale it to the desired print size 2 Goto Bitmap gt Eye Candy 4000 gt Shadowlab Click on the Inside Outside no clipping option and Margin Amount will become active 3 Set the Margin Amount to indicate how far the effect should extend from the text 4 Click on OK to continue and the Shadowlab dialog will open which will be used to preview and adjust the shadow appearance 5 Click on OK to close the Shadowlab dialog and the shadow effect will be Shadow The FastScan toolbar contains helpful utilities and menus for manipulating bitmaps and combining them with other Objects ae Ee Brush a LC R LOGO Long Lines amp C gt Palette Ha z To use FastScan select an imported bitmap and click on the FastScan tool or double click on the bitmap am Even you have several Objects of the same type on your Workspace it is important to remember only one bitmap at a time may be edited Applying Image Filters to Portions of a Bitmap You may also use the FastScan tool to select a s
183. t lines that were intended to be precisely horizontal or vertical will be slightly incorrect The Snap long lines to vertical horizontal setting can compensate for misalignment of the original document For example a setting of 5 degrees will correct lines that are off by that amount If the Degrees can not be set high enough then the document should be scanned again or the bitmap can be rotated on the workspace Small Shape Accuracy The effectiveness of the Line Fit settings may depend upon the relative size of the bitmap versus the component Objects that make up the bitmap For example a small Object may be considered as dirt when the bitmap is small However the same Object will be more significant when the bitmap is large To determine Small Shape Accuracy assess the size ratio between the largest bitmaps Objects versus the smallest When the ratio is large set the accuracy to high 7 10 Where Objects are similar in size set the accuracy to low Off 3 Overlay As part of the tracing the bitmap is scanned in order to identify the component Objects of the bitmap The Overlay option is used to choose the style of scanning that is used Traditional Scanning Style If the Overlay button is disabled then the Traditional scanning style will be used and each Object will be identified as an independent part of the bitmap 118 Chapter 6 Working with Bitmap Images Overlay Scanning Style Overlay scanning will c
184. t the digitizer be disabled when not in use This will prevent FastARTIST from polling the tablet freeing up system resources Reset Baseline When starting a new drawing or if the original angle and position of the tablet 64 Chapter 4 Importing and Exporting Files baseline needs to be restored select the Reset Baseline option The baseline of the tablet will be reset to match that of the material Set Baseline The baseline of a drawing defines both the bottom of the artwork as well as the angle of the horizontal axis Typically a Digitizer designates the bottom of the tablet as the baseline which FastARITIST will use as a reference Use the Sef Baseline button to align the baseline with that of the artwork rather than the tablet bottom This avoids the requirement that the artwork be precisely aligned with the bottom of the tablet Using a Digitizer Digitizing Tablet Baseline of Opgitiner Curve Nodes drawn by a Digitizer are different from those created by the mouse in standard Draw Mode Draw Mode uses the Nodes as control handles that pull at the curve as it is formed A curve drawn in Digitizing mode will pass directly Buon punenon Desorton Top Corner node Place corner node on Workspace gt Left Curve node Place curve node on Workspace lt gt L gt Bottom Tangent node Place tangent node on Workspace End and close contour or create Right Finish custom shapes Double clicking will close the co
185. tRIP 9 0 User s Manual are arranged fo the right then a raised bevel effect will be created If light tints are arranged at the left end of the Gradient Bar and dark tints are arranged to the right then a chisel effect will be created Next to each color picker is a graph button that indicates the distribution of tints for the color Click the graph button to open the Tone Reproduction Curve dialog which is used to edit the distribution of tints of that color in the chisel bevel effect By default the curve will be a straight line trom the bottom left 250 to the top right 0 of the graph From left to right the graph is arranged into ten intervals Clicking within the graph will create a node at the given interval which may be dragged up or down to vary the tint As a node is dragged the curve values will be automatically adjusted to maintain a smooth gradation of tints For example the following screenshot shows two nodes that have been created at the 3 and 6 intervals The 3 interval has been set to 150 and the 6 interval has been set to 50 Tone Reproduction Curve When varying the tint at a given interval the remainder of the curve will be automatically adjusted to provide a smooth gradation To remove a node hold the cursor over the node and right click Choose Remove from the context menu and the node will be deleted Toggle Grackent Made 98 Right clicking within any other part of the grap
186. ted You may also drag and drop the Underbase icon on a grouped image Adding Highlights to Other Elements We really should include the teeth and eyes in the Highlight layer too If you ungroup the entire design you can drag the Underbase and Highlight icon onto the White of the eyes and teeth This will now apply your previously set attributes to these objects as well Underbase or Highlight attributes can automatically be applied to a selected object by selecting an object and clicking once on the desired Underbase icons For an object that has a thick stroke right click on the icon to apply the attribute to the stroke Viewing Raw Data of the Highlight You can see how we have changed the final image by sending the file to FastRIP and choosing View Raw Data You will see that when you view ONLY Layer 4 Highlight and CMYK White has been added to boost parts of the design 170 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink If you are working from a Bitmap image scanned a photo or a design from Photoshop for example you can t select a specific object to Underbase The image is considered one large square graphic to the computer In most cases you will want a Grayscale Underbase not solid for an image like this so it will not be heavy and rubbery on the shirt In order to create a template for the White ink on a dark shirt the image must be a negative of the file When you print a negative of the file with
187. ted at the far right of the FastScan controls Vectorization F gt LOGO Long Lines amp C Trace Setup Trace Setup LOGO Lorg Lres amp Coes zave Delete The Vectorization button will begin the process of ja Tolerance1 10 generating the vectors and the drop list is available S a spr ai for selecting previous saved settings Click on the aun Ea Trace Setup button to edit these settings in the Trace gun Setup dialog ye F Biss Sns Lines bo aeina Z Degrees Smal Shape Accuracy je Divertay 116 Chapter 6 Working with Bitmap Images Line Fit The Line Fit controls will determine how close Deena the tracing will occur along the edges of e a eeu scanned artwork In this way It is sometimes possible to produce a high quality trace Comersttto 6 Round al E gt Sharp from poor quality bitmaps e Tolerance Tolerance determines the precision with which edges are traced A tight Tolerance 7 or greater will indicate that a high precision must be used This is the recommended choice for for a detailed bitmaps If the bitmap is of poor quality or has long smooth edges then a loose Tolerance should be used 3 or less A loose Tolerance will minimize imperfections in a bitmap although fine details may be lost e Corners The Corners slider modifies corner recognition This setting used to help distinguish parts of the bitmap that represent a corner versus parts that represent a tight curve For
188. the Control Panel Start gt Settings gt Control Panel highlight FastARTIST and select Change Remove ere re z 3 9 2 w F al Rteoeaae Gil 25 k k f b p 7 Repeat this process to remove FasitkRIP You MUST remove BOTH FastARITIST and FastRIP or the reinstallation can cause serious system errors After removing both FastARTIST and FastrRIP locate the FastARTIST folder on your hard drive and delete it Empty your Recycling Bin and begin the reinstallation process as directed FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual 10 Chanter An Overview of the Workspace The FastARTIST Workspace is a visual representation of a Page in which you can compose and or manipulate an image for output Surrounding the Page are numerous Toolbars to assist in creating and modifying text and images The dimensions of the Page Size are determined by the printable area of your Fast T Jet consult your printer s User s Manual for more details but what you can create using this powerful software is limited only by your imagination SignLab Print and Cut Untitled1 C0L Fie Edt Leyout Arrange Cut Transform mege Wew Options Web Help Menus Objects a ee 0 00 10000 x oo i 13 609 9 448 Seas hin i ik Ja 3 E smortgor 4 00 400 Hy ee 2a amp wn om amp A System Toolbar X ares ei peas BOPgw eoa Fs Worspacelooba be ad Al a re Job Palette A ilekile ic G
189. the Save or Save As commands are used igs Eeeee a backup BAK file will also be created The backup file will have the same preface name as the Workspace CDL file and it willbe stored in the ve w Cancel same directory 2 File Untitledi COL has changed Sav durent changes Backup files are a good safety measure against losing work However old backup files must be periodically purged from the system they can potentially consume tremendous amounts of hard drive space 31 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual To change the ruler positions on the Workspace select Options gt Ruler Positions Select View gt Show Rulers to toggle the rulers ON or OFF Hot Key Listings Customize Shortcuts This dialogue box allows you to modify any Hot Key combination to one of your choosing Listed on the following pages are the default Hot Key combinations Generic Hot Keys Nudge selected Object by one pixel Nudge selected Object by five pixels Change current focus to next Object in sequence Change current focus to previous Object in sequence Move Draw Edit Select with horizontal and vertical constraint Alignment Hot Keys Horizontally align Objects along left edge of bounds Horizontally center Objects within bounds Horizontally align Objects along right edge of bounds Vertically align Objects along top edge of bounds Vertically center Objects within bounds Vertically align Objects along bottom
190. the Underbase looks correct You might see errors here or an improper setting derived from FastRIP Setup If everything is correct you are ready for output With a shirt that should be pretreated dried and loaded press Print Two Versions of Your Artwork May Be Needed It is important you have two versions of the artwork for more complex images with lots of interior areas or artwork with soft edges If you are going on any other color but Black you need to have a version of the artwork with a White canvas and a version with a Black canvas The White version is used for the colors and the Black version is used for the Underbase and highlight You only need two versions if you want to avoid the problems associated with using a Clipping Path because of interior areas that need shirt color or DO NOT need White These files must be identical in size and resolution Using the FastARTIST Underbase Wizard you can automatically create the Underbase file and the Highlight file without using a Clipping Path routine Then all you have to do Is tell FastRIP how many passes you want of the Underbase and if you want a Highlight 177 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual e Using Photoshop Files If the image came to you as a PSD file with a transparent background It is a simple matter of duplicating the file and creating one image with a White background and one image with a Black background For an image to Import co
191. the guidelines Print Preview To print a job choose Print to FastRIP trom the File menu FastARTIST will preview the job as if would appear upon the media 156 Chapter 8 Printing with FastARTIST At the top of the Workspace the current RE print settings are displayed in the SmartBar In addition the Print Toolbox provides additional commands that may be applied to the job If the image is too large for the preset page size the image will be tiled across multiple pages Since the T Jet cannot tile you must size the image so it falls on one page only Once you have it sized to fit on a page the commands for moving it and centering it are available in the SmartBar Printing the Same Image Multiple Times with Gang Mode When printing with the standard templates FastARTIST needs to build a very large file Imagine how large a file would be if it was 17 x 47 rather than a standard 13 x 18 image When printing the same image multiple times you can actually conserve computer memory by using Gang Mode In Gang Mode only one file is loaded and the computer places it in the proper location on a template without duplicating the file multiple times in memory FastARTIST Untitled1 CDL Fan ORIS is Uptitied ICD ST rE SS ae a pe ER a ba File Edt Layout Arrange Transform Bitmap View Optens Web He Biman 1 ses x 58 tee 971 1000 ty oo x 0 00 H e 0 00 4 100 00 fez repeat it aes y 2 g 1115 zi 1mm 18
192. the printer do not set the printer on its side or upside down This may cause the ink to spill e Turn the printer OFF before cleaning Clean with a damp cloth and avoid spilling any liquid on the printer Caution Do not unplug the printer to turn it OFF Use the power button instead Do not unplug the printer until The Main Power Switch has been turned OFF Do not block any of the printer s vents or insert foreign object into its slots Do not attempt to service the printer yourself beyond the troubleshooting techniques covered in this Manual Do not attempt to modify any software or device settings not covered in this FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Manual Keep the machine on a level surface Safety Instructions for Ink Cartridges Always keep ink cartridges out of the reach of children While handling ink be careful not to spill it on your skin If ink does get on your skin wash thoroughly with soap and water If ink gets in your eyes flush Them immediately with water Do not put your hand in the printer or touch the ink cartridges while the printer is in operation Do not move the Print Head by hand doing so may damage the orinter If you remove the ink cartridges make sure to place them in individual bags and keep them away from dust dirt and debris Store Unused Ink cartridges in a cool dark place Allow ink cartridges to warm to room temperature before using them after storage Do not dismantl
193. the right or end of the Shop palette All of the palette colors will be clustered according to color value Shift all process colors to the front of the Shop palette Shift all Spot foils to the front of the Shop palette Shift all Duotone colors to the front of the Shop palette Select from a list of colors and move the selected color to the front of the Shop palette Find Color Find Color is the same as Move Color to Front The Move Color to Front dialog Is used to select from an alphabetical list of Soot Colors within the Shop palette click on OK to move the selected color to the front of the Shop Palette Only Spot Colors are listed Move Color To Front Coko List Apple Green GCS 156 r Find and Edit Color The color selected from the alphabetical list of colors is located and opened for editing within the Edit Color dialog Only Spot Colors are listed Reset The Reset option will reload the Shop palette discarding any changes that may have been made to the color plates The default Shop palette will be loaded unless it has been specified that a default palette should be loaded Using the Reset option will allow you to return to the original palette colors without deleting Objects currently on the Workspace 76 Chapter 5 Palettes Strokes and Fills Show Layer Numbers Layer Numbers refer to the Shop palette color plates where each color plate is assigned both an index number as well as a letter des
194. this also includes Gradient Fill shapes that originally had that color Fill For example consider five shapes that had a Belge color applied and where one shape was has also had a Spot Gradient Fill applied Later it was decided that the Belge shapes should be selected From the Shop palette the Beige color plate was Shiff clicked resulting in all of the Beige shapes being selected The Gradient Fill shape will also become part of the selection since it is considered to be on the Belge color layer Deleting a Color Layer If the Belge shapes from the previous example have been deleted and the Gradient Fill shape is the only remaining shape on the Workspace double clicking the Belge color plate will cause the Edit Color dialog to open If the Remove button is now clicked then a warning dialog will prevent the color plate from being removed SignLab Print and Cut Palette x Color i on screen of in the undo stack cannot remove R The Belge color plate cannot be removed because the gradient Fill shape uses 87 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Belge as its original layer color To delete the color plate the gradient Fill shape must be assigned a different non gradient Fill color from the Shop palette Gradient Fills and Welds When creating a design that includes gradient Fills it is recommended that detailed editing be postponed until after all welds have been completed The problem
195. tination For most Users the default destination is the best choice Click on Next DIRECT GARMENT PRI tert screenprint irs Det aim 4 This screen will appear while FastRIP is being installed Font Installation 3 You will be prompted to approve the Program Folder Advanced Windows Users may wish to change the folder name For most Users the default name is The best choice Click on Next elcome to the FastARTIST Font Installation Wizard In order to use a 5 You will be asked if you wish to install The Fonts Click RnFsIARTST mus bestala on Continue to Install all the fonts that came with FastARTIST You may be prompted to insert the Fonts CD If the system does not find the fonts you can copy the Fonts folder from the CD into your FastARTIST directory and install them later Clicking Continue will start the installation of TrueType fonts Fast ATIST VEF fonts Corel WFN fonts and Adobe Type fonts 6 You will then be asked if you wish to Install the available clip art This can take a long time and uses a fair amount of hard disk space If you have the time and a large hard drive go ahead and Install them 3 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual 7 When the installation is complete check Yes want to restart my computer now and click on Finish After your computer reboots you should see a FastARITIST icon eee ON YOU desktop FastART Ist If you do not have an icon an
196. to FastARTIST using the Map Named Colors feature while preserving the one to one correspondence between the original colors and the FastARTIST palette A common technique is to create a custom Shop Palette that has all the Foils Spots and Duotone colors available in your shop By exporting these colors to a CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator palette you ensure your designs are not using colors that will be difficult to find or substitute for The Acquire Image option provides access to TWAIN support offered by FastARITIST This support provides the ability to operate TWAIN compliant scanners directly from within FastARTIST without any intermediary software However to function properly the scanner control software must be properly installed within Windows The Acquire Image options are available from the File menu Acquire This option calls the TWAIN compliant software initializes your scanner and prepares the system to receive a scanned image Upon exit from the scanning software the acquired image will be automatically imported into FastARITIST Acquire Vector This is a variation on the Acquire command Where the Acquire command will produce a bitmap image the Acquire Vector will produce line art from the scanned image Select Source The Select Source option provides the ability to choose the TWAIN input device that will acquire images If there is only one source i e only one scanner 63 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 Use
197. tory 155 FastARTIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Double click to open this folder and you ll notice files for each Shirtboard size Consult your printer s User s Manual for the exact specifications and dimensions of any available Shirfboards Each template may be loaded in either Portrait or Landscape Mode and there are three template types 1 Custom Image Placement 2 Automatic Image Placement Template 3 Automatic Image Sizing Proportional Custom Image Placement File Custom Image Placement brings up a representation of the full bed with guidelines showing where the individual Shirtboards are located You may import or create file s that fit within the guidelines and place them on the template This file opens with a square in the first location but you may delete this square Template Placement File When a file is opened you are prompted for a Template and then asked for the image name s to be placed within the Template FastARTIST will automatically place your image s on the Template This template uses text placeholders that are replaced when images are loaded therefore you may get a Missing font error when loading this template if you do not have Arial Black Italic on your computer You may Ignore any missing font errors Proportional Placement File The Proportional Placement option file is similar to the Template file but it automatically resizes any file to fit proportionally within
198. transparency there are three additional options for the Underbase Wizard When selected the Underbase Highlight Wizard will take you through a series of dialog boxes with an additional Save Load Settings option located in the lower left corner of the dialogue box This Save Load option would be utilized if you wish to recall previously configured Underbasing settings or if you wish to save a new configuration for future use Underbase Wizard Underbase Wizard Underbase l k Stai The three icons that represent Underbase and Highlight presets will run automatically with one click of the mouse The order from left to right is as follows e Heavy Underbase Wizard This option produces a heavy Underbase with a Highlight pass e Normal Underbase Wizard The option creates a Normal Underbase with a Highlight pass e Last Setting Underbase Wizard The fourth icon will automatically run the last configuration you created when you ran the full Wizard first icon 182 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink The three Wizard options listed above will not display any dialog boxes unless two bitmaps are selected Black and White mask versions of an image In this case you will be prompted to identify which is the image with the Black background and which is the image with the White background Underbase and Color Print Modes At this time the Fast T Jet Blazer will not support printing directly from third party appl
199. ue Name select Queue gt Properties and enter a new name in the Queue Name field Sorting Print Jobs The Queue window provides real time control over print jobs as they are sent from FastARTIST to local or networked printers The Queue can collect similar print jobs until there are a sufficient number to proceed with a series of print runs Multiple Queues Optional Upgrade FastRIP is able to support Multiple Queues for users of more than one Fast T Jet printer Multiple Queues can be configured and used for a variety of different uses and you are not limited to the number of Queues that can be configured However there are restrictions on the number of printers that can be driven at one time Once you have setup Multiple Queues they can easily be accessed by click oning on their individual tabs Each Queue acts as a separate RIP allowing you to individually start or stop a job print different images on different color shirts simultaneously or even output different images with different resolutions on separate printers 131 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual Printer Pooling and Printer Echoing utilize a single Queue to control multiple printers of the same type i e two Fast T Jet Blazers In Printer Pooling as each new job comes in it would be allocated to the next available printer For example Job A arrives is processed and starts printing to your first T Jet Job B arrives and gets processed but Job
200. ultitone Bitmap Render Pattern Fill Bitmap Easy Color Adjustments Clean Up White CMYK Color Adjustments Levels Contrast Brightness Hue Saturation Histo Equalize Swap Colors Image Filters Plug ins Plug in Dialog Applying Plug ins to Sections of a Bitmap FastScan Applying Image Filters to Portions of a Bitmap Selection Tools Modifier Keys Bitmap Palette Bitmap Vectorization Tracing Options Centerline Tracing Setting Up Transparent Backgrounds in FastARTIST 119 Table of Contents Chapter 7 FasthiP Setup and Configuration 121 Printer Tab 121 Hold Job 12 Spot Color Matching Option 122 Print Modes 122 Resolutions Soeed and Quality 122 CMYK Cartoon Photo Print Modes 123 Eight Color Print Modes 124 FastARTIST Underbase Print Modes 125 Windows Underbase Print Modes 126 Non Textile Print Modes 127 Options Tab 127 Preferences Tab 127 Page Setup Tab 128 ICC Profile Tab 129 CMYK Color Adjustments Tab 130 Maximum Ink Level Adjustments Tab 130 FastRIP Queue Functions 130 The Print Manager Window 132 Tool Bar Controls 133 RIP Settings 136 Adjusting the Properties of an Archived Job 139 Color Adjustments 139 The Shadows Slider 140 The Midtones Slider 141 The Highlights Slider 141 Density Curve 142 Max Ink 143 Image Adjustments 144 Managing Printers 145 Aborting a Print Job 147 If FastRIP Doesn t Print 149 Auto Head Cleaning 149 An Important Note for Fast T Jet 2 Users Waste Bottle Valve 150 Fast T Jet 2 and Fast T
201. unless you want to overwrite what the Underbase Wizard has done All you need fo tell the Underbase Setup tab is how many passes fo make Choose the correct printer Make sure to check Hold Job so the job will NOT print before you get a chance to View Raw naana Data Choose the Print Mode and click ieo el on OK Make sure the image is in the correct location on the page and press the Print icon 7 File Queue Jobs Printers Tools View Help Viewing the Image in FastRIP PFEF IFF Aly Active list a o ae Lheld 1 total FastRIP will open and the image will Cini wep O polane 2 ea LOL SNE say Holding By right clicking you can mene ber Release select the Spool Only option ee me ae ly wee tt Name Status Properties Alt Enter lt For Help press F1 176 Chapter 9 Printing with White Ink lle Queue Jobs Printers Tools Vie H TE w FEF A v Active list Name s Copies Device Print Mode Port Disk Size C Untited1_tile_0 Idina F7 1 ca stT Jet2 Cartoon 360 NULL 152 079 MB 100 11 Al When the job is done spooling ripping and getting ready to print Print Alt P right click and choose View Raw Awewe Spool only Ates fone ST View row data atv Maiti D q ta Properties Alt Enter lt For Help press F1 Here you can change the background color to Black and see how each Layer printer head pass will look Check to see if
202. ve making it permanently available Any font saved is placed in the directory where the existing VEF fonts are currently located Clicking on the Save Font button will result in the font being written to disk immediately The alternative is that FastARTIST provides the option to Save the font when issuing an exit command If the font is not saved before exiting the Create Edit Font dialogue box you will be prompted to do so when either beginning a new session or exiting FastARTIST Save Font As The function of this button is very similar to the Save As command in the File menu Specifically it provides the opportunity to give an edited font a new name and then save the font under that new name This is particularly useful when creating a new font by editing an existing font since it provides for saving the changes under a new name without losing the original font information Clicking on OK will accept the current font changes and close the Create Edit Font dialogue Exiting FastARTIST Should you choose to not Save any font changes before exiting FastARITIST they will be discarded 55 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual 56 Chapter 4 Importing and Exporting Files All graphic software applications have proprietary file formats for storing data and each of these formats is designed for a specific type of image Generally speaking formats are designed to store either line art vectors and curves or bitmaps
203. ve respectively Raising the Midtones of a color plane results in laying down less ink on the media for that color The Highlights Slider The Highlights slider adjusts the white point of an image Lowering the Highlights value causes the lightest parts of the print to be recognized as pure white The more you lower the white point the more shades of lighter colors are turned to white This causes the lightest details to be lost Use the mouse to adjust the Highlights slider When both Highlights and Shadows are adjusted the contrast between light and dark areas will be more pronounced However light and dark details will be lost as those tones were forced to either 0 or 100 The Highlights and Shadows controls are useful for preserving details on printers that are incapable of differentiating the darkest and lightest pixels accurately By adjusting the white and black point values more of the image details will fall within the range that the printer is capable of rendering 141 Z Lice sama curve for all C eaoot Override print mode color adjustments By Levels lss sams curve for all Reset bo Def sults v Override print mode color adjustments CE By Levels Ci By Density Shaggw qer T Midtonss aT Highibghts F Use same curve For all Reset to Def aits Reset to pri
204. verview of the Workspace Color Management When FastARITIST is installed Use either SignLab 7 1 settings are used as ae a Pa M oalah fa the default profile For previous SAUEN 3 custom profiles l FastARTIST users SignLab 7 0 profiles are available if needed Select Custom and click on Advanced to select the specific ps Input profiles for images r and line art such as from desired cat a desktop scanner Inga profes Weclon Imaga When using FastARTIST for screen E S ee ier cre fi the Color Mana ement Pook Codi veces RG kaji RGE Castink mage RGB scr 1 i Proo ING g CHT Cairk vede CMY Kiem 7 1 CMYK Candin mage Cem l profile iS Used to reconcile printer EET colors with that of the monitor and printer avaliable Cadink gen printer acm 7 1 use a profile that is produce an image as it Would specific to your printer f a appear when printed eree ea TT display of your design Selection Tool Settings The Selection Settings determine Workspace behavior when shapes are selected and moved using the cursor Use Live Cursor The Use live cursor will recognize when it passes over an Object Use live cursor OFF Use live cursor ON Use Filled Region to Select By default clicking within the filled region of a shape will cause that shape to become selected However this may not be desirable where a complex Workspace has multiple overlapping shapes If the Use Filled Region to
205. very useful when viewing a graphic in ZOOM Mode Scroll Bar Arrows Clicking on an Arrow causes the viewing window to move in the direction indicated by that Arrow This will have the appearance of moving the graphic in the opposite direction a short distance This distance is approximately 1 10 the width or height of the view screen depending on whether you are moving the screen vertically or horizontally Scroll Bar Elevators Clicking on a Scroll Elevator causes the viewing window to move in the appropriate direction a large distance The distance moved Is approximately equal to 1 3 the width or height of your view screen depending on whether you are moving your view vertically or horizontally Scroll Bar Thumb Dragging a Scroll Bar Thumb within the Scroll Bar causes the viewing window to move in the direction of the thumb in very large increments How far the view 24 Chapter 2 An Overview of the Workspace screen actually moves depends on how far the thumb is moved within the Scroll Bars When deciding how far to drag the Scroll Thumb be aware that the ends of the Scroll Bar represent the outer edges of the file on screen A guideline is a vertical or horizontal reference that is used for placing Objects Objects will snap to a location when they pass over a guideline You may create and edit guidelines several different ways l Right click on a ruler to create a guide Edit Guides 2 To create guidelines for
206. when the Fast T Jet Valve 2 is in Standby Mode awaiting a new print job or if you have Open activated the Auto Head Cleaning function In all other instances when your printer is POWERED OFF Using the POWER button located on the control panel the Waste Bottle valve must be CLOSED As the Fast T Jet 2 is powering OFF the Print Head will dock with the Capping Valve Station and run a Head Cleaning to remove excess Ink Closed Wait until the printer has turned itself OFF completely before closing the valve The Waste Bottle Valve must remain in the OPEN position when utilizing the Auto Head Cleaning function Failure to OPEN the Waste Bottle Valve during printer operation may cause serious damage fo your Fast T Jet 2 If the Waste Bottle Valve 4 remains CLOSED during a Head Cleaning pressure in the N Y Capping Station will force the Waste Ink Line to disconnect resulting in a large ink spill inside of your machine We are Is not liable for any property damage caused by ink and or ink siphoning Please be sure to read and understand all operating maintenance procedures before using your Fast T Jet 2 150 Chapter 7 FastRIP Setup and Configuration Fast T Jet 2 and Fast T Jet 3 Additional Functions Within the Device Options window of FasiRIP users of the Fast T Jet 2 and Fast T Jet 3 have the ability to reset the Waste Tank Ink Pad Counter as well as execute a strong head cleaning cycle Initial Charge
207. y over a network Additionally the printer has a physical limit with respect to how quickly ink can be laid upon the media Instead of waiting idle for a spool file to be completely received by the printer the Queue can begin creating spool files for subsequent print jobs concurrently Only one spool file will be compiled at any given time and the Maximum number of concurrent jobs setting limits the number of spool files that can be compiled while the current job is printing Queue and Print Job Properties The Queue has default properties archiving scaling levels etc that are automatically applied to jobs received by the Queue In effect each print job inherits the properties of the Queue Si Print and Cut Manager 2 0 a Print and Cut Ma nager 2 0 Fie Queue BES Printers Tools View Help E Add File Sein Jobs Printers Tools ale Remove Delete l Restore Jobs Start kg Select All Ctri A Select None Ctrl Shift 4 Hold Alt H Print Alt P Spool Only Alt 5 A y Archiv Name Properties Alt Enter Under the Queue menu the Properties are applied to all print jobs when they are received by the Queue Under the Jobs menu the Properties for a selected print job can be edited 137 FastARTIIST 1 5 1 FastRIP 9 0 User s Manual If there is a specific job property that is being frequently modified then it may be more efficient to change the Queue Properties so that all subsequent jobs will in

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