The Epson 9880 is used to print transparencies for silkscreen. Information about preparing a file to print is available on the Digital File Preparation tab.

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Printing Transparencies: Method 1 (using Printer Color Profiles)

Photos & Bitmaps

1. First, set up your transparency as outlined in the Digital File Preparation section. Your photo must be a bitmap to show up for silkscreen.
2. Open the Photo in Photoshop.File > Printup your bitmap in Photoshop.
3. Covert your bitmap back to Grayscale by going Image > Mode > Grayscale.
4. In the dialog that pops up, set Size Ratio at 1.
5. Go to File > Print
6. Select the following:
   1. Under COLOR MANAGEMENT
      Image AddedPrinter: Epson 9880
      1. Color Handling: Printer manages colors
      2. Choose Normal Printing
      3. Rendering Intent: Relative Colormetric
   2. Under POSITION AND SIZE (scroll down)
      1. Position: Where on the print area you want it
      2. Scale: 100% (this is important for the dot resolution)
   3. Under PRINTING MARKS
      1. These can be useful, especially for registering CMYK prints. The registration, description  and crop marks can help (but remember you will have to cover them up on your screen)
      2. Description can be useful to remember which transparency is which. It will put your file name on your transparency; especially useful for CMYK separations to remember which is which.

Texts and Lines (Vectors)

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