4. Printing Directly from Applications

4-3-2. Entering the Job Comment

You can enter a comment (max 30 characters) to display on your printer’s Control Panel. It is used to advise the operator.

4-3-3. Selecting the Platen Size

Select the appropriate Platen size from the pull-down menu. The Print Size: standard Platen （14x16）: 355.6 mm x 406.4 mm

Baby Platen (7 x 8) : 177.8 mm x 203.2 mm, Youth Platen (10 x 12): 254 mm x 304.8 mm. Baby and Youth Platens are option.

4-3-4. Setting the Ink

Select the combination of CMYK Color or White inks.

[ Color + White ] prints CMYK Color Inks on the mask White. White Ink Volume is controllable. [ White Only ] prints with no Color inks. A colorful image is printed as monochrome. [ Color Only ] prints with no White ink but CMYK Color inks only. GT-341 is available for [ Color Only ].

When you print on a black T-shirt, you can check OFF [ Print with Black ink ] not to use Black ink but express the black with the body color. In this case both RGB=255 and RGB=0 black are transparent.

<Note>

zWhen [ Print with Black ink ] is OFF, you can select the way to print R=G=B grays: with CMY ink composite or only with White ink. Select [ CMY Gray ] check box. Refer to the following page.

zPC Data Error occurs when you send a GT-381 print data with White Ink data to GT-361, or a GT-381/GT-361 print data with White Ink data to GT-341. Any GT-3 can print a " Color Only" print data.

4-3-5. Setting the Resolution

Select the resolution in printing, either [ 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi ] or[ 600 dpi x 600 dpi ].

<Note>

zThe volume of White Ink printed varies by the settings. The print time of 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi is twice as long as 600 dpi x 600 dpi.

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