4. Printing Directly from Applications
４-１. Basic Printing Procedure
(1)Set the proper color settings and print conditions of the application. For precise editing and output, applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro are recommended.
See “4-2. Setting the Applications’ Print Condition” for further details.(2)Create the artwork using a suitable graphic application. Use RGB=254 (=254, 254, 254) white for white color. RGB=255 (=255, 255, 255) white (paper color) is transparent color with no ink printed.
(3)Select [ File ] > [ Print ] menu of your application an set Printer Driver conditions. See “4-3. Setting the Printer Driver Condition”.
(4)Turn on your printer:See “3-2-1. Turning On Your Printer”.(5)Load White ink to the printer. See "6-1-3. Loading / Retrieving White Ink".(6)Send data to your Printer. Select Printer Driver: either GT-782 Printer Driver (USB 2.0 Cable) for direct print or GT-782 FileOutput Printer Driver to make print data file (.arp).
As for sending .arp file to your Printer, see "5. Printing ARP Files".(7)Install the Platen of the size you have selected in step (3). See “4-4. Uninstalling / Installing the Platen”.
(8)Set the T-shirt (as for dark garments, pretreated) on the Platen and adjust the Platen height. The operation on the both platens (Left/Right) is the same. See “4-5. Placing the T-shirt on the Platen”.
(9)Press the Print Button on the Control Panel to start printing. When you print more than two T-shirts, set the second T-shirt on the other platen and press the Print Button.
(10)Remove the "printed" T-shirt from the Platen. See “4-7. Removing the T-shirt from the Platen”.
(11)Fix the ink with heat onto the T-shirt.Use a conveyer oven or a heat press to fix the ink onto the T-shirt. See “4-8. Curing the Ink onto the T-shirt”.
(12)Repeat (8) to (11) until all the prints are finished.(13)When all printing is completed, retrieve the White ink and then load the Maintenance Solution. See "6-1-3. Loading / Retrieving White Ink ".
(14)Turn off your printer. See “3-2-2. Turning Off Your Printer”.４-２. Setting the Applications’ Print Condition
This section describes the settings for correct printing of garments.4-2-1. Common Notice for All Applications
Color Mode / Color Space:GT-782 Printer is RGB (Red Green Blue) printer. If you use Adobe, Corel applications, please note that some colors in CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow Black) mode cannot be printed as expected because of the color matching process. We strongly recommend that the artwork should be made in RGB mode and working space should be always "sRGB IEC61966-2.1".
