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Note : It is important to have a basic knowledge of both
FastARTIST and FastRIP. Although the manuals may seem
very large, don’t be concerned by the size. You do not
need to know everything to get started.
Using Computer Graphics Software
In order to print a good looking image on a shirt, you need a good piece of
artwork. The customer typically has no idea about the type or quality of artwork
needed so you are often stuck with inferior designs. If you don’t have computer
graphics experience, you might print this bad artwork and then blame your Fast
T-Jet 3 for the poor quality image.
There are a number of great computer graphics programs designed for creating
and manipulating images. If you have never used computer graphics programs
before, you might be inclined to use applications such as Microsoft Word or
other word processing programs that are designed for text and are NOT strong
graphic programs.
Recommended graphic programs for this purpose are FastARTIST (included
you’re your Fast T-Jet 3 ), CorelDRAW (any version), Adobe Photoshop (version
7.0 or higher), Adobe Illustrator (version 7.0 or higher) and Macromedia
Freehand (any version). Contrary to popular opinion, great images can be
created and manipulated on a Windows based PC as well as the Mac platform.
FastARTIST, the graphics application that is shipped with your printer, is designed
for Windows based PC ’s only. Mac users wishing to take advantage of the
FastARTIST Underbase Wizard and other convenient setup options will need to
transfer their files onto the PC loaded with FastARTIST by Importing the image.
We often hear from first time users that they did not think they would need to
know about graphics software. However, getting a great image on a garment
is not the same as taking your digital camera’s memory card to the drug store
and getting pictures made. Yes, it would seem that simple and it CAN be, but in
the world of T-Shirt printing there are many variables.
The first variable is that the customer will often bring you artwork that is
substandard, such as an image their web designer gave them. Web graphics
are commonly very low resolution (not sharp) and may need to be enlarged
for a full-size T-Shirt image. When you have an image that is of low resolution at
a small size, enlarging the image will only blur the image more. To compensate
for this, you will need to learn how to make the file the correct size plus how to
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Chapter 3- Software Overview