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We run slugs of the predominate spot colors outside of the trim area to keep everything firing. It also helps us assess that spot color as it runs. The width of the pass matters for us when we print direct dye sub on fabric. If I run a 12" strip...the shortened time between carriage passes...

To preserve the spot color...make a duplicate of your object. Have the bottom most layer be your spot, and the top layer a black only to black only gradient from 100% opacity to transparent. That way you'll retain your spot color info for the rip.

I really do prefer Onyx...for the same reasons Pauly mentioned. Caldera seems a lot less robust with the control you are allowed. I also find myself going backwards through tabs... I guess if we all get fast enough computers with unlimited hard drives, no designer will EVER have to (do their...

Thanks! This was a fun one! We get to see some neat stuff from time to time...it breaks up the monotony of seeing giant medical probe graphics! ha ha ha Talk about sterile. :)

This nearly never happens when you make super lean print files through a ground up prepress process. We go in to each file and remove extraneous crap for every file. Things like nested clipping masks, and sloppy compositing can kill you with even a 20 footer! We (try) to enforce a no Indesign...

Best comment on this thread...bravo!

I really wasn't a very good leader until I realized I worked for my employees, not the other way around. When I started to see their failures as my failures, things turned around quickly. Was I setting them up to succeed every day...or just shoveling the bs from workstation to workstation? Your...

50' x 8' direct print fabric backlit wall.

If I remember correctly...you have to go in and "enable" your profile after building it. I did this same exact thing. If memory serves it's in the Job preview area...set you color management to "custom"

It is in the preview dialog. Looks like it is a per print setting. There is a marks tab...the setting is at the bottom. Try changing black from pure to composite. It might read cyan or yellow better against your black platen.

After looking again in Caldera...you can change your marks to a "pure" (black only) or composite black (cmyk) It might be enough to get it to register.

Okay...it was dumb. :) You said you tape bond paper...is that to the print or the cutter platen? I'm assuming there is vacuum but maybe a white sintra retrofit with accommodating holes... ...or maybe focus a bright shop light on it? Problems like these are the pits! Caldera isn't really...

I don't have or run an automatic cutter, and this may sound dumb...can the sensor be accessed and wiped off with some alcohol? I've seen plotters completely fail from a dirty encoder strip or sensor.

Looks like what Cathrineee is suggesting. People love to sell these machines stating speed specs for draft mode. It rarely works on dense ink loads. Maybe run a nozzle test and double check your printhead alignment. Are you running a RIP?

One way we avoid this is to add thick slugs of your spot color along side the print. It wastes a little material but makes it easier on the ink flow where severe transitions appear. It's worse under your rich black bar...it's a shock to the heads. We do this for most spot colors...especially...

Actually read this article, and looked all through your site. I equated G7 kind of like having your profile verified to be in SWOP. It sounds impressive, but that gamut is not very large...right? We only run one machine, so consistency across multiple machines is not really a thing for us. The...

Most fun I've had on a project!