GradientFill Problem

[jiarby]

Mutoh 1604, Oracal 3651, good profile (no previous problems), Onyx Production House RIP V7.0.

Art has a gradient that is banding (see attached jpgs)
The file was made in Corel X3, Converted to curves, using CMYK colors.
Exported as EPS in opened in the RIP to print.

The left image is the print, the right one is a screenshot of the file in Corel


Any ideas wassup with this??

 

[KR3signguy]

Convert the file to a .tiff
then try it.

 

[jiarby]

yeah, I am already doing that right this second!

 

[woolly]

or increase the fountain fill steps in eps export.

woolly

 

[GK]

As a general rule of thumb, never try to print gradients with a decent color shift in vector format unless you rasterize the gradient layer. It's not worth the hair pulling IMHO.

 

[jiarby]

the tiff worked out ok, thx

 

[Carolina Girl]

What if you have a file from a print shop, .tiff, and there is lettering over the graident fill. My Mutoh prints all ok but the gradient has banding where the colors blend. This file was created in Photoshop, but was sent to me flattened so I can't work on it. Any ideas?

 

[Jackpine]

Draw a box and fill it with the fountain fill. No outlines. Convert to RGB bitmap and power clip it into the vector.

 

[Compilla]

Get a real RIP ----> Wasatch