Importing EPS to Omega...??

I couldn't find any specific info on this after doing a search, so I'm gonna post the question, put on my armor and hope for some help! Keep in mind, I've had my Gerber (Edge FX) for a very short time now and am still learning the in's & out's!

When I import a decal file that I saved as EPS from Illustrator, it doesn't seem to be printing very "crisp"... like it's printing as a raster rather than vector. I am using Omega 3 and selecting the EPS Vector import filter. One particular job had text at around 14pt. which looked terrible. Just for curiosity sake, I upped the resolution from 300 x 300 to 600 x 300, even though (I thought) the file should be printing as a vector and this shouldn't matter. The type looked much better, yet still a little rough.

I'm pretty sure I'm just missing a step in either the import step or I am doing something wacky when I save the Illustrator EPS file. Any ideas?

 

Thanks for the reply's... I'll check into that. My designer works in Illy and saves everything for me in EPS whether it's going to the Gerber or the Roland..... I'll try this same file by bringing in the AI file to Omega and see what happens... I'll post back in a few minutes... Thanks again!

 

Okay... did a couple tests, including just typing some text in Omega composer and outputting. I think my expectations are just too high for thermal technology! At arms length, they look fine, but the printer in me always looks through a loupe, which I've yet to see a customer do!! Meanwhile, I'll make sure I'm importing Illy vectors and not rasters! Thanks again for the responses...

 

Just when I think I'm out.... they PULL me back in! :ROFLMAO: Yeah, in the back of my mind, I think I can do better... I'm gonna run with what I got for the jobs due today, but you're right... I think there's still an issue. I'll get to the bottom of it if it means pulling all my hair out! Oh, wait a minute... I don't have any hair!!... Thanks Billct...