Avraham Monina
08-22-2011, 10:24 PM
Hey guys!
I just got the starter kit for Lasertile, everything is good with the tile itself ( I think) , I imported a vector into illustrator ( I downloaded it as an illustrator file and Corel has problems opening it correctly) and I resized it and all that good stuff and then I saved it as BMP at 300DPI, and then I made a new file in Corel (300DPI) imported the bmp file, and lasered it at 600dpi ( I wanted that extra dark etching) and it came out awesome but with white-ish lines ( banding?) , then I tried printing at 300dpi and it came out not as dark(gray-ish) but banding still there ( not as bad obviously because of the darkness of the etching), I read on here that banding is usually the effect of stretching it in Corel, which I didnt do so I dont understand why Im getting this.
Now before I even printed this photo, I did a little test on another tile I got from them, I made a new 300DPI file in Corel, and drew a black box and printed it in 300,400,600,1200dpi to see which one will come out the best, 400 & 600 was best to my liking and there was no banding ( which I jumped in joy).
I just hope its a software issue and not my tube......
Avraham
205870
I just got the starter kit for Lasertile, everything is good with the tile itself ( I think) , I imported a vector into illustrator ( I downloaded it as an illustrator file and Corel has problems opening it correctly) and I resized it and all that good stuff and then I saved it as BMP at 300DPI, and then I made a new file in Corel (300DPI) imported the bmp file, and lasered it at 600dpi ( I wanted that extra dark etching) and it came out awesome but with white-ish lines ( banding?) , then I tried printing at 300dpi and it came out not as dark(gray-ish) but banding still there ( not as bad obviously because of the darkness of the etching), I read on here that banding is usually the effect of stretching it in Corel, which I didnt do so I dont understand why Im getting this.
Now before I even printed this photo, I did a little test on another tile I got from them, I made a new 300DPI file in Corel, and drew a black box and printed it in 300,400,600,1200dpi to see which one will come out the best, 400 & 600 was best to my liking and there was no banding ( which I jumped in joy).
I just hope its a software issue and not my tube......
Avraham
205870