Rasterlink 7 Help: Creating a White Layer Preset

Printing a white layer in direct to film printing is crucial for achieving accurate and vibrant results in the final product. This white layer serves as an under base, providing a solid and opaque foundation on which subsequent colors can be printed. Without this layer, the inherent color of the substrate may influence the appearance of the printed inks, leading to a lack of vibrancy and color accuracy. Additionally, the white layer enhances the visibility of lighter ink colors on dark or colored substrates, ensuring that the final print maintains its intended design and color fidelity.

Creating a white layer in RasterLink manually can be daunting. Here is a way to create a preset so there is no need to repeat unneeded steps!

• Load any vector file into RasterLink 7
• Select the Quality Tab 
• Change the Media Preset to "Generic DTF Film sp" [1]
• Change the Color Matching to the shown custom settings. [2]
  • Highlight the drop down box and type "Mimaki_Expand_Color_Replica". Hit the green plus to be able to make the necessary edits
  • Illustration > Relative
  • Image > Relative
  • RGB > AdobeRGB1998.icc
  • CMYK>MimakiHiContrast.icm

• Select the Printer Management Tab
• Select the Mirror option

• Select the Layer Tab
• Under Special Color select Correct the size > Thinning > make the Scan and Feed 2 or 3 pixels
• This ensures there will be no white peaking out from your print

• With the Color layer highlighted, select the Favorites tab (Yellow Star)
• Type in the name you'd like to call this layer
• Select the Green Plus sign to add it to your presets

• Select the Quality tab on the right
• Select the Update Favorite button up top
• You should see the settings on the left (Favorite) match the settings on the right (Job Setup) when the Update Favorite button is selected

• Select the Printer Management tab on the right
• Select the Update Favorite Button
• You are looking for the Mirror option to turn ON

• Hit Close or exit out the window
• select the White Layer in your print queue, then select the Favorites tab again
• Select the Preset name you are creating [1]
• Select the Special Plates tab on the right [2]
• Select Update Favorite Button [3]
• Change the Settings as shown in the Execute drop boxes [4]

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