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Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-13 17:44 [#00402700]
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Could anyone tell me how I might go about taking digital
artwork I have on my computer and transferring (printing
it?) on to real material? It doesn't matter what material in
particular, what I'm interested in knowing is how I can take
the digital image and print it out, but not just a standard
piece of paper, you know? Okay, for example sake: let's say
I have image1.jpg and I want to take that image and put it
onto some white canvas cloth, how would I do this, if
possible? Would I need some kind of special equipment,
instead of a standard printer? I would like to make these
print-outs quite large, and that's not possible with the
basic printer.

I'm not that great at explaining things, so if you need me
to try and explain it a different way, I'll try my best. But
if it made sense, any help at all is greatly appreciated!

Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-13 17:55 [#00402713]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker

okay, well, could anyone point me in the direction to find
some printers and/or other printing equipment?

surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2002-10-13 17:55 [#00402714]
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you should take that question to a copy-shop. But it sounds
expensive!

There are also special sets of printer-paper available where
you need to print the picture you want on that paper
mirrored, and then you can iron it on any kind of textile
(for instance a tshirt). But you said you wanted larger than
what your basic printer could produce, so just forget what i
just said ;-)

I'm sure there are copyshops out there that can get you what
you want though.

qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2002-10-13 17:55 [#00402715]
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I think you'd need professional help - special printing
people, I mean.

"Would I need some kind of special equipment, instead of
a standard printer? I would like to make these print-outs
quite large, and that's not possible with the basic
printer."

you just answered your own question.

Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-13 17:56 [#00402716]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker

whoa... these 2 posts weren't here when I replied lol

Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-13 17:56 [#00402717]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker

hmm, alright, thanks

aperson from Brentwood, TN (United States) on 2002-10-13 19:05 [#00402786]
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Turn your digital image into CMYK format and take it to the
print shop. Remember because it looks good on your computer
it doesn't mean it looks good on print. Your images better
be VERY fucking high resolution and DPI.

xlr from Boston (United States) on 2002-10-13 20:46 [#00402821]
Points: 4904 Status: Regular

If you have a Copy-Cop or a Kinkos nearby, take it there.
They have PC & Mac workstations where you can refine your
image and print them out on the large format printers. (for
a fee, of course, but it's a good place and the staff are
very helpful, and the technology is usually brand new.)

Conformist from Powell, OH (United States) on 2002-10-13 21:51 [#00402844]
Points: 550 Status: Lurker | Followup to xlr: #00402821

hey thanks, i hadn't thought of doing that. i'll look into
it

Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-10-13 22:27 [#00402872]
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In the US theres a Kinkos on every corner. Almost anyway.
They can do amazing things there...

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