Want to manage EVERY aspect of your production? With job costing, you can get granular with your expenses and costs, in order to maximize your margins! As you complete print jobs, you can collect statistics about the costs involved with inks, material, and time consumed. Statistics are collected per queue, and as you can see,…
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We’ve covered some tools that make working with the queue based workflow found in Digital Factory and FilmMaker before. What about managing the queues themselves? Let’s take a look at how we can work with grouping queues and configurations to make them perfect for your production. A single queue tab contains configuration data for printing…
When printing your film separations, there are a few things to consider. Too little ink can cause fuzzy appearing dots on your print. Too much ink increases drying time, and can risk leading to bleeding issues. Before starting a large job, we suggest printing an ink density test page. Test pages determine optimum ink density,…
By now, you are likely somewhat familiar with the queue based production workflow (you may also see it referred to as VPM, or “Visual Production Manager”) found in Digital Factory and FilmMaker packages. This system makes it easy to manage your prints with a simple layout, preview, and built in production tools. If you aren’t…
KnockMeWhiteOut automatically removes the white from a design, so that the white of the shirt is used instead. Without the white printed in these areas, less ink is used and will result in a softer and lighter feel. This is a very useful function for DTF and White Toner Printers. Starting with the job imported…
Getting a precise cutline is easy when you know the basics of bezier editing, found in the contour cut feature of the Variable Data Wizard. We will demonstrate a general overview of functions such as bezier node styles, move lines, break, join, connect, and add and remove nodes. To access bezier editing in the VDW,…
When working with the Variable Data Wizard, you can replace data with custom entries, or have it automatically serialize a set of data. This is useful for creating something like a series of hotel room badges with an increasing series of numbers. Lets go over how to do this! First, take a look at the…
Choking the white helps stop the white from peeking out from under the design. The white can peek out for different reasons, either through mechanical misalignment or when the white bleeds or spreads. To solve this, we can choke or shrink the white to stop the white peeking out by using the choke feature for…
Knowing what tools to use when can make you a master of your production. While there’s nothing wrong with clicking and dragging every change you want to make, there are easier ways to get results in SignLab, EngraveLab, and ProfileLab. Take a look at the keyboard shortcuts below. We recommend bookmarking this page or downloading…
With your variable data, applying cutlines can sometimes break the overall fit of your design. This can happen with text or detailed images, resulting in marooned sections that if cut as is, would result in separate pieces. The Merge feature of the contour cutting function in the Variable Data Wizard allows you to bring these…