About Alyn Expertise 12 years experience with art for screen printing. can answer questions specifically geared toward color seperations, camera ready artwork, and how to translate your artwork for screenprinting. can respond to problems regarding vector vs. bitmap artwork as well as gradients and process.
Expert: Alyn Date: 9/21/2006 Subject: Printing halftones from Macromedia FH9
Question I am trying to print halftones (dot screen) from Macromedia FH9 to a Richo Aficio AP610N printer. This is a postscript printer, but when I specify my dot screen in FH, the printer just gives me gray. I used to use a Laserwriter Select 360 and never experienced any problems with halftones. When I go to Kinko's to print, I notice that they use a drop down where I specify Freehand prior to printing. How do I get this type of function with my printer?
Answer i can't really help with this quetion because it is printer scecific not software specific. freehand and halftones are very particular halftone screens even with a postscript driver. i suggest you contact someone running this particular printer or the company itself and see if they even have a postscript driver that will give you proper halftoning , you may have to purchase a seperate print rip altogether, i have several clients who have run a variety of rips over the years, if the company who made you printer cant help i will confer with my most trusted screen printing client, but i do know his rip was pretty pricy(which is why you want to check with your print manufacturor first), one of the reasons i have never purchased a seperate print rip for my epson 3000, i just don't make enough film over the course of a year to justify the cost since 90 percent of my clients already have the abiltiy to output and we work via e-mail. but they are also very friendly wiith me and wil tell me what is getting the best results right now.
