Editing Sublimation Products (section)

== How to Print Files for Sublimation Products ==
Printing to this machine is unlike any other printer we use. It's very manual and most things like color management, sharpening, crop marks, etc. would normally be handled via the workflow/RIP have to be done in Photoshop when printing to this device. When producing most products you'll have to flip the image. The exception would be something like a glass ornament since it's transparent and the finished side is the shiny side and not the sublimation side. Also you'll need to slightly oversharpen when printing these files due to the nature of essentially melting the image onto the sublimation surface. You may also want to print with crop marks. See below for sharpening instructions and color management settings.<br>

'''Sharpening'''<br>

1) Once you make any enhancements to the file you'll need to flatten, then mirror flip the image.

2) Make an a copy of the background layer.

3) With the newly created "Background Copy" layer selected, go to Filter>Other>High Pass<br>
[[File:Sharp-1.jpg]] <br>

4) Set the Radius to 1.8 Pixels. Click OK.<br>
[[File:Sharp-2.jpg]] <br>

5) On that layer, you'll now want to set the layer mode to "Overlay"<br>
[[File:Sharp-3.jpg]] <br>

6) Flatten image.

7) The file is now sharpened and ready to print.<br>

'''Print Settings'''<br>

1) Go to print and then select the GX7000 Printer.<br>
[[File:GX-Print-1.jpg]] <br>

2) Now click on printer settings. That will open up the print settings for the Ricoh. Select the Custom Settings "Color Services 2018" and hit OK.<br>
[[File:GX-Print-2.jpg]] <br>

3) Now copy the color settings into the Photoshop Print Dialogue. See Below.<br>
[[File:GX-Print-3.jpg]] <br>

4) Turn on corner crop marks if needed.<br>
[[File:GX-Print-4.jpg]] <br>

5) Print.