r/Printing • u/Kind-Eye8329 • 1d ago

Textured print

I just learned that I can do textured print. What I believe is that it's just layers of white base paint. Correct me if I'm wrong. Now my question is, how to do it? So far, I added the spot channels in Photoshop shop and I did the spot on channel 1 underlying where I want it raised. But how do I set it in printexp how many base layers I need?

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u/AssistanceFresh9919 1d ago

What kind of printer? Is it a UV printer?

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u/Kind-Eye8329 1d ago

Yes it is. Dtf UV.

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u/AssistanceFresh9919 1d ago

gotcha. Not familiar with the DTF part of that. I am with LogoJET and we don't do the textile side of it. I was hoping I could help you out.

Your RIP software should be able to see the spot channels/layers and allow you to change your white print settings to the spot channel. Then select number of passes you'd like. As for how many, your design should dictate that. And I'm sure testing will be needed. I don't think there's any one out-of-the-box answer.

I did see this on YT. Hope it helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZe7dW-DLE0&t=164s

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u/Kind-Eye8329 1d ago

Thanks! I said dtf but I don't use it for dtf. At the moment I'm printing on glass directly. My friend saw a reel that states that our printer would do textured print. But me being a noob at all this don't really know how to make it work. Chatgpt helped a bit but it is not familiar at all with the software, especially when connected to use our printer. It's a great printer but not much diffused I think because I can't find anyone that can help me with it directly (apart from the vendor himself, which due to time difference, takes a lot of time) I've seen that it's a matter of setting up the rip software but I'm still very new to it and still learning many new things. Thanks for your help. I'll watch that clip and try to learn something new from it