It will leave a hard edge under the gradient colors. The KnockMeWhiteOut process has a hard edge result, and is not the best process for gradients. This will show where the white ink will be printed, and you can see where the ink will be knocked out. Next, click the button for View all colors as black. To start printing with this printmode, go to the Films to view window, deselect the CMYK layers leaving the white layers active. The white of the shirt will never match the white of the ink and where the white ink stops printing and the white of the shirt is then used, you will see a noticeable change in the white giving and undesirable result. When using KnockMeWhiteOut, the white ink cannot be a gradient and will simply stop. The second example has an image with gradients of different colors into white. The white of the label will not be printed and the white of the shirt will be used instead, leaving the shirt softer than it would have been if you didn’t use KnockMeWhiteOut. When you deselect CMYK Planes you will see where the white ink will be printed. To see what is printed with white ink, you can either change the background color by selecting the color bar at the bottom of the window and choosing a color, or click on the right Icon, View all colors as black. The left icon will activate a window with the colors and layers. The colors may not accurately reflect how they will look in the final print. You may have a dialog pop up stating that view raw data will show a representation of the process output.

Once the job is finished ripping, the status of the job will now say Job spooled.

Click yes to continue.īefore printing, we can get an idea what the design will look like when printed by viewing the raw data. You will have a dialog pop up warning you that changing the printmode will reset all properties back to the defaults specified by the printmode. This printmode will now be available in the printmode dropdown list found in the queue tab in the lower right. Give it a name describing the features of this printmode, such as 1440×720 White Removal. Set the value to your desired amount and click on “Create Printmode”. There is either white ink in the area, or the white knocked out and the white of the shirt will be used to represent the white in the design. The White removal process can result in a hard edge effect. This will allow a color that is slightly off white to be seen as pure white and be knocked out.

A value of 5 has an RGB value of 250, 250, 250.

A value of 0 is pure white, with the RGB values of 255, 255, 255. The slider sets the tolerance for what is defined as white.

Click on the arrow next to the color layer title on the left and more options are revealed.

Go to the queue menu and select properties found at the bottom of the menu. By creating a custom printmode, you can then use it for any jobs you have in the future.

Create a Printmode with KnockMeWhite out using the Printmode you selected as a starting point. Starting with the job imported to the printer queue, go to the queue tab in the lower right and select a printmode for white shirts from the drop down list to the right. This is a very useful function for DTF and White Toner Printers. Without the white printed in these areas, less ink is used and will result in a softer and lighter feel. KnockMeWhiteOut automatically removes the white from a design, so that the white of the shirt is used instead.

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