SUBSTRATE PRINTING
HOURS: 9:00 - 12:30, 13:00-16:30
BREAK: 12:30 - 13:00
FILE SUBMISSION;
FILE SUBMISSION:
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Have your file ready as either an Illustrator or Photoshop file. You can submit your file here.
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The printer can print White and Clear. Please separate white and clear elements of your graphics into separate layers.
Notice: The substrate printer can print on any material except reflective materials. Consider seeing your face in the material as reflective. Blurry materials are ok.
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Surface can have up to 3/8" variance from highest to lowest point.
Surface Variance
SURFACE VARIANCE
4" maximum material thickness.
Material Thickness
MATERIAL THICKNESS
12.99" x 30" maximum print area, although larger pieces can be placed in the printer (i.e. print on an 18"x24" piece, just not printing on the full area).
Print Area
PRINT AREA
Print quality is superb if the surface is very flat (like acrylic sheet).
Print quality degrades with variances in distance.
PRINT QUALITY
Print Quality
Can print on most materials except mirrored and foam core board.
Reflective and blurry material is OK (if you can see yourself in the material, it is too much of a mirror).
Some metals (like copper) require preparation before being printed on. Graphics printed on acrylic are safe to laser cut afterwards.
MATERIAL TYPE
Material Type
EXAMPLES:
EXAMPLES:
Some of the examples were taken straight from the substrate printing lab. It is recommended that you take a visit and see the examples physically to see the textures on each project.
Levels of how layers can affect the extrusion of the print from 1 layer to 16 layers.
White can either be a 'cover' or a 'base'. The first image on the left shows white being used as a 'cover'.
Layers of the same image can produce interesting levels of depth in the print like shown here of the hallway.
