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How To Create Registration Marks - Frankwpb1970 - 06-24-2022
How do you create registration marks on transparency film for screen printing, I have tried several times and am at my witts end,,,,is it that complex or I am that dumb :/
RE: How To Create Registration Marks - rich2005 - 06-24-2022
Not complex nor dumb just not there. This an outline (because I am shutting down for the day ) Might / might not help.
Gimp does not have other than a very rudimentary crop mark (in linux Gimp) so my advice is get a copy of Inkscape. http://www.inkscape.org
Starting with Gimp, export your design as a png https://i.imgur.com/8geUOZO.jpg
Open that in Inkscape and in the Extensions menu, there is a Render > Layout > Printing marks https://i.imgur.com/loWsLq4.jpg
You then need to fit the Page to include the registration marks https://i.imgur.com/PfGdiS1.jpg
Save or Export that as a pdf or png (up-to-you) https://i.imgur.com/mSvDZxq.jpg
Back to Gimp with the reg marks https://i.imgur.com/BWB9X6w.jpg
Dont know your design, it might be a single colour but as CMY separated colours -> Components -> Decompose the registration chevrons (which are cmyk) show up. This for magenta https://i.imgur.com/DbfymKx.jpg
Always helps if you give the OS you use and the version of Gimp.
RE: How To Create Registration Marks - Frankwpb1970 - 06-24-2022
(06-24-2022, 09:05 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Not complex nor dumb just not there. This an outline (because I am shutting down for the day ) Might / might not help.
Gimp does not have other than a very rudimentary crop mark (in linux Gimp) so my advice is get a copy of Inkscape. http://www.inkscape.org
Starting with Gimp, export your design as a png https://i.imgur.com/8geUOZO.jpg
Open that in Inkscape and in the Extensions menu, there is a Render > Layout > Printing marks https://i.imgur.com/loWsLq4.jpg
You then need to fit the Page to include the registration marks https://i.imgur.com/PfGdiS1.jpg
Save or Export that as a pdf or png (up-to-you) https://i.imgur.com/mSvDZxq.jpg
Back to Gimp with the reg marks https://i.imgur.com/BWB9X6w.jpg
Dont know your design, it might be a single colour but as CMY separated colours -> Components -> Decompose the registration chevrons (which are cmyk) show up. This for magenta https://i.imgur.com/DbfymKx.jpg
Always helps if you give the OS you use and the version of Gimp.
Thanks I will when I log into my laptop(at work currently) and I appreciate the help.