As I mentioned the other day, I just purchased a new wide format printer – an Epson Workforce 1100. I’ve been playing around with it this weekend, putting it to the test, and it’s done *really* well. In fact it has a very nice feature that I didn’t notice first time round; it automatically positions the paper for printing. For example, when you send your file to the printer, sometimes it misfeeds as the paper slips or slides out of position and the resulting print starts inches from where it’s supposed to. The Workforce 1100 is actually intelligent enough to realize if the paper slips and it will readjust it automatically to start printing at the correct position – I really like that feature!
And of course whenever I get anything new I’ve just *got* to test it out. So this weekend I was working on a new art bag and did a couple of comparison prints while I was at it just to demonstrate once again, the amazing results you get when using digital grounds.
This is a new digital art design for my latest art bag. This is the original artwork – front and back.
Then I did a print on an untreated piece of pfd fabric ..
… and the same design printed on a piece of fabric treated with digital grounds.
You should be able to see a noticeable difference in color quality, and also close up you can see a very noticeable difference in detail. The print on the untreated fabric looks very washed out and dull by comparison.
So on to the art bag. This is “Daisy”, a simpler bag design than “Poppy”, but very bright and cheery.
I’ve been asked a number of times about how the art bags are constructed. The design of “Poppy” is a little complicated because it’s shaped with a rounded front and back, but “Daisy” is a much simpler design.
