Hi there,
I have a stahls maxx clam heat press and am having a problem when printing dye sub items. There seems to be some movement in the platen causing slight ghosting in places (not the whole image!).... i have come to this theory as i have tried the following;
- adjusting pressure - its even worse when the pressure is light
- opening and closing very gently
- using extra tape to hold image in place - this seems to have no impact at all
- removing lower platen teflon cover to avoid any slippage and to get extra grip from the silicone pad to hold garment in place
- checked the images themselves
- and extra teflon sheet on top to avoid movement - this was even worse!
- tested even pressure with a piece of paper in each corner - no issues there
- ensuring t-shirt
I have had the press looked at by a technician and they cannot see there's a problem.... all the above point to the top part of the press moving - possibly when the upper platen comes up? having a medium pressure makes it tricky to gently lift the top platen up however light pressure creates a worse ghosting effect
when printing an a3 image onto a dye sub t-shirt the nearest left corner area seems to ghost ever so slightly, sometimes it could be more in the middle but it is never the whole image just parts of it which i cant get my head around.
Has anyone else ever had this issue and if so how did you solve it?
I appreciate there needs to be some movement in the upper platen to ensure even pressure but when it comes to printing good quality dye sub images the random ghosting is a real pain!!
I can post images if that would help?
And the ironic thing on this current job is that there are ghosts in images and they are ghosting!!!!
Help!!