Hi, new to this sublimation game, so thought id try on here for some advice.
Im trying to sublimate a mug with maroon/brown, but its coming out black.
Im on an aRtech Graphics mug press, a week old (my old one was second hand and developed hot and cold spots, so got gifted a new one).
Ive used the factory settings of 180C for 180 seconds. Tried 170C for 140 seconds (recommended by a long time professional in sublimation), tried 200 for 60 seconds, even tried 110 for 245 seconds.
Ive tightened the nut to add more pressure, less pressure, really light pressure. Still the same result.
Im printing with a Ricoh SG3110DN... however, I replaced 2 cartridges (M and Y) with 2 cartridges from eBay, the C and K are still the Sawgrass Sublijet-R but theyre due to run out soon.
Ive also done a polyster shirt to see if it is the ink. I used a cut from the same print as I did for the mugs and that turned out perfect.
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Can anyone solve this problem?
Cheers
Matt