please help again

[Lornem]

tried printing a few mugs off, but colours are really insipid and not strong at all, am i making an obvious mistake or do i need to do something with the printer settings etc, am using the ricoh 3300



thanks

lorne

[John G]

The colour will look dull on paper - they have to be pressed onto a mug or other sub item to come to life

[John G]

Sorry, just read your post again - what equipment are you using, paper, times and temp please.

[Lornem]

bought the paper and cups from BMS and following times and temp from their website, the images i print out are a bit flat of colour .... just to quantify , i do print on the darkest side of the paper ?

they just dont seem dark enough

[harlequeen]

I made the mistake of printing on the dark side of the paper when I did my first ones a few weeks ago. It should be the bright side of the paper. When I printed on the wrong side, they still got onto my mugs, but not sparkling colours.

[John G]

If the 3300 is the same as the ricoh 5050n you put the white side down in the tray.

[Lornem]

do i need to set the colour management anywhere ?
to anything ?

sorry about all the questions

lorne

[John G]

If this was bought from BMS all instructions should come with the printer!

[Lornem]

unfortunately the printer wasn't .... bms couldn't have been more helpful

[John G]

You are using sublimation inks (Sublijet-R)

[John G]

Going back to your 1st post - you had trouble installing the powerdriver - if you are using the right paper, inks, mugs, time and temp I think it boils down to the powerdriver not being installed properly.

[Lornem]

yes, i really think its something to do with th colour management but i'm at a loss

[Lornem]

yes ..... really at a loss now