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plugy
26-05-2012, 04:23 PM
My first print resulted in disaster, im trying to heat press a mug, Epson print set to photo best and mat paper, 240degrees at 4o seconds what have i done wrong?
The picture came out really dull and faint

Reg
26-05-2012, 04:34 PM
lower the temp to 180 degrees and up your time 180 seconds.

JackB
26-05-2012, 05:03 PM
Make sure the press is set on Centigrade.

Jack

plugy
26-05-2012, 06:17 PM
Make sure the press is set on Centigrade.

Jack
I have now set press to 240 and for 180 seconds and still the prints are dull.
When they are printed they are dull, maybe here lies the problem.
I am useing heat sub paper with epson p50, i have tried setting the paper to matt and photglossy, set to best photo and still very dull when printing am now stumped.

neilb
26-05-2012, 06:25 PM
lower the temp to 180 degrees and up your time 180 seconds.

Lower the temperature.

bigj2552
26-05-2012, 06:34 PM
temp is way to high bud - 180-190c for 180sec - and yes, make sure its in centigrade
refer to your manual

what kind of paper are you using bud ?

and -
are you printing on the right side of the paper ???????

Paul
26-05-2012, 06:46 PM
...and is color enhance off?

plugy
26-05-2012, 07:24 PM
paper is kalon temp set at 180 degrees time 180 seconds, image printed via photoshop, printer set to photo, plain paper, printing the white side.

neilb
26-05-2012, 07:29 PM
When they are printed they are dull, maybe here lies the problem.


They will be dull on the paper until heat pressed.

Paul
26-05-2012, 08:17 PM
Is photoshop menages colorsor printer???

plugy
26-05-2012, 08:45 PM
Think i have cracked it now thanks.

WorthDoingRight
26-05-2012, 09:37 PM
Well now you have cracked it congratulations! Wonder if you could let us know what you did to perfect it? Perhaps it will save someone else pulling their hair out in the future :smile:

plugy
27-05-2012, 12:38 AM
Well now you have cracked it congratulations! Wonder if you could let us know what you did to perfect it? Perhaps it will save someone else pulling their hair out in the future :smile:

it is a 5 in one machine and unsure if it is Fahrenheit or:redface: Celsius, i put it at 180 and for 180 seconds as told on here, but still no joy so i upped to around 300 as i thought it must be Fahrenheit and for 180 seconds and cracked it.

WorthDoingRight
27-05-2012, 11:09 AM
Well thanks for that info, if it is in F and not C then 180C = 356F. But if it is 'not broke then don't fix it' comes to mind.