Originally Posted by
GoonerGary
I didn't chime in earlier because there's too many Garys on this thread. But I've got the same oven, same papers, 10oz Orca mugs, but I reckon that my wraps are tighter than those cheap green ones you use.
I wrap super tight, but I would get the odd mug which was lighter on one side when printing black text. I had a batch from Neil Bros AAA, which were badly tapered. Took a bit of arguing mind you to convince them. But since then, I do the rocking test on a flat table and discard those mugs. I'm more relaxed about testing now, as it's quicker to reprint the mug.
I print a little wider on the mug, so I always print two transfers landscape. Currently back to using TruPix A4. When you are wrapping a mug super tight, you'll know when your mug is tapered, sometimes I'll chance my arm. But I reckon that a bad mug has more influence when one side goes wrong than the texture of the paper. I only print landscape. I don't know if batches of paper get cut down differently though?
I was using Inkexperts paper for a while who cut down their paper, so I don't know if they pay attention to grain direction or not. I will keep an eye on this because I'm using TruPix at the moment. If any bad sides come up again, I'll do my rocking test after printing. I've had to increase my oven times by 3 minutes in recent months probably down to using Trupix, so ink release may be an issue too when swapping papers all the time.