Hi
I'm having problems getting my ceramic mugs working consistently. I have an adkins mug press, ricoh printer, use sawgrass inks and TMT paper. I can do the polymer mugs fine but keep having problems with ceramic. I currently use BMS European mugs. I have a problem with the top middle part nearest to me in the press going blurry. The paper looks burnt here and squashed so am guessing the pressure is to high and causes the paper to squash up but I pull it round really tight and have tried with more tape and less tape to keep it in place but it still does this. I've tried loosing the pressure to the point where it doesn't do this but then it doesn't seem tight enough as it's faded in the top middle section and most of the way round the mug but parts come out perfect near the top and bottom so don't understand why pressure isn't even all the way round? I use the same press for polymer and ceramic so don't really want to have to keep tweaking and wasting mugs trying to get it right for every order. Does this sound like something could be wrong with the press itself? I thought maybe the mugs had dips in them and that's what caused the paper to squash but it's hard to tell. If the polymer mugs are fine then does this mean the blanket hasn't gone? The time and temps I do mine on are a lot different to everyone else who has this press. I do Polymers at 160 for 130secs and then dunk in water and ceramics at 165 for 160 secs and rip of paper quickly.
Thanks for any help you can give me
Lianne