too much black epson sx215

[tony]

i cannot seem to get black to work right, ive done a few mugs some have come out ok overs seem to be over coloured .print when looked at when come out on printer seems very shinny as if too muck black only in certain places , also when using dark tshirt print to light like the reds are well off colour on scren and picture

mug press temp 190-198 time 190 sec seems to be best results for me after a cupboard full of mugs

t shirt press temp 160 time 40 sec that works ok they come out as printed

so guessing printer at fault info help very much appreciated

[Justin]

The SX215 isn't a supported printer, I'm assuming therefore that you aren't using approved inks? but I may be wrong. Have you had a profile made for this setup? Do you get decent nozzle check prints?

T-Shirt print time and temp seems a little on the low side but again this may be down to your ink/shirts/press etc. Do you have any way of checking the temp of the press?

[tony]

approved ink un sure i bought locally on a market , i havent profiled i tried to but lost me followed some intsructions from off the web and they turned out worse that i started with ,check paterns are fine , am i right for different papers you need different profiles or is the 1 ok ,

[Justin]

OK, chances are it isn't approved ink then unless someone was selling on a system? The bottles would be marked if it was approved. You can't really do the profile yourself better left to someone who knows about these things. Member 'Paul' is the guy to speak to.

My personal advice would be to set up an approved system as the support you'd get at these early stages is invaluable. Initial cost won't be low but so many people come into sublimation thinking they can do it cheaply. It is possible to get good results with cheap ink/equipment but if you want to get up and running quickly and start making good money go down the official route.

[tony]

you maybe right but if you not got capital you got to start from way down the bottom , i think i tried contacting
Paul about profiles on ebay , and i think you find there are loads of people who thrive on people like us without full capital ,selling cheap ink, paper ,machines
presses ,i know its the old saying you get what you pay for ,but lets try and make the best out of what we got ,at this present time , thanks for thoughts

so Pauls the man that can , i will go with that and try. appreciate your time and help very much , and i guess theres a few out there like me too

[Justin]

The printer and inks are the biggest things to get right, other things can be tweaked, if you're using a cheap press for example. The new Ricoh A4 printer can be bought for a decent price with smaller ink carts to get you going. The ink appears to be very expensive for sublimation due to the initial outlay but break it down per ml and compare it to putting small carts in your Epson etc. and you'll quickly see that the print cost iver very low indeed.

If the inks you have aren't clogging then that's a start. The profile is the next step. Good luck with it all. My only concern is the time you spend getting this system working could be time spent making good money! lol.