Mouse Mats

[danzab]

Hello again

Think me and the wife have pretty much cracked mug printing,Have done around 15 and even with the economy paper from bms we are getting excellent results using the ricoh gxe3300.

We had a try last night at mouse mats but not so good results.When we purchased the used business there was some stock left over,including mouse mats. Only thing is im not so sure if they are the right mats for the job or not. They have a grey coating on top rather than white. Also what paper should we be using. I presume its fabric transfer paper? We had some paper packaged up as T shirt dark fabric transfer paper. We tried this last night,set the press to a medium pressure for 190 at 50 seconds. The image came out very dark and poor,also the paper stuck to the mat and we had a hard time unpeeling it. Tried another at less time but it just didnt transfer properly. Tried one more with the economy paper just out of curiosity but that also came out dark,and unpeeled some of th transfer.

Do you think this is because we are using the wrong paper,ie dark transfer paper rather than just normal

Thanks
Dan

[John G]

Is the "t shirt dark" paper not for inkjets or even laser printers - don't think it'll be any good for a Ricoh set up for sublimation.

[R.Prints]

Use subli paper as you did for mugs. Print in reverse as norm then 200 oc for 30 secs using med pressure and it should work. Remember to oversize image by about 2mm so you get full coverage.
Good Luck
Ray

[Kaz]

John is right, the transfer paper is for inkjet printers, not sublimation, and it's also better for 100% cotton items (that's what I use them for).

Just use your sublimation paper, and it won't stick like the transfer paper has.

Though the mats I have are white and not grey, maybe they are old stock and have discoloured?

[danzab]

Thanks for all your replies,so i just use the same paper as I would for mug printing? I read somewhere that I needed to use the same paper as you would for soft items like t shirt sublimation etc

Also the mats are a proper grey and not faded

Thanks

Dan

[Glen]

Thanks for all your replies,so i just use the same paper as I would for mug printing? I read somewhere that I needed to use the same paper as you would for soft items like t shirt sublimation etc

Also the mats are a proper grey and not faded

Thanks

Dan

Yes just use the same paper as for the mugs Dan..as for the gray top. Never seen them grey before..maybe Martin or Grame of the suppliers can answer mate..

[accdave]

I get mine from Grahame and they have always been grey. Used to get from Subli and they were grey too

[danzab]

Ok thanks very much,will have another trial tonight

[bms]

Should be more white than grey - is it the black from the rubber underneath showing through the white fabric on top?

[accdave]

I'll rephrase my answer to off-white