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Hi guys,

I am very, very new to the whole sublimation scene. I have been looking for a while and only recently decided to take the plunge and to buy all of the equipment!

I am having some problems with my prints, I am using Sawgrass Sublijet R ink, Ricoh SG3110DN and Photoshop CS6.

My final images look perfect on photoshop but once I print they look really washed out and some shadows really dark. I have fiddled with a few settings and done about 10 prints but I can't seem to get it right, my latest prints look a lot better than my first but still way off what I want.

I have attached an image of my current settings, any help would be much appreciated!!

I have also attached a list of the printer profiles that are on my drop down list. (I have only tried two of them, Glossy and Inkjet paper.. Glossy being the better)

Thanks! :biggrin:

Hi firstly download powerdriver from the sawgrass website it is a great tool for settings for sublimation in this printer. Secondly once printed on paper the images will look washed out but you will notice a big difference once they are pressed into an item as the pressed item will look a lot closer to the original design. Lastly make sure you are using sublimation paper as standard paper will not work.

Thank you for the reply, I've sent sawgrass an email as I am having some trouble registering. I will let you know what the print looks like on the final product!

Thank you

soulclaimed;93645 wrote:Hi firstly download powerdriver from the sawgrass website it is a great tool for settings for sublimation in this printer. Secondly once printed on paper the images will look washed out but you will notice a big difference once they are pressed into an item as the pressed item will look a lot closer to the original design. Lastly make sure you are using sublimation paper as standard paper will not work.

Looks to me like you might be using a Mac, so the powerdriver will be a no go, but the ICC profile your using in your screenshots are the standard Ricoh ones, not the Sawgrass ones that you will need to use.

You need to get the driver from Sawgrass - this is what you should see once it's installed:

If you have PS then you don't want PowerDriver, the correct ICC profile for your ink/printer is the best solution, Sawgrass can supply you one.

I use elements and Corel draw so can only comment on that never had problems with either with powerdriver

hi nick, sorry to jump in, I've been having trouble with colours not spot on etc, this is the icc I'm using is this right? Mac 10.10.1

NO, you need to update that profile.

Cheers Nik, is it just a case of updating through a download on Sawgrass or do i have to reg it again?