<t>as a follow up to this, I have had better results by simply printing the design from microsoft paint rather than printing from the design software. I save the image as high res jpeg and export into paint, I dont why this should help but it does improve the Purple/navy blue situation. Maybe ...

<r><QUOTE author="purpledragon;63483"><s>[QUOTE=purpledragon;63483]</s>i tend to agree with ian here although i see the other point that ian has kind of pigeon holed it a bit but the point is valid. i see another post on the forum asking how much you sell a mug for , now lets say that person sees ...

<r><QUOTE author="Ian M;63471"><s>[QUOTE=Ian M;63471]</s>With the greatest respect this kind of post does make me shake my head quite a lot. The reason being is that not many people seem to understand anything about how to market their business. <br/>
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There is lots of free marketing advice on ...

I think this post should have been in the marketing section , sorry!

<r><QUOTE author="GoonerGary;63460"><s>[QUOTE=GoonerGary;63460]</s>ebay died a few years ago when they introduced the best match system and also the '1000 sold' doesn't help either against your '1 sold'.<br/>
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ebay is a race to the bottom and you will find your listings on page 74..who is going ...

<r><QUOTE author="Paul;63459"><s>[QUOTE=Paul;63459]</s>Type photomug in ebaysearch and this should explain why <E>:-)</E><br/>
is to many of it already!<e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE>

Paul, Yes I agree, Ebay listings have saturated the market and this is what makes me wonder if I should be having a website ...

<r>Just wondering if any one has experience of selling mugs on Ebay and at the same time, on their own website aswell?<br/>
If so, which works best for you?<br/>
I have good experience selling on Ebay and get good regular sales with unrelated items, but having recently listed some personalised mugs ...

Thanks for your replies everyone, I will try the various options for temp and time as suggested.

<t>Thanks for your reply Roger, is that 50 seconds after the press reaching 170 degrees?<br/>
or inserting the mug in press to warm up to idle temp and then boost to 170 degrees and then a further 50 seconds ?<br/>
At the moment I am doing the latter at 30 seconds after my press hits 170 with the ...

<r><QUOTE author="Paul;62754"><s>[QUOTE=Paul;62754]</s>you printing via icc profile or powerdriver? can you give other more info ie time and temp you use?<e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE>

Hi Paul, sorry was a bit vague - I am using Powerdrive with the sawgrass inks, Ricoh printer. The temp is 330f/165c and ...