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Re: Images not printing correctly on thinner items

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paul 44;137819 wrote:well ive stripped a teflon sheet off one of the plates, did a heat check on the plate with the IR thermometer, reading is half what it should be 170f on thermo 356f on heat press but coasters are printing fine, i think thermo is goosed as 170f is only 76 Celsius, i couldn't touch the plate, too hot...new thermo i think!
If you press is printing fine then do not worry about the temperature reading. IR thermometer’s are wildly inaccurate anyway.


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Re: Images not printing correctly on thinner items

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socialgiraffe;137820 wrote:If you press is printing fine then do not worry about the temperature reading. IR thermometer’s are wildly inaccurate anyway.


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It was only a £20.00 IR thermo from maplins, never really gave me a decent reading even on my galaxy cap press!
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