China Mugs - Problems in comparison to ceramic

[Justin]

Customer insisted they wanted 13oz Balmoral Chain Mugs. Personally I don't like the china sublimation mugs but what the customer wants.......

Running print tests today, I've been tweaking my printer RIP for the last couple of days and a couple of things appeared 'off' so I tried a few different settings but print below is standard RIP profile with no adjustments made.

Below is a picture of the same image onto both mugs, ceramic and china. The loss of detail surprised me but it's the colours that are really bad. Now I know it's a different surface china/ceramic etc. and I'm cooking for same time 170/170, should I change settings for China? Could it have blurred through slight overcooking maybe?

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[Reg]

When I do china mugs I use a silicon wrap and leave the time and temp the same,that's on the 10 oz ones.

[UK Printed Mugs]

Hi Justin. In my experience then the 130z bone china never go as clear as ceramic and in fact only last week we had a client complain. We try and stay away from 13oz although still offer for sale.

[Andrew]

China always has a softer muted finish. Just have to warn the customer beforehand as will not get the crispness of ceramic.

[Justin]

Muted is a perfect word, especially for the grey design I'm working with, it just sucks the life out of it. I'd expected this yellow/blue design to go the same way but as you can see the yellow has become quite garish.

[MugPrint]

Have you tried the thin transfer paper Justin using a mug oven ?

[Justin]

Just doing these in a press a I don't have wraps to put them in the oven. My wraps don't work with them

[lollyb85]

Evening all, I’ve just started doing bone China mugs again and yeh colours are totally duller or muted than I expected , I couldn’t remember having this issue before , have you guys perfected it yet or have any tips to share? Thanks

[Justin]

I won't print them, load of rubbish imo.

[UK Printed Mugs]

We print more bone China than ceramic and only trust orca coating to give good consistent results if that helps.