confused but happy

[tonycarr]

been playing with MDP mug press....wanted to print some plain black text, set temp & time both to 185. put mug in closed handle, temperature went down to 169 then took around 35 secs to climb back up to 185 at which time the timer began to count down, took mug out when counter reached zero. so 185 + 35 = 220 total ....and the black came out looking green with blurry edges, which according to instructions and forum posts indicate an undercooked mug......(needs more time in press)

wanting to experiment i bought the press back up to temperature (185) and this time started the countdown manually (again 185 secs), at the end of 185 secs took mug out expecting to see more green being very undercooked, but to my surprise .....it was black with nice sharp edges .... beggars belief and defies logic ..... maybe I'm colour blind and it was brown

but im not and it was definitely green......... im going to ignore the timer from now on and do it manually 185 for 185 = perfect

[webtrekker]

Sublimation printing isn't an exact science, ... as you've just found out!

Good luck with it.

[pisquee]

Mug presses used to work this way, and for years we did mugs 180 degrees at 180 secs from we closed the press, and is still my preferred way, and wish this was an option on new presses

[UK Printed Mugs]

I just think mdp have a load of faulty presses. Just ordered the same press from signzworld at less than half the mdp price so will let you know if that press counts down when handle pushed down. We have six of this mug press type and all worked the same except for the new mdp press we returned.

[tonycarr]

I just think mdp have a load of faulty presses. Just ordered the same press from signzworld at less than half the mdp price so will let you know if that press counts down when handle pushed down. We have six of this mug press type and all worked the same except for the new mdp press we returned.

be interested in your findings, you'd expect them all to be the same. is it mainly blacks that people have issues with?