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Specifically for mug presses & ovens
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tried printing a few mugs off, but colours are really insipid and not strong at all, am i making an obvious mistake or do i need to do something with the printer settings etc, am using the ricoh 3300



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The colour will look dull on paper - they have to be pressed onto a mug or other sub item to come to life
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Sorry, just read your post again - what equipment are you using, paper, times and temp please.
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bought the paper and cups from BMS and following times and temp from their website, the images i print out are a bit flat of colour .... just to quantify , i do print on the darkest side of the paper ?

they just dont seem dark enough
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I made the mistake of printing on the dark side of the paper when I did my first ones a few weeks ago. It should be the bright side of the paper. When I printed on the wrong side, they still got onto my mugs, but not sparkling colours.
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If the 3300 is the same as the ricoh 5050n you put the white side down in the tray.
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do i need to set the colour management anywhere ?
to anything ?

sorry about all the questions

lorne
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If this was bought from BMS all instructions should come with the printer!
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unfortunately the printer wasn't .... bms couldn't have been more helpful
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You are using sublimation inks (Sublijet-R)
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