ricoh print quality

[harry tambo]

hi,i,m using the e3300n ricoh,sublimating text onto metal.results are faint black,any suggestions to getting a better print?turned heat press down to 190 and 60 secs sub time,however still paper sticks to metal and the print is black ,but quite faint still.any suggestions?:mad:

[bms]

Go down to 170 - 175 degrees and 50 seconds. Blacks go off to brown and blurred when you are too hot for too long with ricoh inks.

[John G]

Are you using sublimation Ink - (sublijet - R gel ink)
Are you using the powerdriver or if a mac a profile.
What paper are you using and where from
What metal are you using and where from

As much info as possible and it will help with your replies.

[harry tambo]

thanks mate...

[harry tambo]

thanks john,sublijet,china paper from ebay,coted metal from xpress,just corel windows 7,not shire on the driver??

[John G]

Well, along with your timings, that could be a problem. You need to be using either the powerdriver or a profile.

[bms]

thanks john,sublijet,china paper from ebay,coted metal from xpress,just corel windows 7,not shire on the driver??

Make sure you use PowerDriver which is available as a free download from here...
http://www.sawgrasseurope.com/technical ... sublijet-r

[Martin cull]

I never did work out why.... But if I printed the same eps file from illustrator and Corel draw, the illustrator version would give a far better result on the finished product... This was on my old Ricoh GX7000

[John G]

Maybe the profile/powerdriver wasn't set up properly in coreldraw