Coralgragh mug press

[frazzle]

Can any one help me please i'm new to mug pressing, but getting no where just mucking mugs up.

I have a coralgragh mug press i follow the instructions but just get a yellow stain on the mug.

i set the temp to 180c set time to 10s when it gets to that temp i turn the timer on and it counts down remove mug i have tried 20s and 180s and still have the same result a yellow stain on the mug.

Help

[Ian M]

Frazzle, can you please tell us which model of mug press you have & also what inks are you using to produce your transfers.

[bms]

Can any one help me please i'm new to mug pressing, but getting no where just mucking mugs up.

I have a coralgragh mug press i follow the instructions but just get a yellow stain on the mug.

i set the temp to 180c set time to 10s when it gets to that temp i turn the timer on and it counts down remove mug i have tried 20s and 180s and still have the same result a yellow stain on the mug.

Help

Just a yellow stain, nothing else?

Sounds like you've put genuine Ricoh inks into a Ricoh printer rather than using SubliJet-R inks. Are you using a Ricoh printer and do you have sublimation ink cartridges?

Are the mugs sublimation mugs as well?

[frazzle]

Frazzle, can you please tell us which model of mug press you have & also what inks are you using to produce your transfers.

Hi Ian

I bought all the gear from Coralgraph it is a Ricol printer with sublimation ink on the mug press paper the mug press is the MP4105
dont know if it made any difference i inserted the ink cartridges that came with the printer, i was sent others as i ordered extra ink.

[frazzle]

Just a yellow stain, nothing else?

Sounds like you've put genuine Ricoh inks into a Ricoh printer rather than using SubliJet-R inks. Are you using a Ricoh printer and do you have sublimation ink cartridges?

Are the mugs sublimation mugs as well?

sublimation mugs

[bms]

Hi Ian

I bought all the gear from Coralgraph it is a Ricol printer with sublimation ink on the mug press paper the mug press is the MP4105
dont know if it made any difference i inserted the ink cartridges that came with the printer, i was sent others as i ordered extra ink.

I wonder if you've been sent the genuine Ricoh inks as well and put them in by mistake? Can you open the cartridge door and remove the cartridges (this won't harm anything) - do the cartridges say VisiSub on them or are they just black?

[frazzle]

I wonder if you've been sent the genuine Ricoh inks as well and put them in by mistake? Can you open the cartridge door and remove the cartridges (this won't harm anything) - do the cartridges say VisiSub on them or are they just black?

The ones in there are plain black the spare ones have visisub on them.

[Ian M]

Hi Frazzle, that mug press is different to mine so sorry I will have to pass. Coralgraph do a mug press like the one I use & I thought you might have that one.

I think Martin could be on the right track with the inks though.

[frazzle]

Looks like i got normal ink in the printer (what a donut), what do i do now take them and do a load of printing to get rid of it or do i need to flush them out some how.

[bms]

The ones in there are plain black the spare ones have visisub on them.

Then I think you've installed the genuine cartridges and that's now a real problem. We never send these out now to avoid this happening.

Your choice is now to take them out and start flushing through with the VisiSub cartridges. You are going to waste a lot of ink and time now but if you want to use that printer again you haven't got much choice. You'lll need to do at least 5 flushes to push out the ordinary ink and get VisiSub inks in. Or, to be honest with the price of the ink it might be cheaper to get a new printer and start a fresh. With the cartridges costing £175 +vat and a new printer costing £105 +vat then you are likely to flush a lot of ink through the printer which may also result in the waste tank having to be replaced much sooner that necessary (extra £35-40 +vat).

The only way of knowing you've got VisiSub ink flowing is to print and press onto a mug. If it comes out okay then fine if not you will need to do another flush.

Harsh fact here is that it may be cheaper to buy a new printer