Template advise

[chris_hosk]

Hi guys & dolls

i have made a number of makes and doing 1 or 2 is fine but its a pain when we get a order (like today) for 10 band names with a pic as getting the print nice & level is a pain i was thinking about maybe having a faded boarder around that i can cut around so i can have that cut to the mug then i can rest it on the table when taping thus making sure they are nice & level.

does this make sense and if so how do other people get by?

[WorthDoingRight]

I always cut the transfer paper 5 mm below the bottom of my template with a photographic cutter and then standing the mug on the table I wrap the paper around the mug lining it up evenly with the handles. So far everything has come out level.

[chris_hosk]

Sounds good i use 11oz mugs what width do you use to get it handle to handle?
Thanks
Chris

[WorthDoingRight]

Hi Chris, It all depends on whether I want to print 3 up on A4 sheet portrait or 2 up on A4 landscape. I tend to use either the 210mm portrait width of A4 so make the template 190mm wide by 85mm high or if printing 297mm landscape I use 220mm wide by 85mm high (but then have to trim the two edges down from 297 to just below 240mm). I never try to print handle to handle as my presses have about a 1cm gap either side of the handle where pressure is reduced. Then I guillotine them 5mm below the base of my template and wrap around the mug lining up with the base. This gives me normally 5mm gap top and bottom. I have done mugs the full 95mm top to bottom but try to avoid this as it is not 100% guaranteed to transfer correctly.

[John G]

Print with cut/reg marks - cut with scalpel, cannot get easier than that.

[meldean]

I always cut the transfer paper 5 mm below the bottom of my template with a photographic cutter and then standing the mug on the table I wrap the paper around the mug lining it up evenly with the handles. So far everything has come out level.

thats exactley what i do and have got perfect results everytime.

[steve 1]

sorry if i sound a bit thick here butiam very new to this i take it the template is the hieght of the mug by the circumferance of the mug thenyou insert your picture or text into this veiw on computer then mirror image print then press can you buy custom plain templates for the mugs or do you have to make your own ? hope iam some where near on my thoughts