printing smudged advice please

[shaz103]

I am new to the sublimation printing I am using epson P50 with sublimation inks, when i print on the right side the pic is smudged I set the printer to photo and matte paper when i print on wrong side it is fine no smudges. Help! what am i doing wrong?

[pisquee]

what sublimation inks are you using? are you using the correct profile with it?
what sublimation paper are you using? how do you know which is the right side?

[shaz103]

I got sublimation papers with my press and I got the inks from the Internet it doesn't have a brand it came with ciss system and says
sublimation ink on the bottle I printed on shiny side it smudged but the text were fine I am not sure what you mean about colour profile?

[John G]

I printed on shiny side

Maybe the paper then - never used shiny paper for sublimation, sounds like photo paper.

[shaz103]

Maybe the paper then - never used shiny paper for sublimation, sounds like photo paper.

its not shiny like photo paper if I hold it to the light I can see flecks of shine on it when I print on other side it prints fine but won't transfer onto a painted wooden plaque I have the heat press set at 200 c for a minute and tried again for 2 minutes no joy just faded transfer and yet same image works fine on fabric

[Renniwano]

Is the wood coated especially for sublimation ?

[shaz103]

no I didn't know you had to coat it! its just painted with emulsion paint what do I coat it with? I was making a plaque for a gift

[Paul]

I would sugest to type "sublimation printing" in google before you do ANY other step forward.

[viccar]

and also it will be worth a few hours to read this forum.

[John G]

ahhhhhhh! :biggrin: