Bad Day today!

[Paul]

good tip J!!

[Justin]

My office used to get really cold in Winter so it was also a good heat source! lol, not the cheapest form of heating though!

[Squadron Prints]

you should see the press blanket curl over the edges of the mug

Obviously the blanket is not tight enough then - thanks!

This is the other xpress mugs as their original ones won't be available for another 3 months - I think it will be back to trial and error! Just done some gardening so feel challenged enough to go and give it another try with all your advice - watch this space and many thanks again!

[bms]

This is the other xpress mugs as their original ones won't be available for another 3 months

I've heard this from a few sources now - does anyone know what the differences are between the original mugs and the replacements or why they are out of stock for such a long time. A company like Xpres normally keeps container loads of mugs in stock at anyone point in time so there must have been a major c*** up somewhere in the procurement department.

[Squadron Prints]

Well I have a few mugs lying around - I think these are the last 6 of the BMS mugs that I had - tried it with heating up the mugs first, tried it turning them but still not much difference

[bms]

Do you have much overlap of paper at the top and bottom of the mug? The bottom creases look like the paper is creasing causing ripples to form in the transfer. I tend to cut our paper flush with the bottom of the mug to avoid too much creasing. A tight(er) press might also help - the top right pictures look almost spot on to me and a few more (around 20) seconds might have overcome the slight problem.

[Squadron Prints]

The xpress mugs . . . their original ones were off white and came in the packaging I liked (3 levels of 12) - then they changed to a brand new pure white (2 levels of 18) so we changed our settings to reflect this and the other reason that I used them was because I was given 2 boxes from a mate and I wanted all my Squadron orders to look the same. They hang them up on a board and different sized mugs look strange.
Anyway xpress say they have reverted to the off white ones again as the pure white ones are coming by container on a ship and that obviously takes longer! All I want are mugs that are the same shape and colour for my repeat customers!

[Squadron Prints]

Do you have much overlap of paper at the top and bottom of the mug? The bottom creases look like the paper is creasing causing ripples to form in the transfer. I tend to cut our paper flush with the bottom of the mug to avoid too much creasing.

No overlap of paper - timings are approx 160 with a turnaround at 80 - OK - I will give it a go . . . .

[bms]

I think you're using the DF1 mug press? What idle temp do you have this set at - 110? I'd try one, starting at idle temp so as the mug press heats up it is also heating the thicker part of the mug at the bottom. Then this will heat up to operating temp (170 degrees) for a time of 150 seconds (normally). If you do swap around then the time of 160 is okay, but never had the need to do this and can't really understand why you would want to do this as the press blanket is the same temp all over.

[Squadron Prints]

Yes Martin - I bought the package from you guys! I am very happy with our other mugs but this photo thing is a challenge - my other half is a photo perfectionist too so not easy
I have mug number 24 in cooking now and this is the last one I am going to try - settings as you say, mug warmed so fingers crossed. I need to go and cook in the other oven for hungry tummies!