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bigj2552;45688 wrote:i did print them onto paper(tru-pix) paul - totally washed out colours.....just didnt think it worth wasting mats

You need to largely ignore the print on the paper as the colours react under heat. As Paul says, even with the profile that won't change. The pre-heated inks are very "light" or "dull" or "washed-out" if you prefer. Yellow is a particular example that almost doesn't seem to be on the paper at all - but that doesn't stop it from being vibrant when printed. And yellow is a primary component of green, so your green will be affected by the apparent (but not really) weak yellow.

To save wasting mousemats, print your designs at a quarter of the size and heat-press it to one corner of the mousemat. That way you can see the result of the print and use the mousemat four times over. I do that often (even on coasters!) - it's great for comparing tweaked designs.

what i,m gonna do when paul gets my profile sorted....saying that - the mugs are coming out the best of everything lol

very relistic colours on them......and if you read back some of my posts jonathan - i had to cook anything used on the swing away press for double the recommended time to get rich colours ( same as yourself bud ) - still not perfect, but not washed out looking...apart from green lol....might just try that irish one tomorrow....just to see

your mates pub mug looks good, i like JSR's idea about the "miniprints"

Sorry for dragging up a old post, but ive sat here read 7 pages and then no photo with the correct profile, talk about cliff hanger.