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I am very new to sublimation business.! I have brought this machine and everything but when I was using this last night for very first time I wasted about 30 mugs.!! As after printing on sublimation paper image looks normal but after heat press I get horizontal lines across image.!! I am very worried about as I spend fortune on it!! Please see attached photo for your kind reference!!

Please help.!!

Check the paper print, there is probably banding on it. Print out a nozzle check make sure there are no missing bars.

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Hi
thanks for quick reply!! I done nozzle check and that’s fine!! Lines only appeared after heat press.!
any advice please.?

cyprian.costelloe;137919 wrote:Check the paper print, there is probably banding on it. Print out a nozzle check make sure there are no missing bars.

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Ok, you have to find of the issue is with mug or the paper/printer. So if you take your image that you have printed, print it again but this time turn it 90 degrees and print the mug again, hopefully you have a clear space so you can use the same mug again. If the lines are vertical the problem is probably the printer/paper. If the lines are horizontal again..you are looking at the mug coating or the press.

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cyprian.costelloe;137921 wrote:Ok, you have to find of the issue is with mug or the paper/printer. So if you take your image that you have printed, print it again but this time turn it 90 degrees and print the mug again, hopefully you have a clear space so you can use the same mug again. If the lines are vertical the problem is probably the printer/paper. If the lines are horizontal again..you are looking at the mug coating or the press.

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do you think anything to do with heat press pressure for mug or temperature etc?

Heat and pressure problems usually produce fading or poor colours. So the edges would not print or print poorly or there could be patches within the art. To be honest I would be blaming the printer initially, looking at poor ink flow.. Depending on the printer...do you have the little bungs removed from the carts to let the air in. That kind of thing.
What you have is very consistent across the image. So if it is not the printer might be the coating on the mug or paper.

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What printer are you using?

webtrekker;137930 wrote:What printer are you using?

Hi
Thanks for reply! I am using Epson WF 2630 with sublimation ink.!!any specific setting for printer I have to do for sublimation.?

Those lines are very 'definite' so I would expect if it's the printer you'd see the lines clearly on the print, what mug press are you using? Could be element marks...is your pressure too high?

If there's no sign of lines whatsoever (look closely) then it has to be the press.

Jesh2002;137931 wrote:Hi
Thanks for reply! I am using Epson WF 2630 with sublimation ink.!!any specific setting for printer I have to do for sublimation.?

Which inks? Have you set your software and printer settings up properly? Profile?

My money's on the printer.