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I understand the principle in that I print out some test charts, scan them with the ICC gadget/software, print out a 2nd set of test charts, scan them in again and bingo I've got my profile (hopefully).

I only want to sublimate mugs. What do I print/sublimate the test charts onto as I can't scan a mug?

Do I print on a poly t-shirt or other flat surface or should I print/sublimate white tiles which have a similar surface to mugs?

Or is there some other method? I'm assuming I don't scan the printed paper as of course it looks nothing like the finished result.

There can be quite a colour shift in the finished print depending on substrate. I would suggest one that looks closest to the colours you get on a printed mug. T-shirts tend to have slightly different tones to a printed mug, so I would recommend a tile or aluminium panel for the most accurate result.

As above. Large tile or ideally metal. Although good luck as we never achieved a good result doing it ourselves so always use inkexperts who did a fantastic service. You print the charts on paper and then post them back.

Thanks both for the help. I do have some metal signs somewhere so I'll use them to print on if I need to.

It's Inkexperts ink that I've just switched to but they don't support my printer. I have discovered after a couple of test prints that my old profile (for a different manufacturers ink) seems to be working fine with the new ink so I may not need to make a new profile after all.

chromalux metal sheets.

We use white metal sheets for hard surface glossy product.

For textiles, we use the actual textile, as they are all slightly different colours of "white"