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Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 19:28
by pesketta
I'm having problems printing laptop covers. When pressing the laptop cover expands with the heat and I get two images overlapping each other. Does anyone have any ideas as to what to do as they are quite expensive to keep wasting. Thanks
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 19:57
by Scotty@BMS
Ok, a little clarification would be good here. What pressure do you have? I crank it up until my biceps a bulging at the seams when I close the press!
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 21:14
by Kaz
Are you using heat tape to keep the image in place as it sounds like ghosting which happens when the paper moves slightly
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 21:47
by bms
We tend to have a good 5mm blead around the edges as the pouches can 'spread' a little under pressure. So long as you come down firm and hard then this should avoid any ghosting.
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 22:34
by pesketta
Scotty@BMS;23015 wrote:Ok, a little clarification would be good here. What pressure do you have? I crank it up until my biceps a bulging at the seams when I close the press!
i do the pressure as hard as i can, the hardest the heat press can do
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 22:36
by pesketta
yup using heat tape, it is ghosting as had that before, but cannot stop it with these for some reason
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 22:37
by pesketta
sorry what do you mean about the 5mm bleed????
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 22:46
by AdamB
pesketta;23086 wrote:sorry what do you mean about the 5mm bleed????
make the printed image larger than the thing your trying to put it on ..................... the image will overlap the item that way to ensure full coverage
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 17 May 2011, 22:58
by gstk
We definately tape them and press them as hard as possible, in fact my wife wont do them because of the failures. Since taping them and pressing hard we havent lost one.
Re: Laptop covers
Posted: 18 May 2011, 10:37
by pesketta
AdamB;23087 wrote:make the printed image larger than the thing your trying to put it on ..................... the image will overlap the item that way to ensure full coverage
yea know what you mean now, but this wont make any difference if you are only printing in the middle of the item with a white border.
I tape the paper and press as hard as possible for 50 secs, but everyone comes out with double images.
Can the laptop cover take extra heat with less time?