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hi,i,m using the e3300n ricoh,sublimating text onto metal.results are faint black,any suggestions to getting a better print?turned heat press down to 190 and 60 secs sub time,however still paper sticks to metal and the print is black ,but quite faint still.any suggestions?:mad:

Go down to 170 - 175 degrees and 50 seconds. Blacks go off to brown and blurred when you are too hot for too long with ricoh inks.

Are you using sublimation Ink - (sublijet - R gel ink)
Are you using the powerdriver or if a mac a profile.
What paper are you using and where from
What metal are you using and where from

As much info as possible and it will help with your replies.

thanks mate...

thanks john,sublijet,china paper from ebay,coted metal from xpress,just corel windows 7,not shire on the driver??

Well, along with your timings, that could be a problem. You need to be using either the powerdriver or a profile.

harry tambo;41992 wrote:thanks john,sublijet,china paper from ebay,coted metal from xpress,just corel windows 7,not shire on the driver??

Make sure you use PowerDriver which is available as a free download from here...
http://www.sawgrasseurope.com/technical ... sublijet-r

I never did work out why.... But if I printed the same eps file from illustrator and Corel draw, the illustrator version would give a far better result on the finished product... This was on my old Ricoh GX7000

Maybe the profile/powerdriver wasn't set up properly in coreldraw