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I am new to the sublimation printing I am using epson P50 with sublimation inks, when i print on the right side the pic is smudged I set the printer to photo and matte paper when i print on wrong side it is fine no smudges. Help! what am i doing wrong?

what sublimation inks are you using? are you using the correct profile with it?
what sublimation paper are you using? how do you know which is the right side?

I got sublimation papers with my press and I got the inks from the Internet it doesn't have a brand it came with ciss system and says
sublimation ink on the bottle I printed on shiny side it smudged but the text were fine I am not sure what you mean about colour profile?

I printed on shiny side

Maybe the paper then - never used shiny paper for sublimation, sounds like photo paper.

John G;68616 wrote:Maybe the paper then - never used shiny paper for sublimation, sounds like photo paper.

its not shiny like photo paper if I hold it to the light I can see flecks of shine on it when I print on other side it prints fine but won't transfer onto a painted wooden plaque I have the heat press set at 200 c for a minute and tried again for 2 minutes no joy just faded transfer and yet same image works fine on fabric

Is the wood coated especially for sublimation ?

no I didn't know you had to coat it! its just painted with emulsion paint what do I coat it with? I was making a plaque for a gift

I would sugest to type "sublimation printing" in google before you do ANY other step forward.

and also it will be worth a few hours to read this forum.

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