DSF

Hi guys,

im not sure if this is in the right section(sorry Justin if it is) but I just had a quick question regarding sublimation papers. Does anyone trim their sublimation paper down the the size they need? For example if you are doing a one off iPhone case do you trim it down to a third of A4 then feed it through the printer that way? Or do you just use a full A4 sheet?

any suggestions would be most welcome and apologies if this has been asked many times before or if it seems like a stupid question.

TIA,

Phil

Phil i would think it would depend on your printer, if i was using a A4 Epson i would do this and have done with other paper types, but as i have a brother that loads from a tray i would think i could only put "real" sizes in it.

I was thinking the same the otherday with a mug and just decided against it, id rather loose a 26p piece of paper then jam my printer


Daz

I've got the A4 Ricoh so it is a tray I think but there is an option to change the size but I see what you mean, it could be more hassle than its worth but I was thinking as I'm only testing at the moment I would ask the question in case someone is doing it differently.

Maybe if your colours are good just print a few designs at once, rather that then break your ricoh

We're on roll feed printers, and it's too much hassel to change to sheets for a one off job, or to change the roll size on a per job basis, so we lay things out in photoshop to make best use of the roll width - filling it up either with multiples of the same design or a few different designs in one go, the printer than automatically cut off the page at the given length. So, although we have to use a whole width of paper, we can choose the length of each print.

That's fair enough pisquee, I'd love to see a roll feed printer in action! Might have to go on youtube and start dreaming lol.

I use a Ricoh I pre cut my A4 sheets in 3 for phone covers and mugs, set up a new preset paper size, then just select it in powerdriver, never had a paper jam. Really great for mugs, just print, wrap, press, no additional cutting required.

Janners

We cut our sheets down to save waste, but only to normal "A" sizes, so we cut A3 to A4 or A5 but we have a big guillotine to do it so I know its 100% accurate and then simply just select the right size in Corel and print driver.

We also lay up multiple designs on one sheet to maximise usage.

I like the idea of precutting A4 into 3 for iphone and mugs, will have to look into that,thanks

Would that just be DL size?
I think my printer will support those maybe ill play