10 Common Sublimation Printing Problems and How to Solve Them
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- Are you have sublimation printing problems? Issues with pressing? Are your projects turning out horrible? Well, I am here to help! I am sharing with you the 10 sublimation issues that I see most often from people and what the problem may be. This video will help guide you to solving your sublimation problems yourself so you can start sublimating like a pro! Think of this as your guide to sublimation troubleshooting all in one short video that you can reference at any time!
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0:00 Introduction
0:35 Wrong equipment
1:39 Wrong blank
2:27 Printer settings
3:15 Image not bright
4:35 Ghosting
5:09 Extra ink
5:39 Small dots
6:35 Blurry print
7:28 Faded print
7:51 Banding
8:53 Wrap up - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I’ve purchased my supplies at the end of last week and I am so happy and ready to get started. I’ve been binging your videos and feel so confident!!!
That's a long list! Guess I'll have to rewatch & take notes! Thank you Angie for another inspiring video!
I rarely comment on TH-cam but I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your videos and that I love how thorough you are in your videos. Thanks a bunch!
Wow, thank you!
I love your instruction videos as they are clear concise and to the point! Thank you so very much!
Glad you like them!
Hello, I just wanted to say thank you for this video. It Helped me fix the problem that I was having and spent all day trying to figure it out. Banding was my issue and I must have printed over 40 sheets and ran over 10 cleaning runs on the heads until finally stumbling across this video. Changing the paper setting to matte was the solution for me. Thank you again!
Glad it helped!
Same here but when she was doing a number change that worked for me too I actually like Angie's videos more she don't talk and over talk like other videos people do. She is simple and direct.
GENIUS tip regarding putting the heat resistant tape if you have an extra ink spot on the paper !!!! THANK YOU !!! Love your videos !
Thanks!
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video.
I'm binging these in preparation for my own undertakings and i'm feeling more confident with each video.
You got this!
Thank you Angie! Great details for a perfect sublimation result.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video!! Excellent info. Thank you for always making sure we get the best outcome on all of our projects!!
🌼🌸🌻🌹🏵🌷🌺💐🌼🌸🌻🌹🏵🌷🌺💐🌼🌸
You bet!
You have a great way of de-mystifying sublimation. I have watched other sub videos and they seem to pass by certain (IMPORTANT) aspects of the process........Thank you.
You're the Best! I'm starting with sublimation and every time I have a question you have the answer!!!!
Thanks
Great to hear!
Your videos are so helpful and right on topic! I’m having ghosting/blurring even after taping it down excessively. The middle of my designs are wonderful but the outside ghosts. After your video, I’m leaning toward not enough pressure. What do you think?
That would be my guess. If you are using a press, try adding more pressure.
@@AngieHoldenI’m having ghosting on SOME areas of bottom edge of tumbler (never again will I purchase the rounded 😢I should’ve gotten the flat bottoms. Any suggestions? I don’t tape top or bottom and I don’t have any paper hanging over the edge
Hi Angie! I love all of your videos, so thank you for being very detailed.
I recently purchased everything to start my sub shirt business. However, when I pressed a sublimation today, on a bleached shirt, the design started a faint yellowing after cooling down. Could this have been the parchment paper I had used twice before or a problem with the bleaching? Thank you!
Try this: th-cam.com/video/iPNvCYCfFKA/w-d-xo.html
Spray hydrogen peroxide on it with an empty find most bottle
Just wanted you to know that you have helped me so much!! Thank you!!!
Happy to help!
Great video! Thank you. I will be using these tips today!
Wonderful!
Why don't the mugs from dollar store work for sublimation? How would I know what mugs to purchase at a department store or online? Is there any kind of coating I could put on the mugs from dollar store that would make them work for sublimation? Thank you,love your video's.
Great question! I want to know too ☺️
The mugs from Dollar Tree do not have sublimation/polyester coating. I would just order mugs that are sublimation ready rather than trying to spray that poly spray. Usually that is a horrible disaster
You have to have a mug with a sublimation or polyester coating. I just purchase mugs from Amazon or another retailer that say they are for sublimation. There are coatings but I have had zero luck with the ones that I have tried.
Prepress Tip: Be sure to let your blank cool down after the prepress before placing your print on it. I've accidentally gotten ghosting and smudges from trying to move too quickly and positioning a print on a blank that was still hot from the prepress stage. :(
Yes! You can definitely do that!
Hi does this work for case blank
I did my first sublimation today on s white poly tshirt and pre pressed and used heat tape. When I took the design off after time was up the tape had left yellow lines 😭 everything else looked great except that. What did I do wrong?
I let mine cool almost completely down and the paper was completely glued to the cup. I can't get it off
@@daniellehutson7766I would just try a different heat tape the one you got may have just been a bad one.
Great video Angie!
This information is much appreciated -- and not easily found elsewhere on TH-cam. Thanks. Otherwise, I'm learning the hard way -- like buying Dollar Tree mugs only to find that they won't sublimate. I just searched your videos on sublimation coatings which I'm going to watch next! :)
Glad it was helpful!
Sublimation on a framed canvas, please. 💕
I have that on my list to do a video soon!
Yes!!!
I find if you put something solid underneath the canvas (I use old, thick catalogs) that it will give you a nice solid area for pressing. Just make sure you use the correct height to be even with the wood frame.
Thank you so much. Very informative, Ill try these tips.
Great video, Angie! Thank you!!!
Thanks for watching!
Very helpful explanation, thanks!!
Glad it was helpful!
So glad you made this video!! I see many people in the different groups that but an eco tank printer thinking they can use the ink that comes with it. I feel so bad when they make that mistake.
Me too!
Love your videos, very clear instructions and explanations. I’m having trouble with my cricut easy press 2 heat press.. it literally melted a 95% polyester shirt I was working on. I had it on 380 for 45 seconds
That does not sound right at all. Maybe call Cricut.
Wonderful video
Thank U 😊
Great tips!
Angie
Thanks for information
Love watching your videos.
I knew some of these but not all. Thanks so much!!
You're so welcome!
Thank you! So helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you!
Awesome!!! just possibly cured a problem using Orca mugs looking faded.... I'll run a test and find out
Thank you
You're welcome
This was great - thank you! My issue is blurriness which I realize is from moving the press. I really want the clam shell version instead of my cricut square press. I need to work on that. LOL I tend to turn around and talk to people and that moves the heat press. Grrrr I’ve wasted a few zipper pouches but you live and learn! Thanks again.
You can try more tape as well.
thanks
I'm new at the sublimation and feel like i have learned a lot however i ALWAYS seem to pick up a nw thing from your videos...thanks
Great to hear!
This video has been so very helpful thank you so much Agni!!! Hugs Lizx
I'm so glad!
Great video Angie and help me loads, just one issue I'm having problems with is the black parts on the mug are turning out brown or red and I'm having to throw them away.
Brown is over baking so maybe ease up on time or temperature.
You always have the best solutions!! I thank you for this!! I am still having an issue with my sublimating puzzles. Im using sublimation ink (I had put the ink that came with the Epson inside first and then suctioned it out to then put the sublimation ink in.) Im not understanding why the pictures that I sub, is blue.
If this is the first thing you are sublimating after switching, I would print like 10 prints and toss them then try again. The blue could be that your color is off from still having a little of that other ink in there.
I am new to sublimation and your videos are most helpful. Thank you for sharing all of your helpful hints. Do you have any recommendations for polishing acrylic after you sublimate on it? a Buffer? Gloss spray? Perhaps it my pressure or time/temp, but I have noticed that when I put an image on a piece of cast white acrylic, the finish does not always come out bright and shiny like the acrylic is before pressing. Sometimes it looks like the paper leaves a film or spotty impression on the surface?
I have washed away that film before using just water. Have you tried that? You might also be getting it too hot and the paper could be sticking due to the acrylic melting.
Hi Angie, thank you so much for all your helpful videos! I sublimated an A6 journal and not only did I have banding (I'll change my printer settings next go round) but my image did not come out bright and glossy as I anticipated. What did I do wrong?
What was the journal cover made of? You need a polyester coating to make it bond. Also the cover would need to be glossy in order to get a glossy finish on your final project.
Hello Angie your videos are extremely helpful, I have learned so much. Don't remember if there was a video on what to do when you heat press a sublimation image on a bleached shirt and the white part turns alittle just a little light tan. What can been done I heard to spray peroxide but when, when it's cold or still hot the image? Thanks fir all you do.
Try this: th-cam.com/video/iPNvCYCfFKA/w-d-xo.html
Thank u
No problem!
Hi Angie.
you explain every thing so well, thank you for that.
i have a question, when i first got a sublimation printer i set up the icc profile to suite the type of paper that was supplied with it however since then i have purchased a sawgrass printer and now use their paper, can you tell me if i need to change the paper make and if so how do i do this.
The Sawgrass printer does not use an ICC profile as it is all included in their software. You don't have to do anything further with that printer.
Love your thorough videos. I've been having the same problem awhile. I used to think it was my heat temp but now I think it's either my printer or print settings? My tumblers that have black areas seem to come out heavily tinted magenta but when I test print in grayscale the blacks are solid and flat so I don't know why it isn't appearing this way printing in colour?
My guess would be a clog in the black. You may not be able to see it with just a printed page but with the clog, it may be tinting the black some.
Great video. 💕💕👍Just getting started with my heat press. How do you know what pressure is set on my swing away press. The knob doesn’t have settings, I just urn it. So I need a way to judge the pressure. Any ideas?
I just judge by feel. Mine also just has a knob.
Thank you ! I love your videos. My Epson ET2720 will not accept ink anymore.
Sorry? What do you mean it won't accept the ink?
Thank you for yet another very informative video. I’m not sure I get #10 (Banding), but my biggest problem is that I get doted white lines across my design. Is this banding?
Yes! That is most likely banding. Lines in your design.
I love your advice, just set up my ecotank today & bought the hiipoo ink you recommended. After doing one project with infusible pens I was hooked so I had to buy a printer. I’m curious how long the ink will last, thinking I should order another hiipoo pkg to have on hand.
No need to order until you are really low on ink. The ink lasts a really long time.
Hi, thank you very much for this detailed explanation. Do you know, What is the best affordable Heat press to begin but good enough to last if I grow my business bc that is the idea. Heat press nation is a bit pricy to begin and the Amazon ones have mixed reviews. Thank you in advance!
Try this: th-cam.com/video/3nLPL5SWbFs/w-d-xo.html
Hi Angie, first of all I love all of your videos. I followed your instructions for setting up an Eco tank sublimation printer and pressed the image onto a polyester shirt. It looks great except for one of the areas where I applied transfer tape. It bled onto the shirt. Is there a solution for removing a transfer tape stain?
Was it heat resistant tape? I have multiple instances of people having trouble with cheap yellow tape from Amazon. I don't think there is a way to save your project. I would get a different tape. You can see some brands I like here: th-cam.com/video/UrSdDvjQGNE/w-d-xo.html
Hi Angie! Absolutely love your videos, I learn so much. Thank you for #3, I will check that, but I have another question that was not addressed in your 10 here. I tend to have spots when using the heat transfer tape. It always seems to leave a yellowish stain. I got two rolls of tape on Amazon when I purchased my heat-resistant gloves, it was added in. I used it to take a shirt down and ruined it as well as a mug. I also get the spotting on the bottom of my tumblers but they are usually covered up by the silicone pad.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: I have a converted Epson printer with Hiipo ink installed. I've had the printer for about a month. I am using A-Sub sublimation paper. I currently sublimate in a convection oven.
Try this: th-cam.com/video/UrSdDvjQGNE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so very much Angie! I got that tape with purchase (free ain't always free 😔).
I will definitely be looking at these other brands.
After a highly stressful day trouble shooting not only my sublimation process but also my vinyl cutter, the ONLY thing that has kept me remotely sane is watching 3 of Angie's videos! I'm still no further - think my printer is still printing normal ink out even though it's been emptied and purged. Nothing will transfer using my heat press. Not even a tiny bit.
Yea that is typical of a printer that had old ink it. Find a full color print and print it about 10 times. Then print another and try to press. Make sure you are pressing on polyester as well though!
Thank you for doing all these awesome videos! I have an Epson 2720 I use Asub paper and wok wok sub ink….. how come my reds print red but when I press on 100% polyester it’s orange?
You might try an ICC profile to correct your colors.
Thank you so much for your videos! For some reason my color is not taking in the middle of my graphics. Is only a small faded area, almost a like a line. The line is about a 1/4 of an inch. I have my heat set to 400 degrees and timer to 50-60. Any suggestions? thanks!
My guess would be the blanks or inconsistent pressure.
Hi Angie! Love your videos! I am having the sublimation paper “border” show up on my T-shirt designs. I am using polyester shirts and I can see where I cut around the design. Would you say this is due to heat press pressure? Any suggestions?
Try this: th-cam.com/video/SzyFsf85uvk/w-d-xo.html
Hello! Thank you for being here! I converted an Epson EcoTank 4760 and have been using it for months with beautiful results. Recently I let it sit for about a month and the nozzles clogged up. I bought a cleaning kit and cleaned them to no avail. I ended up running a complete nozzle cleaning/purge and that seemed to clear everything up. I ran two purge prints after the total cleaning and all the colors looked good. I then sublimated four Cricut coffee mugs and got blue splotches of ink in multiple random spots on all four mugs. I used the same ink, same A-Sub paper, Cricut mug press (so time and temp and pressure is set). The only thing different was a new heat tape that is thin and did not seem very sticky so I used more than normal and a lighter weight butcher paper, but still double layered it. I have googled the issue and folks seem to think everything from lint (I lint rolled all mugs), ink transfer from the tape or ink overspray (whatever that is). I am at a loss and I have my first craft sale coming up and I am terrified to sublimate all the other items I have! Any suggestions would be appreciated. You are absolutely my go to person for sublimation. I love your videos and all the help.
Try looking at the humidity in your home. See if it is really humid or really dry. That could be causing the issue. I would experiment on some 100% polyester cloth for pressing instead of ruining more blanks!
Hi Angie! I wanted to first and foremost thank you for your awesome stay "on topic" videos. My fav. feature the video tabbing--EXTREMELY USEFUL. I do have a question. When sublimating, I use a cricut press pad between the front and back of the shirt to keep the image from transferring to back. Lately, I started to notice that this leaves a faded gray area behind the image that is the same size as pad. I don't understand why this happens sometimes and not others. Is this a bad practice? If so, what else can I use. OR is this simply a time issue? I know the temp & pressure is good given that I use the Cricut Autopress. Paper: A-Sublimation Paper; Eco converted printer;
First make sure you cover the mat with paper do ink doesn’t get on the pad. Second this may be more of a heat press mark than anything else.
Hi Angie, I have an EPSON-ET 4700 converted to a Sublimation Printer. It is wanting me to do a Firmware update but I am not sure if it will mess up my Sublimation Printer Settings. Is it absolutely necessary for me to do the update or can I leave it be??
Thanks in Advance
Sherry
I love your videos! My question is how do I get rid of the thick black frame that shows up on my print?
I assume you are using Cricut Design Space to print. That is why you have the frame. Use another program to not have that. You can see some options here: th-cam.com/video/TGalh6abV1w/w-d-xo.html
@@AngieHolden I watched the video you recommended, very informative. However it doesn’t answer a big question I have. Can I save my projects that I do in DS to outside the program, like my hard drive?
Awesome video. Can i ask why my images that I’m printing using google docs are not printing out the size that I’m selecting? I’m printing from an Eason.
Try this: th-cam.com/video/kfmzrLncghk/w-d-xo.html
Hi great video. I’ve been using the epson et-4700 printer for sublimation that’s been working pretty good but for some reason it’s now saying that my printer is out of paper though there is paper loaded. Do you have any recommendations? What size paper should I set the printer to? And when I print images with black on it it prints with white lines
First, the white lines are probably because your black is clogged. I would look up cleaning procedures. Set your printer to whatever size paper you are using. I would start by cleaning in the back where your paper goes. Sounds like your sensors are not working.
Angie love your style of teaching! I messed up on a sublimation mug and printed it upside down. Anyway that you know to get that off of the mug so I can use the mug again?
Not that I know of. I have been trying some things and will do a video if anything works!
@@AngieHolden thank you for your reply! I definitely will watch!
Thank you for this video. I have the exact same printer (4700) and hiipoo ink. Do you have a video on how to make larger prints outside cricut design space ?
Try this: th-cam.com/video/TGalh6abV1w/w-d-xo.html
I am also working on a video about doing projects larger than your paper size!
@@AngieHolden yay!!!! Can’t wait lol thank you so much for sharing your gifts and talents with us ❤️❤️
This is good info for new sublimators. I have more experience and am getting a different problem. The “wheels”on my Epson ET-2800 run over the paper as they move the paper and carry the ink to other parts causing lines and streaks not related to an ink clog. Any recommendations?
Those are pizza wheel marks. I would try this: th-cam.com/video/VfpbsaJXEEM/w-d-xo.html
hi again Angie, I would like you to cover using a download templates from the computer and a reason you that may not be able sublimate it to a cup for example.
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/kfmzrLncghk/w-d-xo.html
Hi Angie.Thanks for the great video I am a newbie here still in the learning stage. I have tried sublimating on 100% cotton tees, but they fade badly upon laundering. I tried 400 degrees F for 60 secs as most recommend, but burnt a hole right thu the shirt. I am now going to try lowering the temp to 385 degrees F. Also, when de-sizing with the 50/50 peroxide solution, how long do I press it for ? Any other advice would be most appreciated. God bless !
Please watch this video: th-cam.com/video/UH5lpCfe6iU/w-d-xo.html
Hello thank you for your videos there very helpful, I do have a question my first sublimation I did with a tumbler in a oven came out burn and the blank melted from the bottom. Do you know why ?
I do not! Have you tried this video: th-cam.com/video/UJMTSDMbCWc/w-d-xo.html
Hi Angie! I love your training videos! Easy to follow and very informative. I’m a beginner in sublimation. I’ve been trying to sublimate a 12oz Sublimation Slim Skinny White Stainless Steel Can Can Cooler. I have the following: sublimation printer, sublimation ink, sublimation paper that you have recommended. My final print design has a black outline around my design. How do I get rid of the outline?
Are you printing from Design Space? That programs adds the black box.
Thank you for the quick response! Yes I am printing from Design Space. Should I print directly from Canva?
Try this: th-cam.com/video/TGalh6abV1w/w-d-xo.html
@@AngieHolden thank you! You are awesome!! Please keep your training videos coming! 👍🏼👏🏼
Angie have you done a video on sublimating luggage tags using Canva?
Great video. I do have some questions: I subbed a lovely tee shirt but when I was doing the dishes my shirt got wet and ran across the print. This caused the dye to run. Is that normal? Also, when I print my designs sometimes the design smudges on the paper - I try to be super careful not to touch it but it's like a powder. You covered the waves in a print, I will try your suggestions because that has been my problem in almost every shirt. So upsetting. Thank you for your help, I appreciate you.
This is not right at all. First, do you have sublimation ink in a printer and are you using sublimation paper? Second, did you add the print to a shirt that has at least 65% polyester content? It sounds like one of those things is incorrect.
Hi! I love watching your videos. Where do I buy blank T-shirt for sublimation
Try this: th-cam.com/video/K3ZIxoGz9ro/w-d-xo.html
I have everything I need to convert my Epson XP-4100 for sublimation! Question is how do I prepare my printer for the new cartridges and sublimination ink? Do I need to clean the printer head and nozzles etc. If so any suggestions to how that is done? Also one of your videos states not to swap or mix ink. Couldn’t I buy more refillable cartridges for different brands of sublimation inks until i find my favorite? Lastly when printing for the first time can I print on regular copy paper so not wasting sublimation paper?
I am not familiar with the XP series so I am not sure on the preparing the printer. Just be aware that even when you swap your cartridges there is still ink in the printer itself. I recommend not swapping if you can. And yes you can definitely just do copy paper at first!
hey angie, I love this video I did a cleaning head and my blue color is still not showing up, what could I do before I had to get a new printer?
After cleaning, you can wait 24 hours and see if it starts flowing. You can also do multiple cleanings.
hey Angie nice for all the problems and fix it thank you i was wondering if you can make a video for thos of us that are haveing a hard time with gosting or it looks like ink spilling over the side of the finished product this is on cottons and also using htv ront for the first layer can you please HELP?
My guess is too much ink printed. I go over the settings here: th-cam.com/video/6tMxWsoO4gM/w-d-xo.html
thank you so much@@AngieHolden
Hi Angie, I’m doing mugs! Yay! I put one name vertically near the handle and didn’t mirror 🤦♀️. The rest of the mug looks great. Do you know of any trick fix ideas for a vertical section of mug that’s probably a little less than an inch wide? Thanks!!
I don't! You could try to cover it up with something dark?
Thank you for your video, it really helped. I have just sublimated my first travel mug for the recommended time from the supplier at 180c/356f for 60 seconds. The black on the image came out brown in some areas. Would you recommend increasing/decreasing the temp or time to solve this? Thank you.
A black that looks brown is over baked. Black than looks green is under baked. Use that as your guide!
@@AngieHolden thank you very much, I will try 45 seconds next time.
Can you do a video on how to do tumbler on tumbler heat press? I am having issues with fading color, on black mostly. What the best time, heat temp..and so forth… thank you..
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/tQCrYfJttws/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgxcoHU3SIibORT_ujJ4AaABAg
I’m printing on Canvas with laminate, got ready to tape the image and had a huge black streak of blank ink on my husbands tux. I didn’t heat press because I didn’t want to ruin canvas I just laminated.
What happens if a streak if ink drips more then it’s suppose too? I have my printer settings like you suggested and they are in target.
Hello Angie, I am very new to sublimation and I've wathed several of your videos. I keep getting white rings at the top and bottom of my tumblers. I am using a tumbler heat press. Not sure where I am going wrong.
That is a typical issue. The tumblers are slightly tapered so you will find that you need to really tape a lot on the top and bottom to get the print to transfer.
Hello, awesome channel! I was wondering why my sublimation would bleed onto my clear vinyl backing. We are using siser clear vinyl and then sublimating on top of cotton shirts. If the shirt gets wet it bleeds. We pressed the vinyl at the correct temp and then adjust temp for sublimation. Any ideas to help control that bleeding?
It may be that the vinyl is not made for sublimation. I have used clear dye sub vinyl before but not the siser brand.
Hi there! love your videos! when i am sublimating a larger image, i combine them, tape them with heat transfer tape, and press....they leave a line in the middle...Help! its a line right where they were connected, but i'm trimming and overlapping like i have seen. Thanks so much!
I have the same problem actually. If I figure it out, I will do a video on it!
Hi I love your videos. I have recently converted my Epson to sub printer and I am having an issue with my prints now. I did one that was fine but then the 2nd time I tried to print something it has like a marbling effect with the ink.. I'm not sure if it's a printer setting or if I have something else wrong. I'd appreciate any and all help 😶
It printed with a marbled look or it looks like that after you press?
Hi Angie. Love your videos. I have a problem when doing sublimation. On any thing I use heat press with. Some colors look good. And some areas on image are faded. Happens on anything I sublimate on.
Is you heat press temperature consistent across the entire surface?
Please let us know for raise printing method
Thank you for this very helpful tutorial! In using what I already had - a Singer Steam Press (not using steam) - I am wondering if I don't have enough pressure. I have a lot of ink still on the paper, and my shirts aren't vibrant at all.
I have not tried those at all.
@@AngieHolden I'm going to put it up for sale and get a regular heat press. I had gotten it for applying stabilizer for bag making. A heat press will serve both.
Just sublimated my first tumbler! At first, I thought I did something wrong as it looked faded white and thought maybe it didn't press for enough time although I did the recommended 50 sec and 360° - then I realized it was some of the sublimation paper was still on it. After washing it, it is all perfect now! How can I prevent from the paper staying on? Thank you in advance for your help Angie!
That happens! You can definitely just wash it off and it will be fine!
Hi Angie, I am fairly new to sublimation, but love to craft so of course I had to have one more craft! I am making shirts. I used yellow simulation heat tape and it was working fine until it left a glue mark on my polyester shirt. Is there any way to remove the glue from the shirt?
Not really. I would get another brand of tape.
Hi! Your videos are so good and so informative! I’ve been scouring the internet for this answer and and then it dawned on me that if anyone - you may know. …I accidentally purchased infusible mug blanks instead of sublimation ones. Too late to return them. Can I sublimate them??? Thanks for your time!
Yes you can! Infusible Ink blanks are in fact sublimation blanks.
@@AngieHolden thank you so much!!!😊
How do you fix the color gray that comes out green on a mug? I used a Sawgrass printer, sublimation paper and ink along with a cricut mug and cricut mug press.
My guess would be you are not pressing it long enough. You can add heat to the mug press. Just google how to turn it up.
Good evening I just purchased my mew eco tank would you happen to know if hiipoo has a grey sublimation ink available for purchase? If not what other method should I try thank you for all your help
There is not any grey sublimation ink. Do you have a grey tank on your printer? I am confused?
Thank you so much for this video. I’m new to sublimation. I keep getting ink on my mugs where ink shouldn’t be lol. When I put the design on, I make sure I clean the mug and there’s nothing on the design paper but after I press it there’s smudges of ink on the mug. How can I fix this?
It is probably on your paper but you can't see it before pressing. My guess would be your printer is dirty or your paper is curling and hitting the print head. For the dirty printer, clean any visible areas and run plain paper through printing like one letter on each copy a few times. For curling paper, check the humidity in your space, how you store your paper, etc. Usually it is something that is causing it to curl up.
I love your videos. I have an issue. I can transfer on things like earrings…. I cannot transfer onto anything like tumblers, mugs, and coasters. Using correct heat and timer settings, but nothing will transfer. Any suggestions? I’m using a Epson 3760.
Are you buying tumblers and mugs that are sublimation blanks?
HI Ange, thanks for your tutorials. My problem is my grey colours turn peachy when sublimating. O did a mug and a puzzle and both backgrounds were a light grey (selection from design space) and they turned a peachy colour. How can I determine the colour correction.?
My first question would be did the other colors turn out okay as I am wondering if you pressed long enough or even too long. If the others were fine, you can try this: th-cam.com/video/YqW5199ceOc/w-d-xo.html
Great video. When I set up my printer with sublimation ink, I didn’t fill it just in case it didn’t work. I’ve been using it for about a couple of months ( not every day), but the level hasn’t really changed. It’s still above the mark. Been afraid to add the rest of the ink for fear of messing it up. Any issue when filling?
You can just top it off. No issues!
@@AngieHolden thank you.
Hi Angie! I'm fairly new to sublimation printing and I love you detailed videos! I have an issue though making garden flags where a line across my flag doesn't get printed on. Like a void. I press the top half then turn it around and press the bottom half and still get that void. The way I press is in such a way that that void would have been in an overlapping area.
I will be honest in that I am not good at overlapping prints. I am trying to get better to do a video!
@@AngieHolden it wasn't so much of an overlap as I would tape the entire flag to a 13x19 sheet and then press the top half, turn it around and press the bottom half. Just am confused why there is a lined gap or void across the middle of the image on the flag after
Yep. I get the same thing. I am just not sure frankly.
I wonder if at the first pressing, the front edge closest to you gets hot enough to release the gases but without pressure from the press doesn't absorb into the fabric?
Do you have any suggestions on using the siser easy subli htv and mask I have a terrible time after apply the mask getting the pieces to stick to the mask so i can press it. most of the time when i flip it over to press it, the pieces will fall off Id appreciate any suggestions you may have.
Try this: th-cam.com/video/nMV6SwmbrO0/w-d-xo.html
Hi Angie, why am i getting a yellow brownish color after i sublimate a design. Im using white butcher paper n also tear around design edges.
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I would check to see if you are overcooking it.
Hey Angie, You are an awesome problem solver! I have been loving sublimation however, my issue seems to be my black ink only. It looks perfectly fine and crisp when I print it out. I transfer at 400° for 60 seconds and all of my other colors are always crisp and vibrant except for the black and it will always look smeared. HELP! I can send you a photo so you can see what I’m talking about.
Try our Sublimation Made Simple Facebook group where you can upload pics!