I rarely comment on RUclips 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!
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!
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.
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.
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
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. :(
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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?
@@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! 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!
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!
So I have 20oz skinny stainless tumbler. I printed on sub paper, with sub ink and photo looked great. My press said 350 degress for 120 seconds rotate and another 50 sec. The Color did not transfer but did leave dark grey in some area
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.
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.
Dear Angie, I watch a lot of your RUclips shows. I have trouble with my sublimation. I have the correct printer, paper, and ink; it prints beautiful pictures. I have a Cricut press, and I have purchased sublimation blanks, but I am so frustrated that I can't get the print onto the item. I watched your 10 common problems but still can't determine where I am going wrong. I even purchased heat pillows for my heat press. I use the butcher paper, and heat tape the lot but nothing prints onto my item.
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!
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?
I purchased the Epson 2760 and installed the Hiipoo sublimation ink as directed. I charged the ink as directed on the printer screen. I ran the tests to calibrate the machine but I cannot get the print head nozzles clean. There are no gaps with the black ink, but several gaps in the cyan and magenta. (I can't see the yellow well enough to tell how that one looks.) I have run the cleaning cycle at least 8 times. No dice. I am reluctant to run the "Power clean" , because of the warning that it uses a LOT of ink, and might even prematurely saturate the ink pads inside, thereby needing service. Have you ever had this problem among the many Epson printers you have shown in your videos? Thank you for providing so many great videos on how to have successful sublimation products!
@@AngieHolden , yes, the printer was brand new! After an evening of anxiety, I spent a few hours reading the online manual. It recommended waiting 12 hours with machine turned off, and the doing another test. Luckily that did the trick, eliminating 99% of the clogs. So, I forged ahead and printed some images, and they came out fine! Thank you for your quick reply! I am a retired software educator/manual writer. Your information packed videos are exceptional, in that you don’t waste any time with personal, unrelated chatter. Thank you for that!
Angie, We have #6 and #7 problems quite often. Sometimes we see a tiny dot on our printed paper (Sawgrass 1000). Sometimes we can't see them but do see a dot after pressing. We use all the correct things: sub printer, sub paper, 100% poly shirt. We preheat each shirt. Our customers will not accept with one tiny dot, so we waste a lot and don't make near as much income. We have watched videos about cleaning the printer. We have cleaned and cleaned and cleaned it. We have called Sawgrass. We cannot find anyone to service a Sawgrass printer. We are willing to pay for servicing but no one will take it on. Heat Press Nation won't take it; Sawgrass itself won't take them. Their only answer to us is to buy a new one. We bought this one a year and a half ago; we shouldn't have to spend $1500 and get a new one each year. Any suggestions further than what you have given. And, can you recommend any printer besides Sawgrass? We are willing to purchase a new one but we refuse to buy Sawgrass again since they have no service. Thanks. I hope you see this; I know the video is old. Julie
Sounds like the printer may have a small leak which would not be something you could easily fix. For a larger print, Sawgrass is still the best bet. You could maybe try the Epson F570?
Hello, I have been sublimating for about 3 yrs. and these days I have sublimated 3 mugs, and I have a yellow spot on my mug and I'm using a Cricut heat press. Any ideas how to fix this?
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.
I have never seen a RUclipsr actually spending their time replying to every single question. Thank you so much. I have a few questions as well. Does it matter if I use the "Presentation paper matte" or "premium presentation paper matte" setting? I use the A-sub 125g sublimation paper. Also, I bought the Epson ecotank 2803. It seems like almost everyone has the 2720 or 2760. Is there any difference in print quality or anything else?
I don't see much of a difference between different "matte" paper types. Probably personal preference. There are no differences for sublimation purposes between the EcoTank models so you are fine there!
hello , I'm having a problem with my printer not printing the bounding box for print and cut, i have the same printer you are using. i just listen to this video and checked everything you told us. gosh this is a new printer and i'm at a loss. as always i turn to you for help :). ty in advance
First, I don't generally use print then cut for sublimation. I might print from Design Space but I don't cut it as a general rule. Second, if you are printing from Design Space, the box should print. If it isn't, that is a Design Space issue and nothing to do with your printer.
@@AngieHolden do you think I should notify cricut. Btw thank you for ALL the help you🫵🏼 have been to me over the years, you truly are a blessing. 👵🏻pray I can get the problem fixed .
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.
Hi Angie, I've had an Epson Eco tank 15000 for a little while now, I'm having a weird issue that I'm not sure how to solve. I've tried all the alignments, purge printing, cleaning, adding new ink, etc. I'm so stuck and I just had a customer return an order of shirts because of this issue. When it comes out of the printer the color looks fine, but after I press it the color looks way off. I've never had this happen before but now it keeps happening and everything I'm finding online is not solving the issue 😩 any suggestions?
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.
This information is much appreciated -- and not easily found elsewhere on RUclips. 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! :)
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 am making fabric tags for my pouches, I got a cotton ribbon for tags. Printing is okay but I am struggling with placing the ribbon on the printed tags. They seem to get off the grid. Thanks for your kind reply.
Pizza wheel tracks: We literally had to stop sublimating our own items and switch to outsourced POD instead because of this nightmare issue. We tried EVERYTHING...first we slowed down the printer, then we played with ink settings, we cleaned the wheels, then we tried removing some of the wheels (which actually helped some) and in the process accidentally pulled loose the power cord/tape for the printer head (which led to having to open up our entire printer's outer case/shell to plug it back in!). Yesterday I just learned the sub paper we were using (A-Sub 125g) is notorious for creating pizza wheel tracks because of either the paper thickness or the coating on the top of it. This was the first time I'd heard the paper could be the culprit! So we will be trying to resume sublimating at home again.
Oh my goodness, this is the paper Im currently using and iv just experienced this issue 🙈 iv done everything I can think of to try and clean it and even sent it off to Epson themselves to see if they could find the issue. They said they couldnt see any technical faults so now after reading ur comment im thinking it might be my paper 🙈 what a nitemare Iv had this last week and a half and for such a simple fix 🙈 praying this works. Thanks in advance x
Heat Tape leaves tracks on sublimation tumbler. I tried, acetone, rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover, vinegar, goo gone. NOTHING removes. It is a new roll of heat tape just put on dispenser. I’ve ruined 3 tumblers. Any help greatly appreciated. Love your videos. Thanks, Joyce McLaurin, Jus-Say-N-Signs
I have an Epson et 15000, no issues until about a month ago. My images look great but if magenta is a primary color then after I press I have like a like red blurry shadow around the image. I would bet a clogged printhead but I haven't come across a video that has been simple or helpful. I have been doing sublimation for 3 years almost daily and this is first time I can't fix the problem. I use cosmos ink and Texprint xphr, think it has a new name now. Any help would be so appreciated. and thanks for the above video, it was nice to have a video so well done and easy to follow.
Hi Angie, I have a sublimation printer, printing on sublimation paper and using a cricut heat press 2. My image out of the printer is perfect, colors are great. Once pressed the color blue on my paper turns green once sublimated on the t-shirt - I am using a cricut t-shirt for sublimation and using the recommned time...why is my blue color turning green?
I use silicone bands on my tumblers and i cannot get my tumblers to not show that band. Also, the brown heat tape shows through sometimes on my tumblers.
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.
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: ruclips.net/video/TGalh6abV1w/видео.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?
I' have an order for 500 Mousepads. I've been experienceing two issues I've had promles with. 1. Missing transfer stripes along the edge on one side and 2. Having a mark near the corner that looks like, when you iron something and it leaves a shiny spot. Which I assume is from too much pressure or too much time. The first 100 pads looked great. Then I took a break for a couple of days, then when I came back to start pressing again, when I staarted getting the faded spots and edge "banding". What I think really messed me up was printing a bunch of transfers in advance, letting them dry, then putting them in a ziplock pouch; thinking that would keep them from humidity getting at them. After trying numerous tricks and hacks from RUclips, none ofwhich solved the problem; I noticed that the paper was ripply on the side where banding was appearing. No amount of pressure or preheating, got rid of the ripples. By preheating I mean, putting the pad and transfer paper in the press, with the heat platten about 2" above the ready to press project. Testing variously increasing times. Nothing would flatten the ripples enough to avoid the banding on some of the pads. Do you have a suggestion, other than tossing 200 preprinted sheets and start again with fresh prints? Sorry for the long story, but you asked for topics for future videos. I'd be glad to send you photos, so you can see for yourself exactly what I tried to describe. Or even mail a couple to you. I can't find any printing in bulk videos that cover these issues. Thank you for all the good advice!
Definitely sounds like moisture in the paper. I generally hover the heat press over the paper to remove moisture. In this case, they may have been warped by the ziploc. I would always add dessicant packs to the ziploc if you are going to store. You could try adding several packs and leaving them overnight to see if some of the moisture would be removed.
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?
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!!
When using sublimation coating spray for less polyester base t shirts if you happen to get a blue residue stain on the shirt from possibly not using the spray correctly do you have a trick or tip on how to remove the blue stain?
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!
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.
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!
I absolutely love watching your videos and they are always so helpful but I have looked through one of your videos and every video I can find online about issues with sublimation. I’ve pressed a few T-shirts with the subli hav on cotton and darks and they came out great, and I did one on a shirt the other day and the ink bled all over while I pressed it and then today, I tried to do a polyester hat, but it was dark colored so I did the easy subli and my ink bled all over again so what am I doing wrong?
Hey Angie! I follow your instructions and I’m still having trouble with my sublimation not transferring into my Libby glass cups. I’m using sublimations ink, sublimations paper but when I taped all sides into my heat press the design will not stick to the cups. Please help 😭
So I have completed all the above steps to reduce the banding and nothing is working. I have changed the settings and finally did the print head nozzle cleaning. What should I try or do next?
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 ?
Great video. I have a question though I converted my epson wf 3640 to a sublimation printer. I cleaned and ran the print check 5 times. The ink is coming out on regular paper but the black looks really dull. Is that normal. The colors are bright but not the black. Thank you
Hi Angie, I'm trying to make mugs! I have an Epson printer, sublimation ink and paper, mugs, all of that, a heat press and it still doesn't transfer to the mugs :(
First, if your black looks green it would be that you didn't press it enough. Increase time or temperature. I would press to a 100% polyester cloth to check your colors though and get them right there before trying tumblers.
Hi Angie, While making a tumbler today I wrapped & tapped my print as I always do. Once I removed from the oven and removed all the paper I noticed I could clearly make out the tape outlines. I made a second tumbler, double checking all my steps and the exact same thing occurred. I've been busy all day making tumblers to fulfill orders with no issues, maybe I'm tired. But 2x in a row.... Wondering if you have ever experienced this?
Do yo have a video on how to clean a sublimation printer? Specifically, a sawgrass printer. I have extra ink showing up on my pressed projects that I suspect are from extra ink smudging on the paper from the printer. It is not my heat press, because it happens with my mug press too. The extra smudges of ink don't appear on the paper, but I notice it after the transfer.
First I would say to make sure you go to the Epson website and download the right driver for your printer. Second, I walk through some of those paper settings in this video: ruclips.net/video/6tMxWsoO4gM/видео.html
I sublimated on to laminated 651 vinyl for a decal. I have made 100’s of these no problem. Now I did this about 5 times and still has the black ink kinda smeared where the white is. What do you think would cause this/. Driving me crazy! I wanted to post a pic of what is looks like but I can’t post a pic
I checked that and it didn’t matter but for some reason my epson printer was installed as network and again as series. I deleted the network one and now it’s fine. Thank you
Recently started doing sublimation coasters (black type and white background) and was getting some blotchyness here and there on the white areas. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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.
Hello! My prints keep coming out with a lot of black ink streaks all over my print. Sometimes its more or less but its usually when my prints are a dark color or red. I tried to "trick" my printer and started out with a yellow print on the page and ended with 2 red prints (all on a 13x19" paper) and it printed perfectly. Next I printed a very large dark purple print and the black ink blotches/streaks are all over the pages vertically. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks so much!
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?
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.
That is two TOTALLY different things. Heat transfer paper is used in an inkjet printer and does not last very long on garments. Sublimation paper you use in a sublimation printer and press to polyester or poly-coated blanks. It lasts as long as the blank lasts.
Hello Angie... My name is Bovito and i am from india... I've watched all of your video regarding sublimation and i love it and i myself want to to start a printing business but the problem is the printer, the sublimation paper and the sublimation ink that you are using is un available in my country so can you kindly help me and recommend someone other alternate equipments as to which printer, ink and paper to use.. I will appreciate it if you could help. Thank you.
I am having an issue with some white showing up on my tumbler. It looks like white smoke rising from the bottom of the tumbler. I could show you a picture if you would like to see what I am experiencing.
Hi Angie, I purchased a ET-2800 And the hippo ink says it won't work with the ET 2800. I found A-Sub Sublimation ink Refilled and it said the ET-2800 will work with this sublimation ink. I found it on amazon. please answer me. I found you on the internet yesterday you are awesome
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: ruclips.net/video/UrSdDvjQGNE/видео.html
Oh, and my other mug I printed felt like it had paper stuck to it after I removed the sublimation paper. Also pressed for 300 seconds at 400 Fahrenheit.
I am worried about the mugs and if they are good quality sublimation blanks. On the yellowing, did you use yellow heat tape and is the discoloration in those areas? That may be the issue. I would also check the time and temperature recommended by the place where you purchased the mugs. You can wash off any paper that sticks but I usually don't have that issue with mugs.
What about heat tapes leaving yellow marks? This is common problem and not address on RUclips. Using a Cricut Mug Press with two mugs both ended up with yellow marks from the heat tape. Also, when it came time to remove the sublimation paper (after cooling down) some of the heat tapes had melted, it was difficult to remove. Checking on Amazon for the best heat tapes many seemed good until reading some of the reviews, they too have issues with yellow marks. Any suggestions?
I have a new Eason sublimation printer, sublimation ink, sublimation paper. I cleaned my sublimation ready mug used heat tape and butcher paper . Checked my temp, I still haven’t gotten anything to sublimate to the mugs. I m very frustrated.
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?
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I rarely comment on RUclips 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!
GENIUS tip regarding putting the heat resistant tape if you have an extra ink spot on the paper !!!! THANK YOU !!! Love your videos !
Thanks!
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.
I'm binging these in preparation for my own undertakings and i'm feeling more confident with each video.
You got this!
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!!!
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.
That's a long list! Guess I'll have to rewatch & take notes! Thank you Angie for another inspiring video!
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.
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.
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!
Thank you Angie! Great details for a perfect sublimation result.
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!
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.
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!
I love your instruction videos as they are clear concise and to the point! Thank you so very much!
Glad you like them!
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.
Great video!! Excellent info. Thank you for always making sure we get the best outcome on all of our projects!!
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You bet!
Awesome!!! just possibly cured a problem using Orca mugs looking faded.... I'll run a test and find out
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! 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!!!😊
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: ruclips.net/video/iPNvCYCfFKA/видео.html
Spray hydrogen peroxide on it with an empty find most bottle
So I have 20oz skinny stainless tumbler. I printed on sub paper, with sub ink and photo looked great. My press said 350 degress for 120 seconds rotate and another 50 sec. The Color did not transfer but did leave dark grey in some area
Two things: Make sure you have a sublimation tumbler with a sublimation coating. Second make sure you have sublimation ink in your printer.
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.
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: ruclips.net/video/kfmzrLncghk/видео.html
Dear Angie, I watch a lot of your RUclips shows. I have trouble with my sublimation. I have the correct printer, paper, and ink; it prints beautiful pictures. I have a Cricut press, and I have purchased sublimation blanks, but I am so frustrated that I can't get the print onto the item. I watched your 10 common problems but still can't determine where I am going wrong. I even purchased heat pillows for my heat press. I use the butcher paper, and heat tape the lot but nothing prints onto my item.
You either do not have sublimation ink or you don't have a sublimation blank. It can really only be those two thing!
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!
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!
I purchased the Epson 2760 and installed the Hiipoo sublimation ink as directed. I charged the ink as directed on the printer screen. I ran the tests to calibrate the machine but I cannot get the print head nozzles clean. There are no gaps with the black ink, but several gaps in the cyan and magenta. (I can't see the yellow well enough to tell how that one looks.) I have run the cleaning cycle at least 8 times. No dice. I am reluctant to run the "Power clean" , because of the warning that it uses a LOT of ink, and might even prematurely saturate the ink pads inside, thereby needing service. Have you ever had this problem among the many Epson printers you have shown in your videos? Thank you for providing so many great videos on how to have successful sublimation products!
I wouldn't do any more cleanings. Just send like 10 full color pages to print through your printer and see if that doesn't do it. Was the printer new?
@@AngieHolden , yes, the printer was brand new! After an evening of anxiety, I spent a few hours reading the online manual. It recommended waiting 12 hours with machine turned off, and the doing another test. Luckily that did the trick, eliminating 99% of the clogs. So, I forged ahead and printed some images, and they came out fine! Thank you for your quick reply! I am a retired software educator/manual writer. Your information packed videos are exceptional, in that you don’t waste any time with personal, unrelated chatter. Thank you for that!
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video.
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?
Angie, We have #6 and #7 problems quite often. Sometimes we see a tiny dot on our printed paper (Sawgrass 1000). Sometimes we can't see them but do see a dot after pressing. We use all the correct things: sub printer, sub paper, 100% poly shirt. We preheat each shirt. Our customers will not accept with one tiny dot, so we waste a lot and don't make near as much income. We have watched videos about cleaning the printer. We have cleaned and cleaned and cleaned it. We have called Sawgrass. We cannot find anyone to service a Sawgrass printer. We are willing to pay for servicing but no one will take it on. Heat Press Nation won't take it; Sawgrass itself won't take them. Their only answer to us is to buy a new one. We bought this one a year and a half ago; we shouldn't have to spend $1500 and get a new one each year. Any suggestions further than what you have given. And, can you recommend any printer besides Sawgrass? We are willing to purchase a new one but we refuse to buy Sawgrass again since they have no service. Thanks. I hope you see this; I know the video is old. Julie
Sounds like the printer may have a small leak which would not be something you could easily fix. For a larger print, Sawgrass is still the best bet. You could maybe try the Epson F570?
Hello, I have been sublimating for about 3 yrs. and these days I have sublimated 3 mugs, and I have a yellow spot on my mug and I'm using a Cricut heat press. Any ideas how to fix this?
Would be excess ink from your printer or something on the inside of your mug press.
Just wanted you to know that you have helped me so much!! Thank you!!!
Happy to help!
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: ruclips.net/video/iPNvCYCfFKA/видео.html
I have never seen a RUclipsr actually spending their time replying to every single question. Thank you so much. I have a few questions as well. Does it matter if I use the "Presentation paper matte" or "premium presentation paper matte" setting? I use the A-sub 125g sublimation paper. Also, I bought the Epson ecotank 2803. It seems like almost everyone has the 2720 or 2760. Is there any difference in print quality or anything else?
I don't see much of a difference between different "matte" paper types. Probably personal preference. There are no differences for sublimation purposes between the EcoTank models so you are fine there!
hello , I'm having a problem with my printer not printing the bounding box for print and cut, i have the same printer you are using. i just listen to this video and checked everything you told us. gosh this is a new printer and i'm at a loss. as always i turn to you for help :). ty in advance
First, I don't generally use print then cut for sublimation. I might print from Design Space but I don't cut it as a general rule. Second, if you are printing from Design Space, the box should print. If it isn't, that is a Design Space issue and nothing to do with your printer.
@@AngieHolden do you think I should notify cricut. Btw thank you for ALL the help you🫵🏼 have been to me over the years, you truly are a blessing. 👵🏻pray I can get the problem fixed .
I would restart everything and try again. If it prints that way again, then call them.
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.
Hi Angie, I've had an Epson Eco tank 15000 for a little while now, I'm having a weird issue that I'm not sure how to solve. I've tried all the alignments, purge printing, cleaning, adding new ink, etc. I'm so stuck and I just had a customer return an order of shirts because of this issue. When it comes out of the printer the color looks fine, but after I press it the color looks way off. I've never had this happen before but now it keeps happening and everything I'm finding online is not solving the issue 😩 any suggestions?
Try this: ruclips.net/video/hu0b4NQor6U/видео.html
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.
This information is much appreciated -- and not easily found elsewhere on RUclips. 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!
Thank you so much. Very informative, Ill try these tips.
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.
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.
I am making fabric tags for my pouches, I got a cotton ribbon for tags. Printing is okay but I am struggling with placing the ribbon on the printed tags. They seem to get off the grid. Thanks for your kind reply.
I am not sure!
Pizza wheel tracks: We literally had to stop sublimating our own items and switch to outsourced POD instead because of this nightmare issue. We tried EVERYTHING...first we slowed down the printer, then we played with ink settings, we cleaned the wheels, then we tried removing some of the wheels (which actually helped some) and in the process accidentally pulled loose the power cord/tape for the printer head (which led to having to open up our entire printer's outer case/shell to plug it back in!). Yesterday I just learned the sub paper we were using (A-Sub 125g) is notorious for creating pizza wheel tracks because of either the paper thickness or the coating on the top of it. This was the first time I'd heard the paper could be the culprit! So we will be trying to resume sublimating at home again.
I was just going to say try a different paper. Most likely you have the incorrect paper for your printer brand.
Oh my goodness, this is the paper Im currently using and iv just experienced this issue 🙈 iv done everything I can think of to try and clean it and even sent it off to Epson themselves to see if they could find the issue. They said they couldnt see any technical faults so now after reading ur comment im thinking it might be my paper 🙈 what a nitemare Iv had this last week and a half and for such a simple fix 🙈 praying this works. Thanks in advance x
Melissa D, can I ask what sublimation paper you're using now please? X
Heat Tape leaves tracks on sublimation tumbler. I tried, acetone, rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover, vinegar, goo gone. NOTHING removes. It is a new roll of heat tape just put on dispenser. I’ve ruined 3 tumblers. Any help greatly appreciated.
Love your videos. Thanks, Joyce McLaurin, Jus-Say-N-Signs
My guess it is the brand of heat tape. I would throw it out and get another brand.
I have an Epson et 15000, no issues until about a month ago. My images look great but if magenta is a primary color then after I press I have like a like red blurry shadow around the image. I would bet a clogged printhead but I haven't come across a video that has been simple or helpful. I have been doing sublimation for 3 years almost daily and this is first time I can't fix the problem. I use cosmos ink and Texprint xphr, think it has a new name now. Any help would be so appreciated. and thanks for the above video, it was nice to have a video so well done and easy to follow.
My guess would also be a clogged printhead. I don't have a video on it though. Sorry!
@@AngieHolden thanks for responding. I bought some cleaning solution so will see if that will unclog it
My metal tumblers are turning out great because of your video, but our black is transferring brown. What am I doing wrong?
A brown black means you are overheating. Try turning down time or temperature.
Hi Angie, I have a sublimation printer, printing on sublimation paper and using a cricut heat press 2. My image out of the printer is perfect, colors are great. Once pressed the color blue on my paper turns green once sublimated on the t-shirt - I am using a cricut t-shirt for sublimation and using the recommned time...why is my blue color turning green?
Try this: ruclips.net/video/hu0b4NQor6U/видео.html
I knew some of these but not all. Thanks so much!!
You're so welcome!
I use silicone bands on my tumblers and i cannot get my tumblers to not show that band. Also, the brown heat tape shows through sometimes on my tumblers.
I never use the brown heat tape due to this. I also don't like the silicone bands.
Thank you for your videos! My question ( and I'm new at sublimation) is why is my sublimation paper sticking to my tumbler after pressing?
That can happen and usually you just need to wash it off with some water. It is probably a low quality blank.
@@AngieHolden Thank you! When you say blank, do you mean the paper?
Blanks are the surface you are putting it on. IN this case it would be the tumbler.
@@AngieHolden Thank you!
Great video! Thank you. I will be using these tips today!
Wonderful!
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.
Great video Angie!
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: ruclips.net/video/TGalh6abV1w/видео.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?
What should I do when I make something double sided and the tape print shows after printing second side?
Yep that happens with some blanks. Try using an adhesive spray instead.
I' have an order for 500 Mousepads. I've been experienceing two issues I've had promles with. 1. Missing transfer stripes along the edge on one side and 2. Having a mark near the corner that looks like, when you iron something and it leaves a shiny spot. Which I assume is from too much pressure or too much time. The first 100 pads looked great. Then I took a break for a couple of days, then when I came back to start pressing again, when I staarted getting the faded spots and edge "banding". What I think really messed me up was printing a bunch of transfers in advance, letting them dry, then putting them in a ziplock pouch; thinking that would keep them from humidity getting at them. After trying numerous tricks and hacks from RUclips, none ofwhich solved the problem; I noticed that the paper was ripply on the side where banding was appearing. No amount of pressure or preheating, got rid of the ripples. By preheating I mean, putting the pad and transfer paper in the press, with the heat platten about 2" above the ready to press project. Testing variously increasing times. Nothing would flatten the ripples enough to avoid the banding on some of the pads. Do you have a suggestion, other than tossing 200 preprinted sheets and start again with fresh prints?
Sorry for the long story, but you asked for topics for future videos. I'd be glad to send you photos, so you can see for yourself exactly what I tried to describe. Or even mail a couple to you. I can't find any printing in bulk videos that cover these issues.
Thank you for all the good advice!
Definitely sounds like moisture in the paper. I generally hover the heat press over the paper to remove moisture. In this case, they may have been warped by the ziploc. I would always add dessicant packs to the ziploc if you are going to store. You could try adding several packs and leaving them overnight to see if some of the moisture would be removed.
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.
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?
When using sublimation coating spray for less polyester base t shirts if you happen to get a blue residue stain on the shirt from possibly not using the spray correctly do you have a trick or tip on how to remove the blue stain?
I am not a huge fan of those sprays! Maybe try peroxide?
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!
Hi! I love watching your videos. Where do I buy blank T-shirt for sublimation
Try this: ruclips.net/video/K3ZIxoGz9ro/видео.html
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: ruclips.net/video/kfmzrLncghk/видео.html
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.
I absolutely love watching your videos and they are always so helpful but I have looked through one of your videos and every video I can find online about issues with sublimation. I’ve pressed a few T-shirts with the subli hav on cotton and darks and they came out great, and I did one on a shirt the other day and the ink bled all over while I pressed it and then today, I tried to do a polyester hat, but it was dark colored so I did the easy subli and my ink bled all over again so what am I doing wrong?
Could be your print settings and printing with too much ink.
For a t-shirt, can we sublimate on part polyester, par cotton?
Needs to be at least 65% polyester as a general rule.
Hey Angie! I follow your instructions and I’m still having trouble with my sublimation not transferring into my Libby glass cups. I’m using sublimations ink, sublimations paper but when I taped all sides into my heat press the design will not stick to the cups. Please help 😭
Are the cups made for sublimation with a sublimation coating?
So I have completed all the above steps to reduce the banding and nothing is working. I have changed the settings and finally did the print head nozzle cleaning. What should I try or do next?
Try a print head alignment.
Very helpful explanation, thanks!!
Glad it was helpful!
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: ruclips.net/video/UJMTSDMbCWc/видео.html
Great video. I have a question though I converted my epson wf 3640 to a sublimation printer. I cleaned and ran the print check 5 times. The ink is coming out on regular paper but the black looks really dull. Is that normal. The colors are bright but not the black. Thank you
You can't tell you bright your colors are until you press them. Press to 100% polyester to check. Some fabric from the store works great!
Hi Angie, I'm trying to make mugs! I have an Epson printer, sublimation ink and paper, mugs, all of that, a heat press and it still doesn't transfer to the mugs :(
You either do not have sublimation ink or you do not have sublimation mugs. One of the two is wrong.
hi,love all informations but my issue is my tumblers...on number 4 right now, cause first 3 are green. clear images but bright green
First, if your black looks green it would be that you didn't press it enough. Increase time or temperature. I would press to a 100% polyester cloth to check your colors though and get them right there before trying tumblers.
Hi Angie,
While making a tumbler today I wrapped & tapped my print as I always do. Once I removed from the oven and removed all the paper I noticed I could clearly make out the tape outlines. I made a second tumbler, double checking all my steps and the exact same thing occurred. I've been busy all day making tumblers to fulfill orders with no issues, maybe I'm tired. But 2x in a row....
Wondering if you have ever experienced this?
I have not had that issue but I have heard of people that have. What I have heard from others is they got a bad batch of tumblers.
@AngieHolden I just had this issue with my first ever tumbler and now im super discouraged about doing sublimation at all
Do yo have a video on how to clean a sublimation printer? Specifically, a sawgrass printer. I have extra ink showing up on my pressed projects that I suspect are from extra ink smudging on the paper from the printer. It is not my heat press, because it happens with my mug press too. The extra smudges of ink don't appear on the paper, but I notice it after the transfer.
I do not. But I would contact Sawgrass customer service and ask their advice before continuing.
What setting do you use if your printer does not have matte paper setting?
First I would say to make sure you go to the Epson website and download the right driver for your printer. Second, I walk through some of those paper settings in this video: ruclips.net/video/6tMxWsoO4gM/видео.html
I sublimated on to laminated 651 vinyl for a decal. I have made 100’s of these no problem. Now I did this about 5 times and still has the black ink kinda smeared where the white is. What do you think would cause this/. Driving me crazy! I wanted to post a pic of what is looks like but I can’t post a pic
I seriously am NOT the person to ask. I have tried many times to sub on 651 a variety of ways and have failed every single time! HA HA HA!
I’m using an Epson ET-2760 and it worked fine at first. My pictures are printing out but my writing is a blob. What is wrong?
Are you using Design Space to print? I want to make sure that if you are you have bleed off.
I checked that and it didn’t matter but for some reason my epson printer was installed as network and again as series. I deleted the network one and now it’s fine. Thank you
Recently started doing sublimation coasters (black type and white background) and was getting some blotchyness here and there on the white areas. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Probably change your settings so you use less black ink. Change to normal quality instead of best for example.
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!
Love watching your videos.
Hello! My prints keep coming out with a lot of black ink streaks all over my print. Sometimes its more or less but its usually when my prints are a dark color or red. I tried to "trick" my printer and started out with a yellow print on the page and ended with 2 red prints (all on a 13x19" paper) and it printed perfectly. Next I printed a very large dark purple print and the black ink blotches/streaks are all over the pages vertically. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks so much!
It is roller marks. Try this: ruclips.net/video/VfpbsaJXEEM/видео.html
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: ruclips.net/video/6tMxWsoO4gM/видео.html
thank you so much@@AngieHolden
Hi there. I was wondering if you could tell me why everything turned pink when I pressed it?
Try looking at my color correction videos.
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.
Is there a different between sublimation paper and heat transfer paper or are they the same?
That is two TOTALLY different things. Heat transfer paper is used in an inkjet printer and does not last very long on garments. Sublimation paper you use in a sublimation printer and press to polyester or poly-coated blanks. It lasts as long as the blank lasts.
I have tiny tiny white dots coming out on one particular design and it’s mostly all brown, could it be a clog?
Maybe. Try running a nozzle check page.
What can I do to prevent the small ink splats/dots at the top of my image after printing?
Sounds like a humidity issue. Your paper is hitting your print head.
Great video, Angie! Thank you!!!
Thanks for watching!
Hello Angie...
My name is Bovito and i am from india... I've watched all of your video regarding sublimation and i love it and i myself want to to start a printing business but the problem is the printer, the sublimation paper and the sublimation ink that you are using is un available in my country so can you kindly help me and recommend someone other alternate equipments as to which printer, ink and paper to use..
I will appreciate it if you could help.
Thank you.
I am not sure what is available there? Try seeing if you can get Sawgrass as that would definitely work.
I am having an issue with some white showing up on my tumbler. It looks like white smoke rising from the bottom of the tumbler. I could show you a picture if you would like to see what I am experiencing.
Hmmm. Try sending a picture to my on social or join our Facebook group - Sublimation Made Simple.
@@AngieHolden Ok I'll join your FB and share a picture. Thank you for your response
Hi Angie, I purchased a ET-2800 And the hippo ink says it won't work with the ET 2800. I found A-Sub Sublimation ink Refilled and it said the ET-2800 will work with this sublimation ink. I found it on amazon. please answer me. I found you on the internet yesterday you are awesome
What do you mean it says it won't work? I have found that they just don't have all of the models listed on Amazon.
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: ruclips.net/video/UrSdDvjQGNE/видео.html
Oh, and my other mug I printed felt like it had paper stuck to it after I removed the sublimation paper. Also pressed for 300 seconds at 400 Fahrenheit.
I am worried about the mugs and if they are good quality sublimation blanks. On the yellowing, did you use yellow heat tape and is the discoloration in those areas? That may be the issue. I would also check the time and temperature recommended by the place where you purchased the mugs. You can wash off any paper that sticks but I usually don't have that issue with mugs.
What about heat tapes leaving yellow marks? This is common problem and not address on RUclips. Using a Cricut Mug Press with two mugs both ended up with yellow marks from the heat tape. Also, when it came time to remove the sublimation paper (after cooling down) some of the heat tapes had melted, it was difficult to remove. Checking on Amazon for the best heat tapes many seemed good until reading some of the reviews, they too have issues with yellow marks. Any suggestions?
Try this: ruclips.net/video/UrSdDvjQGNE/видео.html
Do you have to use a sublimation design you have printed right away or can you save it for later to use on a blank.
You can save it for later. I have some I pressed many months later.
I have a new Eason sublimation printer, sublimation ink, sublimation paper. I cleaned my sublimation ready mug used heat tape and butcher paper . Checked my temp, I still haven’t gotten anything to sublimate to the mugs. I m very frustrated.
Most common issue is that you don't actually have sublimation ink. Check your bottles to see.
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: ruclips.net/video/VfpbsaJXEEM/видео.html
Angie, can you put one sublimation ink in the printer & when you refill use another ki8nd?
To switch inks, you would need to completely drain and flush the printer.