Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Guys I got problem and needs someones advice on this one. I got Continuous Ink System with pigment ink. I can't print out on Opaque Paper, it gives me white thin lines all across the image. if I change to print on photo paper instead of plain paper, white lines disappears, but than picture doesn't look good, I am getting kind of washed out image. If I print on transfer paper for white shirts I can live with it's quality, but it's still not good enough, if I would use original Epson ink cartridges. I got Epson 1280 and CIS I brought from Coastal Business... they gave me instructions for settings, but still same effect. Any advice would be really helpful.
Haved you printed out a nozzle check. White line disease is normally caused by a blocked/not quite right ink nozzle. There should be no gaps in the print, if there is or slightly off you need to do a head clean. Never do more than 3 cleans at a time it upsets the printer, if still not right after 3 cleans leave printer to sit for 24 hours and check again.
I usually get this problem when replacing a cartridge, so I do as above and the following day everything's fine.
I agree with Sharon.. one thing I would add is print one color at a time to see if all colors are the same. Just make a color square of each color. If you find one color is not printing correctly then you may want to check the nozzles of that color. Then I would pull the cartridges and clean the print head. having the computer clean the nozzles does not always get the job done. Lou
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Thank you for your help guys, but I believe problem is somewhere else. Nozzle check comes out perfect.
White lines disappear, if I choose to print on photo paper (printer settings), but than the whole image comes out really faded. At Coastal Business (I bought system from them) advised me to use "Photo Enchane + Vivid" for printer settings.... I get less lines, but still not enough for a good print. Anyone who is using CIS for Epson 1280 and opaque transfer paper for drk fabrics, what kind of settings are you using for printing???
Lou thank you for your advise to check every single color... I get no lines if I choose any type of paper except "plain paper", but colors are too bright/faded... if I choose plain paper - colors look great, but I get a lot of lines.
I am in the circle, can't find the way out... please help!!!
Problem with continous ink system 
