Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
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Originally Posted by RedLine7000
10 second dwell time on back pieces, 6 second on a 3.5" crest! Keeps me movin'...!!! -Neil
I have not heard of this paper before. It was not listed on Coastal's website of Neenah's website. Where did you get? Let us know if it has the same good qualities as regular JPSS.
Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
News to me too!
But there was a post about some work being done with a new paper..can't remember if it was for lights or darks...I thought darks.
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Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
Actually I was just foolin' around with ya'all about the new paper. However, it isn't really a lie... Yesterday I was printing a batch of 40 tees (Jerzee 50/50 birch and tan). I just started using the jpss recently as I was having transfers made by someone else locally before. When I ordered the paper, I also bought a teflon sheet, which I had never used before. A bare heating element was all I used previously but it seems it's quite common to use the teflon. 30 second dwell times seem to be the norm for this paper.
So as I went about my first 150 pressings using the teflon sheet and 25-30 second time...I found myself standing around a lot. Another annoying thing was the teflon sheet was folded in quarters when it came and the folds never came out. When printing sweats, and sometimes shirts, often the image wouldn't print where the fold was. Anyway, being a little pressed for time, I decided to speed things up.
I was already printing the back pieces (approx 10 x 14) at 20-25 seconds and the smaller crest/pocket pieces (3.5") at 15 seconds with no change in the results. I tossed aside that damn teflon sheet and started reducing my dwell time little by little until I found I was still getting perfect prints at 10 sec for the large back piece and I could go down to 6 sec on the front crest with no trouble.
The only difference with the front piece is size... with my old transfers, I could do the same thing, tho' I would keep the back pieces to 15 sec or so. Heat is set to 365 and I'm using a pretty firm pressure on an old HIX 16 x 20 Swinger.
Absolutely NO pre-heating!
After the shirt slips over the platen, it gets kinda sweaty. Perfect. Lay on the decal and stamp away. Peel hot. I was knocking those critters off one by one! Almost constant motion and little "waiting around" time.
I don't know if this makes a difference or not, but the shirt slips over the platen like it would if you were screenprinting. Only one side of the shirt is between the platen and the heating element. I love this paper! Also, I'm using the textile transfer inks from Inkjetcarts printed on an Epson 1400.
I have to thank the members of this forum for leading me to my current setup. No longer do I have to rely on someone else to make my transfers, and the cost is less to boot! -Neil
Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
Hey, I should mention that the Swinger is about 23 years old. The timer is a hand wind up on the front and the temp readout is just a regular thermometer I guess...not digital. I didn't use a stopwatch to verify times, but perhaps I will to make sure. Don't think it's off by much, if any. -Neil
Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
It's not nice to toy with us with a title like this!
Okay, I will wait for the wash tests.
I have had *beautiful freshly pressed* shirts that became *nightmares* in the washing machine.
That is where the proof is in the pudding.
I get perfect and lasting images with a 30 second dwell time. I wonder if in the *wash* is where the reason for 30 seconds lies.
Please, please wash one of these shirts, if you wouldn't mind, and report back on cracking, etc... I'd really love to know. Usually around 10 washes seems to be enough to flush any problems out, and if you would be game for getting one going along, that'd be so awesome. Thanks.
Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
Please do what Kelly and JB says! I have done lot of testing, and when I wash that is when find out any thing and yes I still test paper just now I only post if the paper can pass my test !
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Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
Okay, A wash test is a good idea. I'll do identical prints with different dwell times and see what happens. Give me a little time. I'll post pics if I can. -Neil
Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
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Originally Posted by RedLine7000
Okay, A wash test is a good idea. I'll do identical prints with different dwell times and see what happens. Give me a little time. I'll post pics if I can. -Neil
Good luck with the wash test...I would have done it B4 doing an order but to each his own.
Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
Quote:
Originally Posted by RedLine7000
10 second dwell time on back pieces, 6 second on a 3.5" crest! Keeps me movin'...!!! -Neil
Neil...you are evil ! We are very paper-sensative around here!! But you sure got our attention!
Besides, I believe the new paper has been named JPSS-OLCFFIPNH5000WBTD Transfer Paper (OPAQUE LOW-COST FADE-FREE IDIOT-PROOF NO-HAND 5000 WASH BETTER-THAN-DTG). I should have my sample in hand right around the time my deed to Texas arrives. Can't wait for the wash tests.
Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
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Originally Posted by kpk703
Besides, I believe the new paper has been named JPSS-OLCFFIPNH5000WBTD Transfer Paper (OPAQUE LOW-COST FADE-FREE IDIOT-PROOF NO-HAND 5000 WASH BETTER-THAN-DTG).
Re: Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast!
Quote:
Originally Posted by RedLine7000
Actually I was just foolin' around with ya'all about the new paper. However, it isn't really a lie... Yesterday I was printing a batch of 40 tees (Jerzee 50/50 birch and tan). I just started using the jpss recently as I was having transfers made by someone else locally before. When I ordered the paper, I also bought a teflon sheet, which I had never used before. A bare heating element was all I used previously but it seems it's quite common to use the teflon. 30 second dwell times seem to be the norm for this paper.
So as I went about my first 150 pressings using the teflon sheet and 25-30 second time...I found myself standing around a lot. Another annoying thing was the teflon sheet was folded in quarters when it came and the folds never came out. When printing sweats, and sometimes shirts, often the image wouldn't print where the fold was. Anyway, being a little pressed for time, I decided to speed things up.
I was already printing the back pieces (approx 10 x 14) at 20-25 seconds and the smaller crest/pocket pieces (3.5") at 15 seconds with no change in the results. I tossed aside that damn teflon sheet and started reducing my dwell time little by little until I found I was still getting perfect prints at 10 sec for the large back piece and I could go down to 6 sec on the front crest with no trouble.
The only difference with the front piece is size... with my old transfers, I could do the same thing, tho' I would keep the back pieces to 15 sec or so. Heat is set to 365 and I'm using a pretty firm pressure on an old HIX 16 x 20 Swinger.
Absolutely NO pre-heating!
After the shirt slips over the platen, it gets kinda sweaty. Perfect. Lay on the decal and stamp away. Peel hot. I was knocking those critters off one by one! Almost constant motion and little "waiting around" time.
I don't know if this makes a difference or not, but the shirt slips over the platen like it would if you were screenprinting. Only one side of the shirt is between the platen and the heating element. I love this paper! Also, I'm using the textile transfer inks from Inkjetcarts printed on an Epson 1400.
I have to thank the members of this forum for leading me to my current setup. No longer do I have to rely on someone else to make my transfers, and the cost is less to boot! -Neil
What color profile are using with your Epson printer and Injet Carts Transfer Ink? Also, do you use ICM color management or another choice? David
Just tried NEW JPSS Mach I...whew! Super fast! 
