I assume you are using white ink. If so, hover your heat press over the design for about 30 seconds before you press. You will dry the ink to touch and not let the white dull the colors.
Color dulls
Hey everyone!!! I just got my anajet sprint, and seems to be working fine...
Does anyone know how I can keep the vibrancy colors after I heat press? Print looks great before I press, but once I press it dulls out and isn't as vibrant. Please help.
Thanks,
JT
Does anyone know how I can keep the vibrancy colors after I heat press? Print looks great before I press, but once I press it dulls out and isn't as vibrant. Please help.
Thanks,
JT
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Jerid,
Thank you for your immediate response. We did that, and it still dulls. Please let me know if you have any other ideas.
Thanks.
Thank you for your immediate response. We did that, and it still dulls. Please let me know if you have any other ideas.
Thanks.
You can also use light pressure.
crank the brightness up to +32.
I have the same problem, underbase contrast -50, content based unchecked, brightness at +32 and hover for a long time before pressing. Still have the same issue. Somebody here came up with the bright idea of just hovering for 4-5 minutes, not pressing at all, image looks better but washes out very quickly. We have given up on getting bright vibrant colors on darks and whites.
Ensure there is enough white ink to cover the garment completely. (A good test is the print just the white and press it. If it looks greyish or darker then there is not enough).
Delay printing the color on the white for a minute or two.
Heat press normally, profit.
Delay printing the color on the white for a minute or two.
Heat press normally, profit.
All you need to do is drop the heat about 25 - 50 degrees. Now everytime I press I get a perfect seal with no dulling effect at all, you just need to find the right temp. and pressure and it'll be perfect.
Whenever you get new orders in from different companies or in different time periods. You need to test them first because you need a little more heat and pressure for older transfers, and companies vary a little too.
Hope this helps,
CEO - Zurka Customs
Whenever you get new orders in from different companies or in different time periods. You need to test them first because you need a little more heat and pressure for older transfers, and companies vary a little too.
Hope this helps,
CEO - Zurka Customs
If you drop the heat press temperature too low you run the risk of not curing the inks properly.All you need to do is drop the heat about 25 - 50 degrees. Now everytime I press I get a perfect seal with no dulling effect at all, you just need to find the right temp. and pressure and it'll be perfect.
Whenever you get new orders in from different companies or in different time periods. You need to test them first because you need a little more heat and pressure for older transfers, and companies vary a little too.
Hope this helps,
CEO - Zurka Customs
Sounds like you are referring to transfers?? this is direct to garment printing which doesn't use transfers.Whenever you get new orders in from different companies or in different time periods. You need to test them first because you need a little more heat and pressure for older transfers, and companies vary a little too.
I've been running my Sprint daily for over 2 years. In my experience, forget messing with the heat settings. You simply are not using enough ink. Your white underbase should be AT LEAST a medium/heavy 3 without using content based. This is going to be 90% of your issue. The remaining 10% is to use enough color ink so that it is still vibrant when it dries. I go with a medium 2 (brightness +32) for almost everything on my color pass. Sometimes the really light colored stuff will appear a little dark when it is printed but then lighten up a tiny bit once it's cured. About twice a month I will end up with an art file that I have to physically go into with Photoshop and lighten simply so I can use a higher level of ink to print it.
If you are ending up with white or lighter colored little spots in your image when using a white underbase, you need to hover your shirts for a few seconds before pressing them. What you are doing is actually pressing the white ink (because it is thicker than colored) up through the color layer. If you're not seeing spots, you're already pressing them correctly. Hope this helps.
If you are ending up with white or lighter colored little spots in your image when using a white underbase, you need to hover your shirts for a few seconds before pressing them. What you are doing is actually pressing the white ink (because it is thicker than colored) up through the color layer. If you're not seeing spots, you're already pressing them correctly. Hope this helps.
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