[marilou 59]

bonjour i am french help please i just bought 2 sawgrass 1 of 400 1 of 800 that i put in cotton i want to make a cotton t-shirt for my grandson and i can't do it png, or jpeg image format, i have took a truepix paper I go through print manager, and I press at 200, 60 seconds and nothing on the t-shirt

 

[webtrekker]

You cannot sublimate on cotton. Your garment must contain a high percentage of polyester and be white, or pale in colour.

 

[marilou 59]

j ai de l encre chromoblast dansl a 800

 

[marilou 59]

I have chromoblast ink in the 800

 

[TABOB]

i have took a truepix paper I go through print manager, and I press at 200, 60 seconds and nothing on the t-shirt

I have chromoblast ink in the 800

Wrong combination.
For chromablast you need chromablast paper.
You can of course use other inkjet transfer papers for white cotton garments, but NOT sublimation papers.

 

[NoXid]

Chromablast paper, and things along those lines that allow you to "sublimate on cotton garments," do not sublimate cotton. They are essentially sublimated stickers that you stick on top of the garment, so as Tabob noted, you need that sort of paper rather than regular sublimation paper in order to accomplish what you are trying to do.

 

[TABOB]

Chromablast paper, and things along those lines that allow you to "sublimate on cotton garments," do not sublimate cotton.

Just to clarify we are not talking about sublimation here, as Chromablast ink is NOT sublimation ink.
It's all marketing hype by the way. Chromablast paper is just like JPSS and similar papers.

 

[marilou 59]

thank you for your answers difficult for a neophyte to find their way around I will persevere

 

[NoXid]

Just to clarify we are not talking about sublimation here, as Chromablast ink is NOT sublimation ink.
It's all marketing hype by the way. Chromablast paper is just like JPSS and similar papers.

Really? It's not even sublimation ink? I would say something extra "pithy" about Sawgrass, but it would turn to * anyway Hype indeed.

I've experimented with actual sublimation ink and JPSS. Seems to work well, at least as far into the washing torture test as I have gotten. It's a scenario of interest to me simply to avoid having to have yet another inkjet.

 

[TABOB]

Really? It's not even sublimation ink? I would say something extra "pithy" about Sawgrass, but it would turn to * anyway Hype indeed.

To be fair Sawgrass documentation makes it clear that Cromablast ink is not a sublimation ink and that you will have to use a separate printer if you already have one using sublimation ink. It is also clearly stated in the data sheet "pigment".

I've experimented with actual sublimation ink and JPSS. Seems to work well, at least as far into the washing torture test as I have gotten. It's a scenario of interest to me simply to avoid having to have yet another inkjet.

Sublimation ink does work with JPSS because the polymer can absorb some of the dye,but there is some bleeding and fading after the first wash.
Cromablast ink does not bleed because it is water resistant on its own.
Another stock ink that's water resistant on its own is the "Epson DuraBright Pro".

 

[NoXid]

Sublimation ink does work with JPSS because the polymer can absorb some of the dye,but there is some bleeding and fading after the first wash.

I'm on the 3rd wash with no apparent change. I did use a 40% poly tee, so the shirt can hold onto some of the ink itself. So far it looks like more time or more temp gives better results than the standard JPSS time/temp. Of course, the direct prints without JPSS fade a great deal with the very first wash on that 40% tee.

 

[TABOB]

I did use a 40% poly tee, so the shirt can hold onto some of the ink itself.

Yes, for these poly-cotton shirts sublimation ink is better.
For 100% cotton shirts however, water resistant pigment is the way.

 

[DrFelix69]

Subli-cloth an option??

 

[TABOB]

Subli-cloth an option??

Err... I've already mentioned that Cromablast is NOT sublimation ink.