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mug pressing
Ive finally got myself a decent ink system that works,cost me £400 with the printer a c86.
Im just about to start doing some mug pressing in a few days.Wondered if anyone had any tips?
isit right you put a mug in machine to cool down aswell after?
any help would be great thank you. -
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Bit late posting this reply, sorry.
Pressing mugs can be easy…and it can be really frustrating.
We get all our mugs from China and you have to look at them carefully to see whether or not they are truly flat sided. If they are not then your image will not have the same contact all the way around and you will get a c*ap print.
One way you can help alleviate this is to by a Teflon rubber sheet. Cut it to the same dimensions as the mug i.e handle to handle and lip to base.
This will hopefully ensure that you get an even press and even heat distribution.
Be carefull about your press pressure. Not too much …not too little!
Don’t put fingerprints on the surface of the mug before you start, the oils in the fingerprints will affect the image.
Always make sure you have mirrored the image before printing – stupid one but we’ve all done it.
As soon as you have taken your ‘just pressed’ mug out put a sacrificial mug in – you don’t have to close it – just sit it in. This stops the rubber sides from splitting. Once they go you’re up for some dollars to fix or replace them.
Also as soon as you have taken out your pressed mug and put in your sacrificial one, run to the kitchen where you have a sink full of cold water that you prepared earlier and immerse the mug and leave it there until it is stone cold – paper tape et all.
I usually end up with the sink overflowing and have to stop production while I empty the sink and remove the tape and paper and dry the mugs. you get a chance to see whether everything has been working anyway, although I normally look to see the first few for quality control.
Print at your highest quality.Good Luck!
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cheers mate thanks for the advice.
I have done 4 mugs and all four were poor.1 was very bright but in places print was poor and the other 3 was very faded.Any ideas why this is?
im using rotech digital jewel paper.
is there any way paper should go?
regards kev -
If you bought it as a system, press printer paper etc, I would go back to your supplyer and ask for advise. If you bought the separate “bits” you will find it hard to get all the components to work together without a lot of trial and error.
Peter -
Steep learning curve bro.
Hassle your supplier like Peter just said.
Persevere. You’ll get there. 😀
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