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Mug printing dimensions
Hi all, I am just about starting mug sublimation printing, so I am playing around with corel draw. Please can you help me with how you get the graphic to be the dimensions needed for printing on a mug. i.e. do u have to change the properties of the page or what. Does anywhere give tutorials on this? Is there better software to use? How can i be sure of the dimensions used? Please your help will be appreciated.
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ps: are there any templates i can use?
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What version or Corel Draw?
Ok here goes this is very basis stuff so I asume you are a Corel novice?
Set the page size by selecting Layout, Page setup…then enter the page dimensions.
(You can do it from the toolbar also if you have the toolbar turned on!)
Design artwork to fit your desired page then use print preview and add crop marks if needed here you can also do an imposition (place more than 1 copy of the artwork on the page to be printed).
Hope this helps a bit
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Ah duplicate post, my reply is under the other post!
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Hi
most depends on your mug press some will cover a larger area than others, the best thing is to try a few different prints and see what results you get. i have a page set up to the required dimension within corel draw which i do the design in (i use to try and get the maximum coverage around the mug and found i sodded up more than i got right so through experience have learnt the capabilities of my press) i then cut and paste it to a full size page because you can get two prints from an A4 sheet. If you are not doing a full wrap print remember to try and remember to line up the logo etc correctly on each side of the mug basically think of the mug as two half circles disected from the handle across and put the logo in the middle of that half circle.Hope this helps
Kevin
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Why do you cut & paste if you design 1 up you can impose 2 copies and add crop marks all in a couple of clics & keep the files smaller.
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Hi
the reason to cut and paste is that we are normally doing one offs etc, so i design on a specified layout page and cut and paste it or if saved to file then import to an A4 page. i don,t use crop marks because the slightest mark left by incorrect cutting will show up on the mug, the page is slit on a rotary cutter to size and then applied to mug.Kevin
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Imposing copies is great if your doing exactly the same thing on them all but alot of the time they are ones offs or with slight differences
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sorry to sound thick but which corel draw would i need for mug pressing?
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any
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is corel 12 better than the others?how easy is corel to use? ty
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