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Sublimation Coating?
I’ve dug out my Epson 1290 sublimation printer and started using it again but I feel that when I’m printing onto ceramic products that the ink scratches off a little too easy…… is there any method of coating the ink after printing to stop it flaking soo easy?
Thank
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quote John Wilson:when I’m printing onto ceramic products that the ink scratches off a little too easy……This sounds a little strange John. The whole point of sublimation is that the dye becomes a part of the polyester coating of your imprintable product. If your image is flaking maybe it is the coating. Are you using a trusted supply of ceramics. I bought a box of mugs to try from a new supplier a while back and was very unhappy with the print quality. I blamed my inks at first and tried recalibrating and resetting the colour profiles but when I tried an old stock mug I realised that the new ones were behaving totally different. I’ve given that remains of that box away to an old folks home. Lesson learned!
:doh:
Dreckly
Andy Picton
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Hi
shouldn’t scratch off – I also think the ceramics are suspect.
I once had some mugs that were not correctly coated, and the ‘layer’ peeled off.
Martin
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