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them need you to start cleaning process manually. When
your printer initiates cleaning automatically, don’t forget to
leave the printer powered up. If you have to do it manually,
you need to either print everyday or make your printer’s
daily maintenance by using additional software. The amo-
unt of ink required for circulation in such a maintenance
process is very small. So, the best option is to run your
printer a few times in a week to avoid clogging.
How can I avoid moisture issues in sublimation
printing?
Moisture can have negative effects on the sublimation
process and yield unwanted results such as color shif-
ting and inaccuracy, bleeding of the image, and uneven
transfer of solid filled areas of a design. When you do not
adopt high-quality transfer paper, the sublimation trans-
fer paper curls because of high humidity and scratches
and damages the printer heads. To minimize the effect
of moisture, the first thing you need to do is to keep the
printing room and storing space at the suitable and stab-
le humidity level. Make sure that you store your transfer
paper in a dry place. The 50-60% indoor humidity will be
ideal for sublimation printing.

Ifyour transfer paper has excess moisture, you may en-
counter unwanted problems during pressing. To avoid
it, it is important to prevent the paper from moisture
absorption. A common method is to leave the printed
paper in heat press room or nearby area so that the mo-
isture will evaporate.

How can I save on the sublimation ink?
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The first thing is to run your printer regularly and not to
turn it off. This is necessary to provide regular ink circula-
tion in print-heads. If your printer automatically activates
cleaning process, turn your machine on and run it a few
times in a week. A small amount of ink will be enough to
do this process.
Heat-press plays a vital role by allowing the ink to perme-
ate the fabric appropriately. However, if the heat tempera- When you do not use the right transfer paper, the paper
ture fluctuates too much or the correct pressure amount will absorb a higher amount of ink than required and a
is not applied, you can get low quality and inconsistent large amount of the ink will stay on the paper without
results. As a result, the color of some areas may seem transferring. So, using high quality coated paper is crucial
bright, while some other areas seem darker. To eliminate for efficient ink consumption. High quality paper absorbs
such problems, you need to invest in a high-quality heat- the ink at the optimal level and it will transfer it to the
press machine. Otherwise, you will end up with higher fabric at the highest rate possible.
cost and longer production time, which in turn, increases
the cost even more. Many setup programs of sublimation software ensure
high quality at optimum ink consumption. But, you can re-
Do I need daily printer cleaning to eliminate duce ink consumption with ink-saving mode. If the result
the problem of clogged print head nozzles? of the print is satisfactory, you should go ahead and use it
in ink-saving mode. To get the most desired quality-cost
It depends on the requirements of your printer. Some prin- ratio, you should find the optimal software settings.
ters automatically make daily cleaning, whereas some of

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