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Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ~ SubliJet IQ ® Getting Started Guide for the Epson Stylus ® Photo R1900
Hanes Soft L’Ink ® Shirts
• The presence of moisture in your fabric can lead to bleeding of the image.
Remove moisture by pre-pressing your shirt for 10 seconds. Use Teflon ®
sheets between the front and back of the shirt to prevent the inks from
penetrating to the other side of the shirt. If dye residue from your heat press
is being deposited on your shirts at any time, heat press a paper towel or
similar absorbent material to remove it.
• Using a lint brush before pressing can greatly reduce lint or debris on the shirt.
MOISTURE & HUMIDITY PROBLEMS
The addition of moisture to the sublimation process can cause unwanted results. Under
normal circumstances, the small amount of moisture that can accumulate in your paper
is absorbed directly into the transfer substrate; however hard substrates like metal and
ceramic are unable to absorb excess moisture. Some of problems that are attributed
to moisture include: color shifting (colors lose accuracy), bleeding of the image, and
uneven transfer of solid filled areas.
To avoid these problems
• Keep your paper in a dry place.
• If you suspect moisture, set the paper on your press for a few seconds. Do not
press it. Just expose it to the warmth. The heat radiating from the press
should help evaporate most of the moisture.
• To eliminate moisture in fabric, press the fabric for 10 seconds before doing
the heat transfer.
• Use an absorbent cloth or fresh, non-textured paper towel behind the transfer
sheet to absorb the moisture.
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