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Sublimation prints looking terrible!!

  • May 2, 2024
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I have a small sublimation printer (converted) and when I buy a file off of etsy or somewhere else, the mugs look great after I press them. When I design something in illustrator and print it, it looks HORRIBLE! The blacks look fadedwith a goldish tint, the brown dulls out to almost a pinkish color, etc. I print the etsy files out of illustrator as well. What would cause my designs to NEVER look good? I have included a picture so you can see what I am talking about (IGNORE all the other designs - these are booboo tumblers that I use for test prints to make sure they are going to look good before I waste more lol). The 777 and the bison should be brown and the triangle should be black. On the other tumbler, the native design is one that I did not do and it prints perfect. Could it be the color setting in illustrator? But wouldn't it do that for both designs then and not just mine? HELP!!

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BLG2010Author
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May 3, 2024

Monika Gause
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May 3, 2024

You probably have to experiment with the color settings that the printer driver probably has. Or with Illustrator's color profiles. What does the printer's documentation say?

BLG2010Author
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May 3, 2024

These are both off the same printer, both printed out of illustrator. Only difference is that I designed the 777 bison one and the other one was a different person. Anything I design looks like this and anything I buy or my customers send in look great. Even printed on the same printer and pressed with the same settings on the same press. Would illustrator change it up per design? I have put them on the same artboard and printed them together and it still does it.... 

Monika Gause
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May 2, 2024

Your images are not visible. Please embed them using the forum's web interface.

Are your files RGB oder CMYK files?

BLG2010Author
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May 3, 2024

I have tried both ways.

 

Just uploaded the picture!