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== Brief description | == Brief description == | ||
The procedure is simple and quick. You have a design you want to print on a mug (it could be a photo, an inkscape design, a figure from your word document, etc). You print it on sublimation paper using the printer, making sure the size will fit on the mug. You turn the heater on the press machine. By the time it heats up your print has dried. You wrap the printed side around the mug,fix it, put the mug in the machine and press the button. Remove the mug when you hear the beep. Your mug is ready. Obviously this only works well with special sublimation mugs. | The procedure is simple and quick. You have a design you want to print on a mug (it could be a photo, an inkscape design, a figure from your word document, etc). You print it on sublimation paper using the printer, making sure the size will fit on the mug. You turn the heater on the press machine. By the time it heats up your print has dried. You wrap the printed side around the mug,fix it, put the mug in the machine and press the button. Remove the mug when you hear the beep. Your mug is ready. Obviously this only works well with special sublimation mugs. | ||
==Summary of notes from workshop== | ==Summary of notes from workshop== | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 19 November 2016
Becky & Tom from Etsy shop SkylineUK have kindly donated their mug printing kit to the hackspace.
Their kit includes:
- Two mug heat press machines (UKPress Blue Wave and PixMax)
- EPSON XP-215 printer with Continuous Ink Supply System (CISS) for sublimation ink
- spare (sublimation) mugs
- sublimation paper
- sublimation ink
This page is currently simply a summary of the info from the demo/workshop Tom gave us on the use of the kit. It is intended as a first reference guide to using the printer and presses in order to make beautiful custom mugs.
Brief description
The procedure is simple and quick. You have a design you want to print on a mug (it could be a photo, an inkscape design, a figure from your word document, etc). You print it on sublimation paper using the printer, making sure the size will fit on the mug. You turn the heater on the press machine. By the time it heats up your print has dried. You wrap the printed side around the mug,fix it, put the mug in the machine and press the button. Remove the mug when you hear the beep. Your mug is ready. Obviously this only works well with special sublimation mugs.