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Hi,

I am having problems with my Epson L1800 whereby the white layer at the back of the print is not generating. 
 

I cleaned the printer head, tested that ink is going through it and i am able to pull the ink from the cartridge using a syringe. 
 

All appears to be ok but does not print it. 
 

The only time i can get the white ink is if i use the syringe to pull the white ink up to 5 minutes before the print starts. Otherwise, i get no white ink whatsoever. 
 

Any idea why this is happening?

Thanks in advance. 

On 9/25/2021 at 3:21 PM, johnson4 said:

Lower temperature- longer cure. 

This has resolved my issue. I can now apply more pressure on the heat press without ruining my prints! 

Leaving the print to cool off properly after the powder melts helps a lot also.

Thank you. 

21 hours ago, Mdrake2016 said:

It's hard to see exactly in the photos, but I remember when I overcured/cured too fast with the gloss film, there would be holes in the final print on the shirt. I think that's what I'm seeing here? Happens with matte film too but not as much.

Thanks for your feedback, this is really helpful. 
 

I am using matt film for my prints but to cure it, i use my heat press. I leave it on the heat press, few cm without touching the print for 2 minutes at 160C. 
 

what do you recommend in terms of curing as sometimes with my process i get tiny bubbles but they are not very visible?

thanks again!

Thanks for your feedback, this is really helpful. 
 

I am using matt film for my prints but to cure it, i use my heat press. I leave it on the heat press, few cm without touching the print for 2 minutes at 160C. 
 

what do you recommend in terms of curing as sometimes with my process i get tiny bubbles but they are not very visible?

thanks again!

Here are two examples..

fairly light press also. 

Hi,

I have an Epson L1800 which i use for printing. The quality of the printout is great but when I transfer it to the t-shirt, it burns part of the print. 
 

The only way i can avoid this is by pressing extremely light but then the print doesn’t feel like it gets stuck to the t-shirt correctly. 
 

Has anyone experienced this before?

Note:

i am using cotton t-shirt which i press at 160C for 10 seconds. 
 

the powder is melted for 2 minutes before applying to t-shirt. 
 

I am using 60% colour print and 100% white.