Richard334

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     The  Sawgrass printer that I just bought goes off-line every now and then.    Sometimes it will print for several days in a row. Today I printed the lot this morning, and this afternoon it was off-line again. I'm defining off-line as:

    I can send a print job to the printer, it shows it queued up, but it never prints  

    I can solve the problem by reinstalling the printer, or rebooting my computer.  (When I reboot, it will print from the que)

    I'm running windows 10. 

    Any suggestions?

    thanks, 

    Richard

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    Success, after two tries.

     I did a sandstone coaster. I ordered an aluminum block that was 1 inch thick by 5"x 5".  

    The idea was to heat the block, and assemble everything else at room temperature. I tried heating the block in an oven but it was taking so long, I put it on top of my gas stove. I've got a thermocouple that I put on top of the block and held it down with a piece of  Corian  

    I heated the block to 400°F, and put together a sandwich as shown in the photo:

    Block on the bottom, sheet of green silicone, coaster, and a thick block of Corian. Then clamped together with a big wood clamp  

    Left it clamped for 7 minutes  

     

     

     

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    The water cool was off the Coastal web site. Got the mugs from them. I had read about not using water, but decided to do it on the first piece. Will air cool from now on. 

    It looked like the yellow ( which was very light) extended to the inside -- I gave the first mug away, so I'll run another piece at a shorter time. Also I'll check the oven temperature. 

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     I did my first mug (oven with wrap) and there is a very light yellow band at the top and bottom of the mug which I'm sure is where the sublimation paper  did not cover the surface. 

    I followed the vendor recommendation to quench the mug in room temperature water. 

     What's the best solution? Wider strip of sublimation paper? Or, do you think it stayed in the oven too long? 

  12. Posted

    Decided to go with Coastal. 

    I opened an account with Marck, put in an order for one case of 36 mugs (plus some small items).  They came down with a shipping estimate of $50, so I cancelled the order.

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    I'm pretty much in the same position -- I want to print some mugs and am trying to do this without getting in too deep,

    dollar-wise.

    I'm glad that you are using the Cactus wraps, as I saw that as one way to get started without mug press. 

    Can a kitchen counter top oven be used with success?