SubliJet IQ ™ Getting Started Guide For EPSON Stylus® C88 Revision 12/2005
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 SubliJet IQ™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus® C88 © Copyright 2005, Sawgrass Technologies, Inc., Revision December 2005. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. SubliJet® is a registered trademark of Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ™ is a registered trademark of Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. Epson® and Stylus® are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation.
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Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................6 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................7 About this Document ...........................................................................................................
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of SubliJet IQ™ digital transfer inks. The SubliJet IQ™ sublimation ink cartridges are the latest advancement for the EPSON Stylus C88 from Sawgrass Technologies, Inc., a leader in the development of digitally driven color transfer technologies and related products.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 About this Document This document contains descriptions and procedures for using SubliJet IQ inks, along with additional information for getting the best results from your transfers. The documentation provided pertains only to the use of SubliJet IQ™ inks in your EPSON Stylus C88 ink jet printer.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Before you Begin It is crucial that the OEM ink supplied with your printer is installed before you attempt to install your SubliJet IQ™ inks. This allows for two things: First, it primes the ink delivery system, ensuring that the SubliJet IQ™ ink will load more easily. Second, it familiarizes you with the basic operation of your printer.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 3. Remove the lid from the box and place it to the side. 4. Clamp the tubes at the end of each line before you clip on each bag to prevent ink from entering them. Insert the ink bags into the ink box by clipping them into the connectors inside each chamber. All chambers are labeled with the corresponding color for each ink bag. Remember to match the right color ink to its corresponding cartridge chamber.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 7. Once ink is in the reservoir, pinch together the clamp that’s connected to the tube on the outside of the box. This will ensure that no more ink will pull into the reservoir until you are ready for it. 8. Repeat Steps 6 & 7 for each cartridge. 9. Place the lid back onto the Quick Connect II™ ink box and gently place the cartridges on top of the box while you are completing the printer setup.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 3. Install the cartridge chips into the slot on the front of the cartridge bay. Note: The chip has an up arrow on the back of it showing which way it should go in the printer. 4. Insert the plastic cross bar into place by sliding the notched end into the back of the chip holders as shown. 5. Gently slide the cartridges through the hole in the cartridge cover.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 6. Obtain the foam block, place it on top of the cartridges, and close the cartridge cover. Be careful not to pinch the tubes when closing the cover. 7. Obtain the long tube holder and remove the tabs from the back exposing the adhesive. Place the tube holder in the flat gray area just beneath the buttons on the printer. 8. Slide tubing into the holder for placement.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 9. Position the tubing so that the black line on it lines up with the edge of the tube holder. Note: This will leave enough slack so that the cartridge bay can easily slide from one side of the printer to the other without creating tension on the tubes. 10. Obtain the short tube holder and remove the tabs from the back exposing the adhesive.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Tips: Make sure you install Power Driver from the CD that came with your Quick Connect II system. Refer to the Power Driver documentation and video tutorial on how to use Power Driver. Perform a nozzle check from Power Driver. A few cleanings may be necessary to get a good nozzle check. You may want to remove the printer lid or leave it open at all times.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Installing SubliJet IQ™ Cartridges 1. Ensure the printer power is on and that the green light is not blinking. 2. Open the printer cover and lower the output tray. 3. Shake each cartridge 4 to 5 times and remove it from its packaging. 4. Press the Ink Button for one second to move the cartridge holder into the change cartridge position.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Do not hold the Ink Button for more than 2 seconds or the printer will clean the print head. 5. Open the cartridge cover. 6. Squeeze the tab at the back of the Epson cartridge as you lift it out of the printer. Remove all Epson cartridges from the cartridge holder.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 7. Insert the SubliJet IQ cartridges into the cartridge holder, ensuring they are firmly seated. 8. When the SubliJet IQ cartridges are in place, close the cartridge cover. 9. Close the printer cover and press the ink button for one second. The printer will move the print head to the parked position and charge the ink delivery system with the SubliJet IQ inks.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Replacing an Empty Cartridge When a cartridge is low on ink the Ink Button on the printer will blink. If the cartridge is empty, the light will become solid. Both are indications of a cartridge change. To change a cartridge when the ink light is blinking or solid: 1. Determine which cartridge needs to be changed by pressing the Ink button for 1 second.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 4. Squeeze the tab at the back of the empty cartridge as you lift if from the printer. 5. Shake the new cartridge several times and then remove it from its packaging. 6. Insert the new cartridge into the cartridge holder, ensuring that it is firmly seated. Repeat steps 4-6 for each empty cartridge. 7. Close the cartridge cover. 8.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Selecting Paper For information on selecting the appropriate paper to use with your SubliJet IQ™ inks, please check our website at http://www.sublimation.com/support/ or call your authorized SubliJet reseller. While the use of copy paper or other inkjet paper will not harm your printer, the transferred results may be light, splotchy, or uneven. Some papers may even stick to the surface or leave a visible residue.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Heat Transfer Instructions Because you can print on a variety of surfaces, you need to take all variables of the surface into account when selecting time, temperature, and pressure. Some of the variables are: thickness of surface, how fast the surface absorbs heat, coatings used on the material to create a receptive surface for sublimation inks (ceramics, metals, etc.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 User Guide For Epson Stylus® C88 For distribution with SubliJet IQ® only NOT FOR RESALE Rev 8.0.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 PowerDriver Introduction Obtaining the benefits of PowerDriver color management is now incredibly easy - simply print from your application with PowerDriver IQ® rather than the Epson printer driver. PowerDriver IQ prints your image just like the Epson printer driver except for the colors.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. 2. 3. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Install the Epson printer driver and verify printer operation. Insert the PowerDriver IQ CD into the CDROM drive on the computer and install PowerDriver IQ. Step By Step Installation To get started printing as soon as possible, these are the steps Sawgrass recommends you perform while setting up your sublimation printer driver software. 1. 2. 3. 4. Setup the printer according to the Epson instructions.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. 26 SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 6. The Welcome screen is displayed. Click Next to proceed. 7. The License Agreement is displayed next. Select the appropriate choice for acceptance of the Licensing Agreement to continue.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 8. If you have not previously registered PowerDriver IQ, you will be prompted to do so. Registering is the only way to take full advantage of the features in PowerDriver IQ. If you choose to register later, select Register Later and click Next to proceed with the installation. 9. If you choose to register now, the registration screen will be displayed.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 code for every machine on which PowerDriver IQ is installed. Enter your registration code and click the Apply Code button. 28 10. Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. provides ColorSure color palettes for use with Corel and Adobe. (Check the ColorSure section of the manual for information on how to use ColorSure to get perfect spot colors).
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 12. If the installation cannot find the printer port then you will be given the opportunity to choose the port you want to use for the product you are installing. Use the value that was recorded in step 4 above. 13. Once the installation has completed, the Installation Complete screen will display. Click OK to end the installation.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Using PowerDriver IQ™ in Windows 2000 / XP PowerDriver IQ™ is simple to use. Whenever you have SubliJet inks in your printer, you should print using PowerDriver IQ™. Do not print to your Epson printer with the Epson printer driver; printing with the Epson driver will not give you the benefit of color management. Quick Start Example (Corel Draw) 1) Open/Create an image in Corel Draw. 2) Select print from the File menu.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 PowerDriver IQ™ Properties Overview The following figure shows the printer properties for a registered version of PowerDriver IQ™. The Advanced Color Options tab and the Print Palette functions will not be available if the product has not been registered. There are three main property groups; Configuration – Set Paper, Transfer Substrate, and Copy Count Color Settings – Color management control options.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Group 2 - Color Settings (Easy Color Mode) The Easy Color Option tab provides you with access to a collection of carefully selected color management presets. The right color management choice is essential to making high quality transfers. Easy Color is a fast, simple way of choosing a color management scheme. You choose an Easy Color setting based on the composition of the original image.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Print Palette Button – Prints the ColorSure palette for the selected substrate. ColorSure is a method for reproducing exact spot colors. The two main components are; 1) the transferred palette and 2) the CorelDraw, Corel PhotoPaint, and Adobe swatches. For a complete description on how to use ColorSure to get perfect spot colors, see appendix C.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Saturated - The Saturated setting will make the colors in your image more intense. Saturated output tries to remain color accurate with a slight bump in intensity. Vivid – This setting is most suitable for images where it is important that the colors are vivid and contrast well with each other.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Group 3 – Printer Options Utilities – Click this button to display a utilities screen. From the utilities screen you can print a nozzle check pattern, run a print head cleaning cycle, align the printer’s print head, spool a PowerDriver IQ™ print file to the printer, and print a page of primary ink colors. QC Utilities – Click this button to display a Quick Connect utilities screen.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Appendix A: Network Printing in Windows 2000, XP Network printing with PowerDriver IQ™ in Windows 2000 and Windows XP is simple. Before a network printer can be used it must be installed on the network and shared. Host Machine (Server) The server machine must have installed the printer and have the printer shared. To install the networked printer, run Start | Setting | Printer | Add Printer.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Appendix B: Defeating Application Color Management PowerDriver IQ™ provides a complete color management solution for your SubliJet printing. It is extremely important that you turn off any color matching features associated with your design software. An explanation of how to disable print-time color management in several popular design packages follows: CorelDraw™ version 9 1. Create a new graphic. 2.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 CorelDraw™ version 10, 11 and 12 1. Create a new graphic. 2. From the main menu choose Tools, Color Management. In the Color Management window (see figure below), set the Style option to Color Management Off. CorelDraw ™ (version 5, 6, or 7) If you are using version 5, 6, or 7 of CorelDRAW, ensure that you have the Printer Color Profile check box unchecked.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Adobe Photoshop™ 6 Color Setup From the main menu choose Edit, Color Settings. On the Color Settings dialog box: 1. Set all Color Management Policies to Off 2. Uncheck Profile Mismatches 3. Uncheck Ask When Opening.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 To Print CMYK Graphics Choose File, Print, and set the options as described below: Adobe Photoshop™ 7 and CS Color Setup From the main menu choose Edit, Color Settings. On the Color Settings dialog box, turn all Color Management Policies off. Turn off Profile Mismatches.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 To Print: Always select File, Print with Preview. On the print dialog page, set the options as described below: a. Check Show More Options b. Choose Color Management c. Choose Document as Source Space d. Choose Same as Source for Print Space From the Color Management drop option list, make sure that Source is set to “Document” and Print Space is set to “Same As Source”.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Appendix C: Using ColorSure™ and Custom Palette I. Introduction ColorSure is a method for reproducing exact spot colors. There are four main components of the ColorSure System: 1.) the transferred palette; 2.) Color Finder; 3.) Custom Palette; and 4.) the CorelDRAW and Adobe application palettes / swatches. 1.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 III. Designing Your Artwork By picking colors from the ColorSure palette, you will be able to consistently reproduce colors in a reliable manner. To assist you in designing your artwork, PowerDriver installs three palettes: two for Adobe products and one for Corel products. These colors match the palette that is printed from within PowerDriver.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Using Color Finder There will be times when the color you need is not included in the ColorSure Palette. The Custom Palette Utility was developed to provide a solution for this. The Color Finder tool allows you to start with a specific color (e.g. navy blue) and find similar colors in the same family by adding and subtracting up to three colors called ‘Step Colors’.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 ▬ Using Start Color Chooser allows you to quickly choose a color from the basic color selection on the left or from the numerous possibilities of the color matrix on the right. To define a custom color, click anywhere in the matrix. Use the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity. Clicking ‘OK’ will automatically fill the CMYK boxes with the corresponding values.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 ▬ For instance, if you choose to modify your Start Color with two steps, then Step Color 1 will change its values on the X (horizontal) axis and Step Color 2 will change its values on the Y (vertical) axis. Color Finder Palette with two Step Colors ▬ If you modify your Start Color with three steps, Step Color 1 will remain the same.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 • Next, determine what Step Size you want to apply to the Color Finder palette. This is simply a question of how much you want your Start Color to fluctuate. If your Start Color is close the color you are looking for, use a low Step Size (i.e. 5 or less). However, if your start color is not close to what you are looking for, use a higher Step Size. You can enter any Step Size value between 1 and 40.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 The Custom Palette Let us assume that you have found the exact color you need using the Color Finder tool. What you need to do next is apply these custom color values to either an existing palette, or to create a new custom palette altogether. This will allow you access to this color again should the same job arise.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 * The ‘Import Palette’ and ‘Export Palette’ buttons are convenient to have in the event you need to transfer palettes to and from different computers. Adding Swatches to your Application Palette: It is possible to add your custom color(s) swatch to an application palette as well. You will need to take note of the Input Color RGB value that you assigned in the previous step in order to create the new swatch.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Appendix D: Custom Paper Sizes Adding Custom Paper Sizes See the section titled “PowerDriver IQ Properties Overview” for a description of adding custom paper sizes using the printing preferences dialog. The minimum paper size for the C88 is 4”x6” and the maximum paper size is 8.5”x24”. Deleting and Modifying Custom Paper Sizes PowerDriver IQ uses standard Windows Print Server forms for paper size definitions.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Tips for Successful Sublimation POLYESTER FABRIC Maintain appropriate heat press times. Shortened pressing times will result in good surface color but the sublimation dyes will not completely penetrate the polyester fibers. This leaves the dyes more susceptible to wash out. Longer pressing times will cause the dye molecules to penetrate deeper into the fiber, creating a washed out look.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 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.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Supplies & Equipment Contact your reseller to purchase sublimation supplies and equipment. For more information, see the Sublimation Supplies Directory on our website at www.sublimation.com. Operating Conditions Certain environmental conditions should be taken into account for the operation of SubliJet IQ™ inks, including temperature and relative humidity.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Troubleshooting The troubleshooting tips found in this section relate mainly to problems that can be seen in transferred SubliJet images. If you are having problems related to the performance of your printer, please refer to the Problem Solving section found in the EPSON Stylus C88 Printer User’s Guide. The colors in my transferred image are incorrect The image may need color adjustment.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 My image looks good but it washes out Ensure you pressed the garment with the proper time, temperature, and pressure. If so, try pressing longer to ensure that the dyes are penetrating the fibers sufficiently. For guidelines, see the section entitled Heat Transfer Instructions. Ensure you used a recommended paper. See the section entitled Selecting Paper.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Ensure you used a recommended paper. For more information, see the section entitled Selecting Paper. Ensure you printed on the correct side of the paper. The print side is the bright white side of the paper. Ensure you do not have a moisture problem. Try drying the paper on the press or putting a paper towel behind the transfer when you heat press it.
Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ® Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 Technical Support If you are having difficulties achieving good results from your SubliJet IQ™ inks, you have several support options: 1. Telephone: You may contact your authorized SubliJet reseller during their normal hours of operation for assistance. A full listing of authorized SubliJet Resellers is available on our Web site at www.sublimation.com.
