User`s manual

T-Jet Blazer Series User’s Manual
Version 5.0 Revised September, 2008
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The temperature of the Heat Press was not correct•
Make sure the Heat Press is heating up evenly and reaching the correct temperature of 330º F. You
can test this with a touch-less infrared thermometer or heat testing strip.
Too much Pretreatment was applied
•
Avoid soaking the garment with Pretreatment. Do not print on shirts where the Pretreatment may
still be wet.
An insufcient amount of Pretreatment may have been applied
•
Apply more Pretreatment on successive shirts and cure again.
An incorrect type of fabric was used for printing
•
For best results print onto 100% cotton. For 50/50 blends of cotton and polyester, the ink needs
to be cured quickly to reduce possible bleeding. FastINK Textile Ink will NOT work on most
synthetic materials such as waterproof Nylon.
The garment was washed improperly
•
Wash in cold water and dry on a delicate dryer setting.
Preventions:
Make sure your Heat Press is heating up evenly and reaching the correct temperature.•
Pretreat evenly and away from the printer.•
Cure Pretreatment properly. Refer to • Chapter 10 - Printing Basics for curing times and details.
5. Colors Don’t Look Correct
Printed colors appear different from what you see on the
computer monitor prior to printing.
Causes:
Your nozzles could be clogged.•
► Perform a Nozzle Check on a piece of clear lm.
► Clean the Capping Station.
► Run a Head Cleaning and a Nozzle Check in succession.
► Use cleaning cartridges and run several Head
Cleaning Cycles consecutively to see improvement. DO NOT perform a Nozzle Check with
cleaning cartridges.
The image has an attached ICC Prole•
FastARTIST uses its own ICC Prole- make sure you do not apply one from your preferred
graphics program. Refer to your graphics application’s User’s Manual on ICC proles.
You have an ICC prole checked in CorelDRAW
•
Go to File > Print and select the Misc. Tab. Deselect the Apply ICC Prole check box.
The Capping Station has build-up of ink
•
Clean the Capping Station regularly.
Your imported image is not RGB or has multiple layers
•
Convert the art to RGB and atten the image.