How to Fix Lines in Your Sublimation Prints
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- Learn how to fix lines in sublimation prints. Here I am discussing lines that are both horizontal or vertical. You can fix that banding in your sublimation prints! Follow these steps to find the root cause and start making gorgeous sublimation crafts. I am covering lines in prints from an Epson EcoTank printer, Epson F170, and a Sawgrass sublimation printer. So, no matter which printer you have, you can get gorgeous results!
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0:00 Introduction
1:05 Epson EcoTank Printer Settings
4:02 Paper settings
6:46 Printhead alignment
7:56 Checking for clogs
8:59 Vertical lines
11:23 Lines on other printers
13:35 Wrap up - Навчання та стиль
Almost threw my printer out the window! Silent screaming still hurts. You're a life saver. Thank you very much.
Happy to help!
Thank you Angie. This video is right on time. I have been using my Epson converted printer regularly for months and saw horizontal lines for the first time yesterday. Now I know what to do thanks to your practical solution videos.😊
TIP: Print head alignment is cumulative. You may need to do it more than once. Sometimes they can get way out of alignment for no obvious reason - or if the printer gets bumped. Happened to me. I needed to do 10 consecutive alignment cycles to get it back in range. You just keep running the alignment settings back to back. Keep choosing the best looking blocks. It will get microscopically better each time until it finally starts to actually look better. Trust the process.
Ten! Blah!
Not sure what has happened to my printer. My paper gets jammed when I try and print. Not sure if this is printer head alignment issues, or something bigger. Ink leaks, but strangely, my ink pads are not full or overflowing.. Printer hasn't been knocked/bumped or anything like that, so I have no idea where the issue is
I'm not getting lines only these dotted white lines, I guess that is the same. Could this be a setting issue. I just printed and sublimated an image 3 days ago and it was fine.
So if it has lines in it are you able to run it back through the printer or that sublimation print garbage?
@@user-ve2qo7ho1q Unfortunately, prints are once and done. The registration will never match.
Thanks Angie, your videos seem to always address either an issue I am having or how to do something I am thinking about doing. You are such a great resource, thank you! Ray
You can do it!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I am new to sublimation, bought my printer about 6 months ago and am still learning. I could not figure out how to get lines out of my prints but this fixed it all! I'm thrilled!
Yay!!
OMG!!!! I thought my printer was trash til I watched your video!! You are a MAGNIFICENT WOMAN!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!😊
Glad I could help!
Yet again.. you have save me from frustration and stress.thank you😊
So glad you made this. I followed your last settings video and mine print perfect everytime now.
Great to hear!
I watched your unclogging video and now this one. Great tips, you are clear and concise. My ET-2850 is working great again thanks to you!
Now realize my problem was caused by not using the printer often enough.
Awesome! Happy to help!
Thank you So Much for this video!! I had tried and wasted so much paper in order to figure out why the lines kept showing up. I am now all up to date with the drivers and have now picked the correct settings for printing on my ecotank!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much Angie! I tried several settings and also the video about unclogging the printer, all your well explained help worked fabulously! Thank you, you are great!!!
Happy to help!
OH my gosh!… thank you. I am thankful that I saved your video!!! I had skipped lines or banding on my printer outs before, and was able to fix it after a couple rounds of your first 2 solutions. It didn’t work this time. I went to the total cleaning in the printer setting. I waited 6 hrs and it works perfectly!!! THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH😍🙏
Any time!
THANK YOU! The lines just started after a year of use. I have never changed the settings and suddenly they appeared. I almost ordered a new printer but after your video, it was a settings problem. I am so happy!!!
Glad I could help!
Thank you! I sent one printer back for banding and I was getting ready to send another one back. This fixed my problem! Print head alignment did not fix the problem either time but working with the settings did.
Great to hear!
Your unclogging video along with this one got my printer working great again, I can't thank you enough!
Great to hear!
You are an Angel for making this video, I have been struggling with this FOREVER! Seems like it goes away but next time print there it is again. Can’t wait too see if this works!! ❤❤❤😊
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much! This helped with my Sawgrass. Your videos are always so informative.
Happy to help!
I have been struggling with the lines on my images and you helped me understand how to fix it! thank you sooooo much!!!!!
Glad I could help!
Thanks Angie! I got rid of those lines with your help!!
Excellent!
Thank You!!! I watched this video and the other one for clogs. I have only used my printer a few times and it wouldn't print. I tried all you steps and I think it I've figure it. Thank you so much!!!
💯
Glad it helped!
This video helped me out so much I was getting so frustrated that after awhile of my printer sitting it wasn’t printing properly after doing a print head cleaning and did not want to do a full print cleaning. I did my setting like this and they come out so beautiful now!
Glad it helped!
Thank you for your videos on clogs in the Eco-Tank and printer lines. It fixed my issues!
Yay!
My Epson ecotank stopped printing yellow. Downloading the printer info was something I forgot about.
Thank you Angie!
Straight up thank you for the lil reminder that print settings are important and play a huge role in how your print turns out 🤣🤣 duhhhhhh oh my lanta thank you so much! Saved my day!💗
Happy to help!
Thank you for explaining these changes
No problem!
This was so helpful! Thank you!
Thank you 😊 I watched this and the clog video it took me 3 days but my printer is working perfectly again!!!
Great to hear!
When i say UA-cam University is everything....u just helped me solve my problem with the print of my design! I had the horizontal lines as well and didn't know what to do but YOU 100% fixed it for me! Thanks :) n New Sub!
Glad I could help!
YOUR ADVICE WORKED GREAT! THANK YOU
Happy to help!
Thank you, this fixed my issue. The video on clogs also helped. Love your videos, thank you so much.
Great to hear!
SO HELPFUL. You just saved my prints!
I'm so glad!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK!!!! Sooooo helpful!
Glad it helped!
You are amazing, Thank you for helping me fix my issue :)
Thank you for a very informative video. My Epson 2750 has been out of commission for months. Deep cleaning, nozzle check etc. has not helped. I used your Matte and no high speed setting and now I have good prints. Thanks so very much.
Yay!
Great information! It fixed my problem.Thanks so much!!!❤
Glad it helped!
thank you for this video...as well as the other for cleaning the heads...this helped tremendously...I almost gave up because of the lines...something so simple as changing the paper for this project helped!!! So mental note..keep multiple sublimation brands..again THANK YOU💜💜💜💜💜💜
Happy to help!
@AngieHolden the lines came back how can I clean that out...do I just redo the process?
All you can do is start over and try again.
@AngieHolden question for you...when the lines pop up...do you see them on a cup vs a shirt
Love ❤️ awesome tutorial as usual 😁
fixed me up fast thanks!
Thank you so much. I was so stressed!!!!
Amaizing thank you!
This did the trick! Thank You!
You're welcome!
Thanks so much you're the best!!
Thank you for such a helpful video!
You are so welcome!
you're the BEST!!! this helped me with my project.
Great to hear!
thank you for your video paper settings fixed my problem
Great!
Thank you for the video, so much to learn
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesomeness. Thank you, you are a life saver!!
Happy to help!
Thank you so much I totally forgot I got new Macbook laptop and was getting higly annoyed with lines and I forgot to download the drivers.
worked for me, thank you very much! :)
Thank you so much, this corrected my issues
Happy to help!
Thank you so much for this video... It save me and my printer.. You are the best
Happy to help!
Thank you so much for this video!
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much!!!! you helped me solve 3 day fight with my printer.
Glad I could help!
It works!
You are a god send. I got a new computer and couldn't figure out why my printer has becomes so liney. I thought the ink head was clogged😂
Happy to help!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much, very useful!
Glad it was helpful!
helped a lot thank you!!
Glad it helped!
Thank you SO much!!
Glad it helped!
THANK-YOU!!!! I was using the wrong setting.
Happy to help!
Once again you have saved me!! Christmas giving may now commence. (whew!)
Enjoy!
Angie, you are a life saver!!! I downloaded the correct files from the Epson website turned off high speed and had to clean my nozzles 10 TIMES!!! After the 10th clean, all the lines were solid and now my printer works again!!! I'm so excited to be able to sublimate again ;) thank you! thank you! thank you!
Yay! Happy to help!
Thank you so much i was having problems
Glad I could help!
Thanks for sharing love your top xx
Thank you!! 😊
You saved me Angie!! Thank you for always putting out helpful content!😊
Happy to help!
thank you love your videos. I am printing more as Daniel Pentecost suggested. Wow it is so hard to see which is overlapping on these horizontal rectangles. still getting the lines
but i have color. :)
It is hard to see! HA!
You are so great!!!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!!!🙏
You are so welcome
Angie, thank you so much for all the video's you do. Most have been spot on for filling my head with knowledge. I watched both video's dealing with clogged print heads. My black was the one giving me trouble. Finally go it to print solid with the black purge page. But still lines both horizontal and vertical show when I print a design. And print head alignment...I can't even get it close after doing it about 15 times. Is there a step further to take in order to clean the heads? I really appeciate all the information you share with everyone. Gail
Hmmmm....does the nozzle check page look okay? I would probably go back and double check your settings if so.
oh thank you!!!!
No problem 😊
I hope this will help now as no one could help me with my banding. I might have to get a new espon printer, though, as I haven't used my printer for a very long time
Good luck!
Thank you for the tip i thought for sure i needed to buy a new printer🤦 just had to change paper setting.
Yay! Happy to help!
Angie, could you make a video on how too personalize sublimation items. Looking into making license plates.
Try this: ua-cam.com/video/wX7uHVfWT4s/v-deo.html
Wow thank you. I've had this printer for 4 months and didn't even really realize how sh!tty my prints were vs how awesome they come be. 😅
Glad I could help!
Thanks ❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊
Great video! I seem to have a slight black broken line all the way around one section of my cups when they go through the press, even though there is nothing on the printout before it is put into the cup press. Any ideas as to whether this is from the print settings?
I would guess it is a roller mark.
I bought a sawgrass1000 and downloaded the software and followed the directions to a "t," and it will not print. Their customer service is a joke. It's either chat or email so you have to wait for a reply. They really need phone support for their customers with more complex technical issues as their videos didn't help to resolve my issue. They are also EST time so if you're on a different time zone and work the same hours they are open good luck. I have an epson with regular ink and never had an issue with it. Should have just stayed with epson for sublimation. Thank you for all your videos and knowledge. You're one of my top sub youtubers I watch.
I haven't had any issues with their support and I have used it. Maybe some clarity behind "it will not print" would help? Was there an error message? What exactly is happening? Did you try using a cable to connect to the printer directly to see if it is your connection?
My issue has been resolved. Luckily, something very simple, but I sure did invest in a lot of time trying to figure it out. When i would print from print management it just wouldn't print. No error messages..nothing. I'd press print and it would load a little circle for a few minutes then nothing.
I contacted support for 2 weeks until I was finally scheduled a PHONE call instead of their online chat feature or an e-mail back and forth sending videos etc..
I went through all their troubleshooting videos via their website and youtube. I am a beginner so this is a new experience with this printer.
Phone support would be a lot more convenient rather than email, and I'd say a lot of other customers have felt the same when looking for help on youtube for my issue. Considering the amount of money we spend it would be a lot more convenient.
My issue was resolved simply by unclicking the "margin" box in the print management settings. Who would have ever thought that would interfere with being able to print at all? Not me. But very happy it's resolved and I have had an excellent experience thus far.
Angie, I have an Epson 4700 eco tank. It worked fine at first. I use Hippoo ink and paper. I am having a problem with the black ink tank saying it is almost empty, but everytime I try to put ink in that black slot, it just does not go in and it overflows from the opening and comes out of the bottom of the printer all over the place. Could this possibly be caused by a clog??? This just started happening recently. It makes me think the black tank actually has more ink in it than I think even though the Epson software shows that it is almost empty. The front of the printer tank is very difficult to see if it is full or empty. Thanks for any help you can give me. Love everything that you teach us. Thank you.;
You have to go by the front of the printer. When you use sublimation ink, it is using a different amount of ink then the printer thinks it is so the printer saying it is low does not matter. You can reset that ink level on your printer if you would like but I ignore those messages and just look through the windows on the front.
I changed my paper settings as you suggested and the verticle lines disappeared. I use a converted Epson ET 2850 for sublimation. Thanks
Awesome!
Hi Angie, Thanks so much for both Videos, I have 2 Epson Eco Tank printers, ET2811 and ET1818, both have the same issues, I have been working on the ET2811 and completed all the sets also deleted all the print settings and run the pruge files. I have noticed that the Cyan purge file has lines in the purge print, the other colours are solid and fine. Any ideas on how resolve just the cyan issue?
I would try a nozzle check to see if you have a clog.
This has nothing to do with this particular video but I love your shelving. Where did you find the shelving with the X section?
I got them from WalMart but it was many many years ago.
Thank you so much its helped a lot. May I ask you whehter we need to change the paper setting on the printer itself also? or only change premium presentation matte in printer setting (computer) is enough?
I change both places just to make sure.
@@AngieHolden noted and thanks a lot 😀
Hi what about running print head cleaning . I usually jus do that , tho i believe that utilizes some of your ink .
I only use that for clogs: ua-cam.com/video/BAEGXiqOJMg/v-deo.html&lc=UgxMx6oB2DOZO16Kt594AaABAg
@@AngieHolden ok thank u !
I have been getting lines in my prints that are not like the ones you show. They are almost unnoticeable unless you actually look. I have did everything possible with no luck.
Probably roller marks. Play with your settings as your ink is not drying.
Where did you find the flower design you used in the demonstration? I would like to use that in a design.
Sure! I put a free bundle together for anyone that would like them: angie-holden.ck.page/3a195a6e13
Angie - if I am going to be gone for 2-3 months, what should I do about my sublimation ink in my Eco Tank 2800. Should I drain it?
I would just leave it and hope for the best! Draining is not easy and can cause more trouble.
would this work also for someone that accidentally pulled out a paper jam because ever since i tried 13x19 it jammed up my printer and has been messing with all my prints even the print sizes that were never a problem before using and its giving roller marks down it. its finally clearing up better but now its dots down each page. i would appreciate any advice on this situation. thank you so much!
My guess is there could be a small piece of paper in your printer so I would really look. Second, the paper jam probably got ink everywhere. Try printing some pages with just one letter to see if running the paper through will clear it up.
Everything on my Epson EcoTank 2800 printer seems to be working ok but I never could find the box to uncheck high speed. My printer has “bidirectional” and I didn’t know that meant the same as high speed. Not sure why Epson uses that term.
It is the same! Turn that off.
Hi I’m have little white dots run across my paper I have the F170 sublimation printer what would be your suggestion
I would do a nozzle check to see if you have a clog.
My Ecotank will fold the corners up a tiny bit with smears of ink there. Then there’s clicking more so towards the end of the printing. Even the back corners are folded upwards sometimes! Have you experienced this?
Sounds like humidity in your space causing your paper to curl.
What computer are you using / where did you go to get to a dialog box that looks like that? I’m on a Mac and mine doesn’t have the “more options” section where you can adjust the speed of the sublimation printer. Thank you for the tutorial either way :)
This is a PC so it will not look the same as a Mac. Try different paper types on a Mac and changing the quality setting.
@@AngieHolden thank you!
Hi Angie! This is not a vertical line problem but more of a blurred print. Please help...what can cause it...the blank ink is not printing crisp and clean..it has blurring or shadowing on the print itself...
Could be your image itself.
Hello Angie I have the Epson SureColor F170 It now has been giving me roller marks I am using Koala Sublimation paper I called Epson & they want me to buy there Epson Sublimation paper. Do you know what I can do? Thank You so very much! I absolutely love your videos.
I would try their paper. It could very well be the paper causing roller marks.
@@AngieHolden Ok I am receiving the Epson Paper Tomorrow I’ll try that. Thank You so very much.
I'm getting the lines through the words when I am using the hack for sublimation on cotton. I am using the pet film and when my words come out there are lines that look like this (ex. J-O-H-N- going right thorough the letters and design. Any help with this?
My guess would be roller marks since it is on film. Play around with different paper settings.
I can’t even get to the “printing preferences” menu, the app is on a tablet. Is there any way to access it there? Thanks :)
On tablet you will not be able to.
Any suggestions for those of us using an IPad? I know we can’t download the print drivers, which makes it difficult!
I don't use mobile for printing sublimation.
I'm using the f170 and I'm getting black streaks while using dtf. But not on regular paper. What is the cause? Also it cuts off part of my image. Any help would be appreciated.
Sounds like it is not feeding correctly through that printer. Those printers are not made for DTF film so I am not surprised.
I am only getting banding on my cyan. I've done all the things you have taught and nothing has changed. Any suggestions?
Print a nozzle check and see if you have a clog.