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Chapter 9 - Troubleshooting
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Too much Pretreatment was applied ▪
Avoid soaking the garment with Pretreatment. Do not print on shirts
where the Pretreatment may still be wet. You can use a Heat Press to dry
the Pretreatment prior to printing.
An insuf fi 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. On 100% cotton, colors will look
their best. For 50/50 blends of cotton and polyester, the ink needs to be
cured quickly to reduce possible bleeding. FastINK 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.
Prevention:
Make sure your Heat Press is heating up evenly and reaching the ▪
correct temperature.
Pretreat evenly and away from printer. ▪
Cure Pretreat properly. ▪
NOTE: Cure times WILL vary based on the amount of ink used, humidity etc.
These recommendations are general guides. You may have to extend your cure
times depending upon your location and print mode preferences. (Refer to
Chapter 4 for details.)
Problem:
Printed colors appear different from what you see on the computer monitor prior
to printing.
Causes:
Your nozzles could be clogged. ▪
Run a Nozzle Check on a piece of clear fi lm o
Clean the Capping Station o
Run a Head Cleaning and a Nozzle Check in succession o
Flush out the ink system. Refer to o Chapter 8 - Preventative Maintenance
and Problem Solving . with cleaning cartridges.
The image has an attached ICC Pro fi le. ▪
FastARTIST uses its own ICC Pro fi 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 fi les.
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