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2. Printing
Checking Garments
Check the color of the garment that you want to use.
White garments
To print on white fabrics or light-colored fabrics that do not require a white underbase, use enhancer and
color inks.
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Set the temperature of the heat press device to 320˚F or 160˚C.
Light-color garments
When producing colors that are true to the design or when the design uses white, perform the following:
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Use the dark-color (black) garments method.
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Specify not to use the black from the garment via ColorGATE Productionserver.
When prioritizing softness to the touch, perform the following:
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Use the white garments method.
Dark-color (black) garments
To print on dark (black) fabric, use enhancer, white ink, and color inks. Normally, the machine prints first
with the enhancer before printing with white ink and then color inks.
If you want to print in dark-color garment mode after printing in light-color garment mode (only the color
head is used), perform NOZZLE CHECK to check the nozzles of the white ink, and then perform AUTO
HEAD CLEAN if necessary. Then, start printing.
For details about NOZZLE CHECK, see page 129, "NOZZLE CHECK".
For details about AUTO HEAD CLEAN, see page 133, "AUTO HEAD CLEAN".
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To improve the quality of the printed image, it is recommended that you change the dry time for
drying white ink before printing with color ink starts. Set the value in [Drying Time] on the OPTION
screen to "20 sec".
Increasing the "Drying Time" will reduce your productivity.
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Set the temperature of the heat press device to 248˚F or 120˚C.
This temperature is recommended according to the test results at Ricoh. It may vary depending on
the garment and the heat press machine used, so be sure to test it in advance.
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