The Ricoh printer driver has a button on the Printer Configuration tab? named “Adjust Color Density…”.? This is used for slight variations in ink saturation. We recommend that you use the same values printed on a label on the print head unless you are having specific problems.? Adjusting these values can have a slight affect on your colors. Sometimes, you may see what we call “pizza wheel marks” on your prints, especially when...
Continue readingBy Steve Spence Want your sublimated name badge business to be more lucrative? It can be and it doesn’t take much effort or cost much money to do it. Here are just a couple of ideas: 1.ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS wear a name badge yourself with your company name, picture of your storefront, logo, etc. I on...
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By: Steve Spence One of the most common questions from someone just going into the sublimation business is always, “Which heat press should I buy?” And surprisingly, the answer almost always ends up the same. Most people who enter the sublimation business want to do so on a shoestring, so they look...
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You have probably heard people talk about “up-selling”. It’s a simple concept: When a customer comes in and says he wants the cheapest thing you have, take him up to something with higher quality. The truth is, most customers don’t really know what they want and certainly don’t know what is a...
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I get a lot of phone calls where people want to know what pressing procedures to use now that they have changed from an Epson printer over to a Ricoh printer. An understandable question, h...
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By: Steve Spence We all have showrooms. Some of us have large, elaborate display areas with track lighting and carpeting while others have only a brief case filled with samples – either way, it’s a showroom and there are some things you need to know about having one. First: Never but never use rejects or seconds as display piec...
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We have a lot of customers out there that install their printer to one PC and then share it? out over their network so that they can print to it from other computers. Some even install it to an actual print server. This is a simple process and is very easy to do, but it is important that it is done correctly. It’s important that you install the ICC Profile to the host PC as well as all PCs that will be printing to this printer. This is true whether you have ...
Continue readingBy: Steve Spence The single most common question I have ever been asked about sublimated Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) name badges is, “Can I engrave them?”. At first, that may seem like a silly question since there is no need to engrave them when you can just print everything at one time. The que...
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By: Steve Spence I really don’t know how a sublimation shop can get along without being able to cut metal. Many do but they are missing out on lots of opportunities to make money. UNISUB® sheet metal and other metals come in 12 x 24” panels. These can be easily stored and cut to the size desired usin...
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