Epson Printer Sublimation Paper Settings for Perfect Prints

Howdy fellow sublimation peeps! In today’s post, we’ll be focusing on some that few people understand but it makes a HUGE difference in your print quality: Paper Settings for your Epson Printer. Most sublimation users just use Premium Presentation Matte for the most ink, but what if you have extra ink causing issues? Going to a lower setting really seems to adversely effect the color. In our test today, we’ll waste our time, ink and paper to test so you don’t have to!

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Why do paper setting affect my output?
Paper settings directly change how much ink the printer is putting down based on the amount the printer expects to be absorbed by the print. The best analogy I can think of involves printing on strange objects on different ends of the spectrum. You’re were pouring black ink onto a porous, absorbent object, such as a sponge. How much ink do you think it would take to make the sponge has a nice, crisp black color? Probably quite a bit. Now, let’s contrast that with something non-porous, such as glass. How much ink do you think it would take for the ink to show up on glass? Not much at all, as the glass isn’t absorbing the ink. Make sense?

While this seems irrelevant to the matter of sublimation, quite the opposite is true. By manipulating the paper settings, we can “trick” the printer into putting more ink down on the paper. More ink in the sublimation paper allows for more ink to be released into the substrate, allowing for much more vivid colors.

What are the different paper settings?
In this “experiment”, we’re going to print one 8.5″ x 11″ of each design. As a control, we will use all of the same settings (High Quality, High Speed Printing Off,

The design will feature a color chart and solid black text. This will be a test of how good the colors are and we will see how prone the setting is to streaks/wheel marks/etc. We will grade each one by comparing how vivid the colors are and how much ink is left in the paper.

What should I use?
Based on those results, you can always get the most vivid colors while maintaining the best black from the Premium Presentation Paper Matte. If that’s the case, why not just use it all the time? Well, with sublimation, there’s a point where the substrate was absorbed the maximum amount of ink that it possibly can. Anything after this point adds addition ink, that has to go somewhere. Extra ink can often lead to blurry or streaky images, particularly on simple prints.

Here’s my general rule of thumb: I use Premium Presentation Paper Matte UNLESS the design is simple (text only) AND heavy on black saturation. If that the case, you can greatly reduce the chances of streaks, wheel marks, and other print issues by switching to Premium Presentation Paper Matte, but with High Quality turned to standard quality. If you’re still running into issues, you can use any of the following paper settings: Plain Paper / Bright White, Letterhead, Recycled, Color, Preprinted, High Quality Plain Paper, or Envelope,

Equipment used:
- Tusy Heat Press
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- A-sub 8.5" x 11"
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- Wirester Heat Resistant Gloves
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- Cosmos Ink
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- Butcher Paper
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- Standard Printer Paper
- Epson Workforce WF-7720 printer
- Sublimation Tape

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