Geo Knight DK3 Instruction Manual

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9Guidelines, Tips & SettingsSet the DK3 to 400°F for 5 minutes to begin, and try 30 seconds lesson subsequent mugs if good results are achieved. Always use a plainpaper cover sheet OR teflon liner over the entire mug surface on topof the transfer to protect the mug surface. For some offset transfers,high energy sublimation inks, hard mug coatings or full bleed handle tohandle transfers, it may be necessary to increase the time to 5.5 minutesor more.ALWAYS TRIM the cover sheet down to within the flat surface of themug. Allowing papers/cover material to overlap the edges of the mugwill cause wrinkling and white lines in the image. If the results are notacceptable, or you are using laser transfer papers or other type of transfermedia, contact your transfer ink or paper supplier for recommendedguidelines.Please note that when pressing mugs, it is perfectly normal to havea significant drop of 30+° in temperature during the first part of thecycle due to the mug absorbing a large amount of heat.One recommendation for increasing production and decreasing pressingtime is to use a pre-heating oven, such as a small toaster oven or othercountertop batch heater. Pre-tape and wrap the mugs, set the small ovento 300°F, and have mugs preheating inside while other mugs are beingpressed. This will invest heat into the mass of the ceramic, withoutactivating the sublimation, so that the final pressing in the DK3 willbe significantly faster. Times can then be lowered down to 2.5 to 3.5minutes and in some cases less.Some mugs may have irregular shapes. The top and especially bottomrims of the mugs may taper inward. This will result in the paperpossibly wrinkling at the edge of the mug. Normally this will notaffect the transfer elsewhere on the mug. However if attempting topress full bleed transfers with the image wrapping near the rims of themug, this can cause white lines and faded splotches, especially nearthe extremities of the mug. This is the result of the mug shape taperinginward, and the paper continuing to stiffly extend outward causingwrinkling. The solution to this is to dampen (with wet fingers or spraybottle - do not submerge) the cover sheet with water and bend the paperwith the palm of your hand around the edges of the mug. Press the mugas usual and the water will help “paper mache” or cast/mold the paperaround the mug curvature. This will help alleviate white lines and whitesplotches on the mug.