topic Re: PIXMA TR8520 Print is really light for T-shirt printing in Desktop Inkjet Printers

PIXMA TR8520 Print is really light for T-shirt printing

jstark — Sat, 25 May 2024 12:09:29 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to do a t-shirt printing with my Canon TR8520. The printer prints fine when doing regular printing.

However, when trying to do a t-shirt printing, the printer prints really light. Almost a pink color. I went into printer settings and manually set the black as dark as I could. This didn't help. What else can I do?

Re: PIXMA TR8520 - t-shirt printing

normadel — Sat, 25 May 2024 04:54:32 GMT

Do you mean you are trying to print T-shirt TRANSFERS? How are you doing it?

Re: PIXMA TR8520 - t-shirt printing

jstark — Sat, 25 May 2024 06:17:18 GMT

I am setting up the printer for t-shirt printing as per Canon instructions. However, the printer isn't printing a dark black, it is printing very light black. However, when I print in regular mood, like a letter, it prints perfectly.

Re: PIXMA TR8520 - t-shirt printing

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 25 May 2024 10:27:40 GMT

@jstark wrote:
I am setting up the printer for t-shirt printing as per Canon instructions. However, the printer isn't printing a dark black, it is printing very light black. However, when I print in regular mood, like a letter, it prints perfectly.

When printing text, like a letter, the printer uses the pigment ink black cartridge.

For all other printing it uses the dye ink black cartridge.

Run a nozzle check and verify if all your cartridges are printing correctly.

Re: PIXMA TR8520 Print is really light for T-shirt printing

normadel — Sat, 25 May 2024 19:23:04 GMT

The color you see on a transfer is not exactly what it shows up as on the shirt. Have you done any testing of printing and transferring?

Re: PIXMA TR8520 - t-shirt printing

jstark — Sun, 26 May 2024 02:37:46 GMT

I thought of that after I wrote the post. Thank you.