PIXMA TR8520 Print is really light for T-shirt printing

[jstark]

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?

[normadel]

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

[jstark]

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.

[jrhoffman75]

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@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.

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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.

[jstark]

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

[normadel]

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?