Review on Cricut EasyPress Machine Shirts Projects by Kelly Caballes

Universal heat press 8 in 1 made in China - this is not for you. This is part of your little laboratory for the production of mugs, t-shirts and other rubbish with photos and inscriptions as your heart desires. And as a consequence: a compact business. Well, yes - a Chinese heat press, yes - there is no marking on it at all, yes - you can go crazy by unscrewing and screwing one after the other parts of this design. But it's so compact, so versatile and so inexpensive... Huh? So... What's included in the kit: a working area for printing on flat surfaces (t-shirts, puzzles, etc.), a nozzle for printing on baseball caps, two nozzles for plates of different diameters and four mini-presses for mugs of various shapes and sizes. In general, since the purchase, the press has shown itself well. Except for a couple of moments. Firstly, almost immediately I had to replace the power switch on the control unit, because it simply failed. Secondly, the rise in the main field is significantly small, but this is compensated by the possibility of rotation around the axis. I also think that over time there may be a problem with the places of contact of the control unit with other elements, due to the need to turn off one nozzle and install another. If you close your eyes to these small shoals, the equipment is quite worth the money. For those who are just starting to get acquainted with sublimation printing, I will tell you a couple of points that I happened to encounter. They are mostly hardware independent. For example, a poorly printed image may result from low temperature or insufficient exposure. And vague, on the contrary, due to overheating / overexposure. Uneven transfer may come out due to loose fit of the press to the material. This could be due to low pressure, a defect in the material (such as an uneven mug surface), or material issues (such as a V-notch on a T-shirt that interferes with the press's uniform fit, especially when printing on the back). Another pitfall: ripples. It appears if the printed image is not dried beforehand. Accordingly, ripples will appear on surfaces that are not able to absorb moisture from the surface of the paper (mugs, plates, key chains, etc.). With textile materials this problem does not occur, but it is still better to wait a bit so as not to blur the image.