Help! The type on my namebadges is coming out slightly blurry. This is happening with both black and color, reinforced figerglass and aluminum. It is very slight, however my customer did not like it and I have to redo some badges.

Could it be too much heat or pressure? Or possibly the amount of adhesive? Some seem more blurry then others.

Thank you!

I have done a number of badges successfully, but have not been doing them for very long. Also, I have had a number of badges turn out blurry in my opinion, without complaint from the customer. In fact some of the type will be sharp and some blurry on the same badges.

I am using temp of 400. The aluminum is set face down, light to med pressure for 75 seconds. The fiberglass is set face down, med pressure for 2 minutes.

Linda,
if you are using Unisub or some other hard coated aluminum, around 50 to 60 seconds should be fine. Be sure that your press heat setting is accurate - temps over 400 can cause blurring particularly if your dwell time is too long.

Harvey,

Sounds like I'll need to experiment to find out what works best. I haven't been using my green pad so I'll try that too.

thanks for the tips!