We were trying to print a design on the CC7768 series mugs.  Our design wasn’t a full wrap but was about 1” away from the handle and approximately 5/16” up from the bottom.  Because the bottom of the mug is thicker (more mass) and takes looker to heat up, we couldn’t get the design to print completely towards the bottom of the mug by the handle.

We thought Cactus Bob’s idea of preheating the mugs on the stovetop was a great idea but because the stove was upstairs and we weren’t, we tried this.  We used one of those individual electric coffee mug warmers and preheated one mug at a time.  There were a few advantages of using the warmer.  The heat was concentrated at the bottom of the mug where it was needed and the rest of the mug wasn’t overly affected.  Plus, because it’s a coffee warmer, the mug wasn’t too hot to handle when putting on the transfer.  At first we waited to put on the transfer but then we went ahead and taped the transfers on and then set the mug on the warmer.  Either way is fine but of course, taping the transfer on before hand, saves time. 

We preheated the mugs one at a time because we were using a mug press.  It only took about 3 to 4 minutes to preheat and because we were pressing each mug for 6 minutes, this worked out well. 

From Cactus Bob’s initial idea, we were able to come up with this method and it saved us from revamping our design (customer already approved) and wasting mugs.  Hope this can help others that might run into this issue. 

Lynn Turgeon
www.bizregards.com