Skin tones on sublimatoin

[Momma2two]

I converted my epson 2400 to a sublimation printer.  I've been using Affinity to design and print, but the skin tones are always off for some reason—mostly red/orange tint to them.   Ive downloaded a few icc profiles and those made it worse.  I finally uninstalled and reinstalled the printer and its the same thing.  I can adjust the colors in the software but then the pics after being pressed looked washed out or not as bold as before edit.   Anyone have any suggestions?   

[v_kyr]

8 hours ago, Momma2two said:

I converted my epson 2400 to a sublimation printer.

Well, if I read over such things here ...

• https://sublimakersacademy.com/converted-et2400-sublimation-printer-review/

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Tip:  Set aside the inkjet ink that came in the box so you don’t accidentally use it instead of your sublimation ink. 

Sublimation Ink

To convert this ET-2400 for sublimation, you’ll have to purchase sublimation ink from a third party. 

And a word of caution, once you install that third-party ink, your warranty is void and Epson will no longer provide tech support for this printer. 

Most sublimation ink comes from the same place but are sold under different brands by different sellers. Prices can vary from the different sellers but that is dependent on demand and the amount of customer service they provide. 
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Sublimation Paper

A regular copy paper does not work well for sublimation. Sublimation papers are specialty papers that are designed to hold the ink on its surface and release to your sublimation blank when heated. 
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Screen Images Versus Sublimated Images

Just a quick note that what you see on your computer screen will not be exactly the same as your final sublimated image. 

It should be close but it may not be 100% the same.There are various reasons for this including: screens project a brighter image because it’s backlit, sublimation blank quality plays a large role, sublimation design software/app you used, and heat press settings.
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... it looks more to be for the adventurers ones, as it's nothing that this printer, it's drivers, profiles & software is initially really meant to be used for by Epson. - So I would suggest that one then has to go through specific printer profiling tasks here therefor ...

• Printer profiles - a deep dive
• Profiling your printer
• printer and paper profiling
• ... etc.