Heat Transfer/Sublimation
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How can a decorator determine which sublimation printer to buy?
Buy one that is warrantied and supported for sublimation printing (ask about an extended warranty, too). Make sure an ICC…
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Education
How to Sublimate 20-oz. Polar Camel Tall Tumblers in a Mug Press
Whether you are just getting started in sublimation or you have been doing it for years, it can be challenging…
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Tips
4 Unique Foil Techniques
With the concept and best practices of foil on vinyl down, get creative. Foil applications can be unique. Creating something…
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Education
4 Causes of Burn Marks in Sublimation
True burn marks could be caused by several things: The temperature is too high on the heat press. Verify the correct…
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Features
5 Big Talking Points on How to Reach New Customers
‘How can I reach new customers and gain new clientele?’ It’s a question shops are asking themselves quarter after quarter.…
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How can heat printers reduce costs?
With heat printing, there are some ways that you can reduce your costs that will help you to either reduce…
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Education
3 Heat Transfer Hacks
Top Secret. Confidential. Classified. When these words are tied to information, it’s hard to resist trying to access it. If…
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How can decorators decide which heat transfer is best for a job?
It’s always beneficial to build a strong foundation of the print choices available and understand where each fits in. The…
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Tips
When to Use Screen Printed Transfers vs. Vinyl
It always helps to have the most options available to you as an apparel decorator. Each job is different, and…
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What can a decorator do about poor transfer application?
When customers reach out to us about transfer application issues, either the transfers were not fully bonded to the garment…
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The Benefits of Creating Mock-Ups
Mock-ups are a good idea for several reasons, including: Mock-ups expedite the approval process. It can serve as the proof…
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Education
6 Tips for Getting a Heat Printing Business Off the Ground
Starting a T-shirt business, especially if you are going to be utilizing a heat press, is relatively easy. There aren’t…
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Tips
Maximize Your Pet-Related Sales
A thought process to follow for maximizing your pet-related sales is to “think outside the collar.” What I mean is…
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Tips
5 Tips for Winter Heat Printing
Every year when the cold weather sets in, it brings along some heat printing challenges with it. Some shops that…
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Tips
4 Ways to Declutter Before the New Year
Winter is coming, which means the chaos of back to school has been traded in for the slow churn of…
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Education
3 Tricks to Eliminate Transfer Lines in Sublimation
Aside from ghosting, the other major issue sublimators face is the dreaded transfer paper lines. Once those show up on…
