Heat Transfer/Sublimation
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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…
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What are the benefits of UV-LED printing versus sublimation printing?
There are a bunch of ways that UV-LED printing wins over sublimation, but here are just a few: Printing White: Printing…
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Measuring Heat Press Temperature
You would be surprised how often your heat press goes out of calibration. Heat and pressure affect metal over time.…
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A Good Sublimation System Is One with Parts that Work Together
Let’s say you wanted to buy a car. What do you do? You go down to the dealership, buy the…
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Education
Try This: Sublimate a Performance Sleeve
Arm and leg sleeves appeal to youth sports as well as recreational teams, schools, fans, and beyond. Not only are they…
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How to Test a Heat Press
The two most common tools are disposable heat press test kits and pyrometer surface probes. The disposable kit is inexpensive…
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How can decorators earn more profit with heat printing?
One surefire way to make more money on a job is to charge more for it. Most shops have a…
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Features
30 Sublimation Tips and Tricks
Why do we need tips? More than 20 years ago, when I first began my journey down the Road to…
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Education
Cashing in on the Sublimated Holiday Marketplace: Personalized gifts
Regardless of the culture or the form of celebration, the holiday season is all about giving. And what better product is there…
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When is the best time for sublimation shops to prepare for the holiday season?
Though the winter holidays are still several months away, I find that August and September are smart times to think about…
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Education
How to Sublimate Wood
Full-color printing is becoming an increasingly popular method to decorate wood substrates and can be applied to any species of wood. Here…
