• Sublimation Printing

  sublimation printing setup?

  Posted by Gary Davis on 28 February 2006 at 17:22

  Hi everyone,

  first off sorry if this wrong forum rob but closest i could find!!

  looking into doing mugs and mousemats to add extra products to our line up, my Q is where can i find info on this, is there an equivalent to UKSB in the dye sub sector?

  as i understand some form of printer, a heat press, and specialist substrate to print to.

  as u can tell in the dark with most of it so any info/expected costs involved would be greatly appreciated. does anyone else have a setup for this? is it worth the outlay?

  thanks dtg

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  Peter Normington

  Member

  28 February 2006 at 18:10

  The Magic touch are one suppier of the kit and consumables.
  Their web page makes a good read, tell you heaps about it.

  http://www.themagictouch.co.uk

  Peter

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  Martin Forsyth

  Member

  28 February 2006 at 23:48

  you could also try http://www.dyesub.org/

  I’ve done a fairbit of dyesub, and must admit, mugs are my favourite.

  One slight word of warning, even though they are meant to be dishwasher safe, I have noticed with regular washing (in a dishwasher) dyesub mugs can fade after time. Other than that you can get superb results.

  Martin

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  Steve Underhill

  Member

  1 March 2006 at 10:41

  I do dye sub printing
  I use an Epson stylus 1290 A3 Inkjet with bulk ink system from http://www.continuousink.com
  (cartridges are too expensive)

  A Thermopress swinger transfer press, 50 x 40CM version, I use this as there are mug and cap attachments for it for less than half the price of a mug or cap press alone.

  heres a few sites I use for my dye sub supplies.
  http://www.xpres.co.uk they also do consumables for cutting and transfers, IE extra flex, nylo cut etc, they have a big range of sublimatable goods, and send out free samples.
  I have used http://www.thetransferpress.co.uk for some stuff as well they seem to be relatively cheap but are retail not trade only.

  some very interesting sublimatable gear at Listawood trade supples (cant put url as admin auto edits it) including counter tops, tiles, and crystiles, (glass tiles you print through the back and the design shows through the glass) so good for wall and floor murals etc.

  go check them out

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  Paul Rollason

  Member

  1 March 2006 at 12:01

  Hi dtg

  I came across a sublimation site the other day called http://www.subli-nation.com

  It is uk based

  I have signed up with it but have not had a chance to have a good look yet so can’t say how useful it is.

  dreckly

  paul r

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  Gary Davis

  Member

  1 March 2006 at 15:31

  thanks for advice everyone, will check out the links mentioned and see what i can find out!!

  dtg

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