Hello all im Kevn and I am starting a mug printing business If im in the wrong place please forgive me but this is all new to me and this form is different from any others I have been on My question is this I have a Mug I got from Lego Land and it has the log on the inside of the mug about an inch down from the rim How is this done!
OK .I know im new at this but that much I got. I guess my question is, what did they use to put pressure on it like they use a cup press or a wrap to put pressure on the outside of the cup?
Decals are fired in a kiln. You don't need to put pressure. The heat permanently adheres the decal to the substrate. There is more detail to the process but that is the basic principal.
if it was kiln fired, there is no pressure..you only need the pressure for sublimation..either mug press or wrap, but for kiln fired, pad printed no pressure used. Kiln fired is what is commonly used in pottery...in the case of this mug, it was not sublimated or pad printed...or so I believe
OK guys Next dumb question!!!!
I have been told, that a good starter printer to use for Sub, is the Ricoh GX5050N because it has some special ink jets or sprayers...and the same with the epson printers but the Ricoh is better as the ink it uses is better and goes farther.
I have axcess to a Savin GX5050N printer and I believe Savin owns Ricoh or the other way around, so are these two printers the same or is it just the Ricoh that is the only one that has these special enk jets?
We use large format printers....they work marvelous and work great for us as well as our clients. We produce a ton of large-format products as well as high quantity transfers. Small format isn't used in our infrastructure.
If you are doing smaller products, Ricoh may be a good fit for you. You will have to wait for someone who produces smaller sized products to give you a more hands-on review.
Ricoh GX5050 is a good choice...only has 4 colors, CYMK...which is all you need for sublimation and it iseven faster than the GX7000.
I am not sure about the Savin 5050...may or may not take the gel ink that you have buy separately...You can buy the gel ink from Conde. I would check with Conde...but if there is a doubt I would stay with the Ricoh brand
Is there a company that i can have make decals with my log on them so I can put then inside my mugs and bake them
or is that something I can do myself and if so what equipment do I need
I think you should give up oh placing your logo inside a mug...this is not for beginners nor will it be cheap.. again...I would check Numo Manufacturing
Sublamation printing on mugs 
.I know im new at this but that much I got. I guess my question is, what did they use to put pressure on it like they use a cup press or a wrap to put pressure on the outside of the cup?
