Is it possible to do "multiple bites" when using Dye sub? What will happen to the overlaid portions?
Will there be a line, a ghost, or will it just be a blurry mess.
I'm trying to find out if I need a 48" press, or if I can do it in bites like my old Photo Dry mounting days
Thanks
Make sure to keep your method the same and I think you'll be fine. I did this once for a "placemat" which was really an extra long mousepad. I screwed up the first one because I pressed without teflon sheet for the first half, then pressed with teflon sheet the second time. The print came out a lot better with the teflon sheet on top, but the first half then looked a lot different, so hadta redo.
I designed my artwork so there was a little bit of a bleed on each section, when I lined it all up, the overlap wasn't really noticeable. What are you sublimating onto if you don't mind me asking? Seems to me that something that big should probably be done with vinyl or maybe a tile mural, or something!
I want to print polyester fabric to be sewn into various projects, so it would be a 22x48 or so photograph. I assume I have to secure the transfer paper somehow (spray, tape) and then hope it doesn't shift as I move the piece. :-/
I'm just concerned how a continuous photograph will look in multiple bites :-/
Hrm, curious to see what some of the more experienced sublimators have to say. If you have it all as one print, I'd be curious if maybe tossing it into a preheated oven at 400 would work, but I wouldn't recommend anything of that nature until someone else chimes in
I did an experiment with a shower curtain a while back. It was a photograph with a few photo objects added to make it look like dolphins were jumping and playing in the ocean. The ocean scene was photo, the dolphins were the objects. It turned out o.k. just some overlapping going on.
I seem to recall making a note to bleed each tile over. I also thought it would be nice to have it printed on a ROLL of sublimation paper instead of individual sheets. This was probably a 11 X 70 graphic at the bottom of the shower curtain. I had some visible overlapping on some sections but all in all it looked pretty decent. If I had the capability of using a 44" roll it would be less tiling and less overlapping and everything would line up.
If I can find it, I will take a pic of it and put it on here.
It is possible, but not probable that you will be able to do it without showing any bad tiling.
Good luck!
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should'nt be a problem, just move material we use pro-spray from conde, make sure you cover area under platen with plain white paper or a teflon sheet, if you use teflon make sure to wipe it after each use. good luck
We will be printing on roll paper, 24" wide. The main question is, if one bite changes the ink to gas, what happens to the edges, like one or two inches off the platen. Does it get "sort of" gaseous and when you move the design and fabric, will it no longer become gas? I just don't know how reheating a section will effect the final image. I guess people just don't do what I'm trying to do..... which is a good thing... no competition :-)
actually basically the same thing I was going to do..use roll...and no once it is sublimated, the edges should not be affected that much. Only minimal change, nothing the eye can see.
If the heat could the the the edges enough your image would rise into the air never to be seen again. However it stays cool enough along the edges (of my press anyway) enough not to disturb that portion.
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Long images.... Multiple bites? 
