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Boro · July 5th, 2008

Hey guys, im pretty new to the forum and im interested in printing stickers and t-shirts.

Ive bought a cutter and some decal vinyl but im a bit confused about this whole sublimation process.

Im looking for a heat transfer press but i see alot advertised as heat transfer / sublimation.

Are these dual purpose, im guessing i will just need the heat transfer press but dont want to buy the wrong type of press.

Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

charles95405 · July 6th, 2008

There is no special press for this. Any press that will go to 400F+ and has adjustable pressure (either manual or automatic) will do.

I use the same press (Hix 400) for both vinyl and sublimation as well as other type transfers.

plan b · July 6th, 2008

Hi, If you want to sublimate you will have to use sublimation inks and a printer that you can use sub inks, if you get into sublimation and go with a clam shell type press you want to make sure it has a floating top platen, the reason is that you will want to do other substrates than just t shirts, ie tiles mouse pads etc. otherwise look at a swing away as you can bring the platen straight down on the substrate.