Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
You can do them w/o the sub inks and use the OEM laser hardgood papers.
Not much on this forum but check out the DSSI forums there is a topic on them and also doing tiles.
If you have a laser (most use the oki's) it's much cheaper to start with. Plus you don't need the special coated mugs or tiles which are cheaper too.
I do quite a bit of OEM laser mug printing with good results.
Sublimation is NOT the only way to go technically.
The OEM process does not last as long nor is near as scratch resistant but neither is screened mugs or tiles.
It's mainly the industry segment you plan on targeting.
I do a lot with tiles. Contractors use my tiles as an upsale and it works fairly well for me.
Also on the spot sales work well like fairs and events.
I use Oki printers with OEM toner with mug wraps.
I do have a mug press but I seem to migrate to wraps more and more.
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