SMALL FORMAT DYE SUBLIMATION
What Equipment is Required to Sublimate?
Getting Started?
To get your school started in Dye Sublimation printing, you
will need to invest in one of our desktop based Dye Sublimation
printing systems. We offer print systems in a variety of print
output sizes, that ranges from our entry level solution at A4
size, next is two mid range solutions at A3 size and we finish
with our Pro solution at A2 size.
Regardless of print size, all the systems comprise of the same
basic system components, which are as follows:
Typically, our Starter Packages offer the best value for money
and you can see information on them by clicking here:
View Starter packages now.
However, below we will cover each component of the print system,
in depth, including possible optional extras that you may wish
to consider.
Inkjet Printers
The inkjet printer is used to print your chosen image onto the
sublimation paper using the sublimation ink. The printers we
use are manufactured by Epson and are standard inkjet printers,
however, we use the sublimation ink, rather than the standard
ink.
Our printer models reflect the latest technology available
on the market and we believe you should find the perfect model
to match your school’s requirement.
For more detailed information on the current printers we are
working with, click on the link below to download our pdf datasheet.
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here to download our Printer PDF
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Heat Presses
The heat press is used to sublimate the image off the paper
and onto your chosen substrate to be decorated. The heat press
provides the three components required for the process of sublimation
to occur - heat, pressure and dwell time.
For this reason, all the presses we offer have fully adjustable
temperatures, pressures and time and all the presses are CE
marked.
We offer two types of flat bed heat press, firstly, the I-Tec
Economy Heat Press and secondly, the Beta Maxi Swing Away Heat
Press. Both are used for printing onto flat substrates. Each
model is covered in detail below:
ITec
Economy Heat Press -This high quality, budget priced,
manually operated clam action press is suitable for most operations
for small format dye sublimation.
The Clam operation results in minimum operating space and the
press has an interchangable lower platen. The press is fitted
with a computerised controller to monitor both temperature and
time, and the pressure is manually adjusted. Available in two
platen sizes of 28 x 38cm and 40 x 50cm.
Beta
Maxi Swing Away Heat Press - This is our most popular
desktop manual heat transfer press. It offers a full swing away
heat platen, that allows full use of the lower heat bed. This
model offers the safest operation within a school as the heat
plate is swung away from the user when loading an item into
the press.
In addition, the press has a cut away modified lower base for
ease of garment loading and a 2.75" opening for ease of
printing of thicker substrates. The press is fitted with a computerised
controller to monitor both temperature and time, and the pressure
is manually adjusted.
The heating element is designed to offer even temperature distribution
and has a lifetime warranty.
Beta
Mug Press - This high quality, manually operated mug
press is ideal for
printing to all polyester coated mugs. It is ideal for locations
with limited space as it only requires 30cm x 70cm of worktop
space and is light enough to carry about.
The area that can be printed on the mug is 11 (h) x 22 (w) cm.
Note: Requires a polyester coated mug available from ISub (Education).
For more detailed information on the current heat presses we
are working with, click on the link below to download our pdf
datasheet.
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here to download our Heat Press PDF
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Bulk Ink Feeder - 'Never
throw away another half full ink cartridge, just because one
colour ran out!'
A
bulk ink feeder replaces the normal ink cartridges in your printer,
with a permanant set of ink cartridges, that are fed by ink
feeding tubes from a user refillable ink chamber on the outside
of the printer.
This allows your school to purchase sublimation ink, in the
most cost efficient way, which is 125ml bottles. You can then
refill your sublimation printer with inks, ‘on the fly’,
therefore providing drastically improved print costs. When you
run low on a particular colour, you just refill that specific
colour by pouring ink into the relevant chamber.
The Easy Flow bulk ink systems that ISub (Education) provides
are simple to fit and install in under 5 minutes, and provides
a seamless way to continuous printing. The systems have auto
resetting chips that when they reach 95% empty, re-set themselves
to full, allowing you to continue printing.
Each Easy Flow bulk ink feeder comes pre-filled with ArTainium
UV+ Sublimation inks.
For more detailed information on the available bulk ink feeders
for your printer, please click on the link below to email us.
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to email ISub (Education)
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ICC Profile
Colour
control and colour matching is of great importance to us. If
a students design contains specific colours, we want
to ensure it is faithfully reproduced when you print onto a
substrate.
For this reason, ISub (Education) has created ICC colour profiles,
which are designed to ensure that ‘what you see on screen,
is what you get’ on your end product.
An ICC profile calibrates the prints made on your sublimation
print system for specifics such as:
Printer Type • Print Resolution • Ink
Type • Paper Type • Substrate
All the colour correction is handled by the package you are
printing from and when you buy a sublimation printing system
from ISub (Education), we supply the ICC profile to suit your
print system and comprehensive instructions to set up your system
to print with the right ICC profile.
If you fancy getting a headache you can read more information
on ICC profiles at http://www.color.org/iccprofile.xalter
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Sublimation
Ink
ISub (Education) is the UK’s leading supplier
of the ArTainium UV+ Dye Sublimation ink to schools and colleges.
ArTainium UV+ Inks are tried and tested by thousands of sublimators
world wide and can deliver reliable cost effective prints time
after time.
ISub
(Education) supplies sublimation ink in 125ml refill bottles
that are suitable for refilling your bulk ink feeder.
We also supply cartridges filled with sublimation ink for
a limited range of printers.
For more information on 125ml ink refill bottles or cartridges,
please click on the link below to email us.
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to email ISub (Education)
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Sublimation
Paper
Proven Transfer Paper for Sublimation Printing...
ISub (Education) Limited is pleased to offer two ranges of Dye Sublimation
papers. Both are designed to offer excellent performance and
ink release to maximise transfer to your substrate.These revolutionary
papers have excellent dimensional strength under ink heavy ink
loads (reduced wet-cockling) and high dye transfer to your end
substrate.
This results in lower ink limits and ink saving versus other
brands of sublimation medias. All this means improved production
reliability.The papers are available in a range of sheet sizes
shown below:
| Quality |
Dimensions |
Grammage
(g/m2) |
Sheet Size
-- |
Width
(cm) |
Height
(cm) |
Qty in Box
(sheets) |
| Dye Sublimation Paper’ |
140 |
A4 |
21.0 |
29.7 |
200 |
| Dye Sublimation Paper’ |
140 |
A3 |
29.7 |
42.0 |
200 |
| Dye Sublimation Paper’ |
140 |
A2 |
42.0 |
59.4 |
200 |
| Instant Dry |
100 |
A4 |
21.0 |
29.7 |
200 |
| Instant Dry |
100 |
A3 |
29.7 |
42.0 |
200 |
| Instant Dry |
100 |
A2 |
42.0 |
59.4 |
200 |
The Dye Sublimation paper is typically used for printing on
porous substrates and the Instant Dry paper is typically used
for printing onto non porous substrates. Refer to our 'Sample
Times for Pressing Dye Sublimation Products' data sheet.
For more information on the paper ranges we supply or to get
a copy of our 'Sample Times for Pressing Dye Sublimation Products'
data sheet , please click on the link below to email us.
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to email ISub (Education)
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Design Software
You can print from any graphics package and many
schools do try to use industry design packages such as CorelDraw,
Illustrator and Photoshop.
ISub (Education) has recognised that teaching students to successfully
use these industry standard design packages can be a difficult
task, and the site licences for these packages can be prohibitively
expensive.
For this reason, we have created a new and exciting piece of
software called
Grid Magic Dye Sub, which
has been created, and is exclusively planned, around the needs
of the student and teacher, rather than professional graphic
designers. The software introduces students to advanced image-processing
techniques and allows print output via preset templates, suitable
for blank sublimation imprintable Items.
This innovative BETT award winning software package is easy-to-use,
and suitable for students of all ages and abilities, including
those with special educational needs.
For more information on this amazing software click on the
link below to view the dedicated web pages on Grid Magic Dye
Sub.
Click
here to visit the pages on Grid Magic Dye Sub.
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Starter Packs
In conclusion, whilst we have covered the individual
components of a Dye Sublimation printing system here, if your
school is looking to purchase a printing system, then the best
value for money for your school is to consider one of our Starter
Packages.
You can download our current Starter Pack offers by clicking
on the link below.
Click here to download our Starter Packages PDF
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