By Jason Baggett, Conde Technical Support Pressing DyeFlex can be a bit of a challenge for someone new to sublimation. One of the benefits to the design of DyeFlex is that it does not interfere with the antennas of smartphones produced today. Another advantage of using DyeFlex for cell phone cases includes...
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[By: Jennifer Yost, Conde Technical Support] In sublimation, oftentimes the key to a beautiful product is in the accessories. Some of these items you will use with every single product you make, some will be used only on certain products. These, however, are good and useful products that will help you obtain a crisp, prof...
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Setting up an Etsy online store is key in the success of your sublimation business. For a small, home-based business, I would say an Etsy store is even more important than a dedicated website. The most important part of a web presence is traffic. You can either try and build traffic with a stand-alone website OR enjoy the tremendous flow of traffic Etsy a...
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An article by: Brian Payne Art has been my lifelong obsession. I am a watercolorist by trade and use a high saturation of color in my work that keep my customers always looking for what is new in my world. Several themes within my art have a running series of characters and I have found them to be quite popular as people love to coll...
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Contributing Author: Dennis M. Matl Many times we are told that the path to success is through failure, that we cannot really learn unless we have hit a few bumps in the road. I think this applies perfectly to our business of sublimation. In its basic form the process is always the same. Design-Print-Press. But it takes a lot of practice to get to the point where this is the process and it’s repeatable. Even with the great guid...
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An Essay by: Teresa Stone I am new to sublimation, as in only a month actually making sublimated items. Sublimation is an amazing way to make merchandise that is professional quality and show off your talents in designing. If designing isn’t for you there are many files you can purchase at various online shops. With that said its time to choose what substrates you want to make and or sale. There are so many ...
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It's ALL about Color Power Driver or ICC Color Profile. Whether you are using an Epson, or Ricoh / Virtuoso, you can use either if these. It is only a matter of which you are supplied with when purchasing you sublimation inks. The brand if inks are matched to a particular model printer to create a colour correction file, that should be used by default whe...
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When sublimating a design, it is important to ensure that you get the colors that the customer wants. If the customer brings a school logo to imprint on track suit or sports bag, being able to match the color is paramount. This is where a sample swatch sheet can come in handy. CorelDRAW has a number of scripts and macros. In CorelDRAW X8 and 2017 they are also referred to as Extensions. One such macro is called CreateColorSwatch or CreateChart in X8. ...
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If you are using a system for business, it is important that it be kept up to date and running smoothly. There is nothing more frustrating than to be working against a deadline and have a system crash or CorelDRAW stop worki...
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