The Sublimation Journal

Condé Systems has announced a “SubliSandals™ Design Contest” offering contestants the opportunity to win a 16GB iPad with Wi-Fi ($499 Retail Value) as First Prize. In addition, the Second Prize winner will be awarded a $200 Condé account credit and the Third Prize winner will be awarded a $100 Condé account credit. The contest is a result of SubliSandals’ success as a new product in the dye-sublimation transfer industry. SubliSandals have become popular with digital decorators wanting to create fun, unique, and stylish photo-quality flip-flops for bridal showers, outdoor weddings, beach parties, proms, and other occasions befitting a little extra style and personality. The design entries will be judged on creativity, originality, and marketability. The “SubliSandals Design Contest” remains open until the final date of June 30th, 2010. For more additional information, including contest rules, visit www.conde.com.

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Using a George Knight® DK20™ Heat Press, Condé’s Brittany Anderson demonstrates the procedures for applying dye sublimation transfers a DyeTrans™ Baby Blanket. The part number for these blankets is BB2637B at http://www.conde.com. The transfers are created using a Ricoh® GX7000 printer with Sawgrass® SubliJet-R™ sublimation inks on TexPrint-R® Sublimation Paper, with a George Knight™ heat press. All products are available from conde.com, including the George Knight® DK20™ heat press used in the demo.

Condé’s David Gross introduces the Sawgrass® ChromaBlast™ cotton printing solutions. He shows the media and inks used in this imprinting technology. The emphasis is on the Ricoh® printers, but the explanations apply to the many printers supported by ChromaBlast. More info and all products are available at conde.com

Using a George Knight® DK20™ Heat Press, Condé’s Brittany Anderson demonstrates the procedures for applying dye sublimation transfers to baby bibs. The part numbers for these bibs are P500 and B500 at http://www.conde.com. The transfers are created using a Ricoh® GX7000 printer with Sawgrass® SubliJet-R™ sublimation inks on TexPrint-R® Sublimation Paper, with a George Knight™ heat press. All products are available from conde.com, including the George Knight® DK20™ heat press used in the demo.

Condé’s Brittany Anderson presents the Vapor® clothing line offered by Condé Systems for sublimation imprinting. Vapor Apparel’s quality blank performance apparel for the sublimation, screen-printing, and embroidery industries. Vapor Apparel features Interas permanent moisture wicking technology. Their unique fabrics not only wick moisture for climate control and comfort, but are anti-microbial and stain resistant. The Vapor fabrics range from athletic Micro-Fiber to having the feel of cotton and are versatile enough to wear as a base layer in winter or keep you dry and cool when the heat is up. In over 50 styles and colors, youth, adult, and womens sizes are available. All products are available from conde.com

Using a George Knight® MaxiPress™ Heat Press, Condé’s Brittany Anderson demonstrates the procedures for applying dye sublimation transfer to Unisub® ChromaLuxe™ hardboard and aluminum photo panels. The part numbers for these products are U5880 and U5998 at http://www.conde.com. The transfers are created using a RJ-900 printer with Sawgrass® SubliM™ sublimation inks on DyeTrans® Multi-Purpose Hi-Resolution Sublimation Paper, with a George Knight™ heat press. All products are available from conde.com, including the George Knight® MaxiPress™ heat press used in the demo.

Condé’s David Gross demonstrates the procedure for determining the ink levels on a Ricoh® GX7000 printer. All products are available from conde.com

Condé’s Brittany Anderson demonstrates how easy and economical it could be to start your own small jewelry business using dye sublimation printing. All the necessary products are available at http://www.conde.com. We are recommending using a Ricoh® GX e3300N with Sawgrass® SubliJet-R™ sublimation inks on TexPrint® for Ricoh Sublimation Printing Paper, with a George Knight™ heat press. All products are available from conde.com, including the George Knight® JP14S heat press used in the demo.

Condé’s Brittany Anderson introduces the entire line of neoprene® products for dye sublimation imprinting offered by Condé Systems .These products are listed at http://www.dyetrans.com/sublimation_b… The transfers were created using a Ricoh® GX7000 with Sawgrass® SubliJet-R™ sublimation inks on TexPrint® for Ricoh Sublimation Printing Paper, with a George Knight™ heat press. All products are available from conde.com, including the George Knight® DK20S heat press used in the demo.

Using a Swing Away Heat Press, Condé’s Brittany Anderson demonstrates the procedure for applying a dye sublimation transfer to a DyeTrans™ polymesh sports gear bag. The part number for this product is BAG002 at http://www.conde.com. The transfer is created using a Ricoh® GX7000 with Sawgrass® SubliJet-R™ sublimation inks on TexPrint-R® for Ricoh Sublimation Printing Paper, with a George Knight™ heat press. All products are available from conde.com, including the George Knight® DK20S heat press used in the demo.