Sublim prints for t-shirts

[Can-Am 1]

Ok just wondering about sublimation for T-shirts.

Looking at it but need some info from you all, eh

How do you figure the costing for the ink used?

And taking in the time for cleanup and the cost/time for making screens for screenprinting

which way would be cheaper.

screenprinting or sublim.

If you figure the cost of decent equipment, the equip for both looks to be around 2-3,000 for each.

Dave

[sublimation 0]

Sublimation is good for 1 up orders up to a few. Our customers like the feel of sublimation as it has no feel but for large orders it is to expensive. The ink bags are $200 per bag and a good sub printer (we use the epson 1400) uses 6 bags. unisub.com gives price costs per transfer. The micro polyester ts are also expensive at around $9.00 per shirt and you can only sublimate on light colored ts. Cost to the customer is $29-35 per shirt.

The bonus is though, that you can sublimate on more than 100 different products.

That is why we got into vinyl for large orders. We can offer our customers $11-$15 shirts.

We were thinking of getting into screen printing as well but we dont have the room for it.

[on-linejerseys 0]

DTG and dye sub are two totally different processes and two totally different inks.  Although to the small dye sub shop ink can be very expensive if you are running wide format printers ink is very reasonable - what a small shop pays for 200ML a wide format shop will pay for a liter.  Many printers such as the larger Epsons and the RIPS will actually tell you exactly how much ink you used to print the file thus allowing you to calculate you ink cost very accurately.

[aries58 0]

DTG and dye sub are two totally different processes and two totally different inks.  Although to the small dye sub shop ink can be very expensive if you are running wide format printers ink is very reasonable - what a small shop pays for 200ML a wide format shop will pay for a liter.  Many printers such as the larger Epsons and the RIPS will actually tell you exactly how much ink you used to print the file thus allowing you to calculate you ink cost very accurately.

Monster Coat: (sublimation polyester coating) works on: Wood, Stone, Bisque Ceramics or Raw Ceramics, Clay, Marble, Cement, Fiber Glass, Leather and any other type of porous material. Our sublimation coating is a great way to create your own blanks for sublimation printing. Our Coating creates its own glaze and is only designed to go on raw substrates (THIS IS IMPORTANT)..HERE IS URL

http://sublimationcoating.com/index.html

[sublimation 0]

This is awesome! I have tried to find this coating but I either had to order a 50 gal. drum from China or  1 gal. from Australia (and they wouldnt ship to Canada.....Great Find aries :P

DTG and dye sub are two totally different processes and two totally different inks.  Although to the small dye sub shop ink can be very expensive if you are running wide format printers ink is very reasonable - what a small shop pays for 200ML a wide format shop will pay for a liter.  Many printers such as the larger Epsons and the RIPS will actually tell you exactly how much ink you used to print the file thus allowing you to calculate you ink cost very accurately.

Monster Coat: (sublimation polyester coating) works on: Wood, Stone, Bisque Ceramics or Raw Ceramics, Clay, Marble, Cement, Fiber Glass, Leather and any other type of porous material. Our sublimation coating is a great way to create your own blanks for sublimation printing. Our Coating creates its own glaze and is only designed to go on raw substrates (THIS IS IMPORTANT)..HERE IS URL

http://sublimationcoating.com/index.html

[Muttley 0]

Good find Aries 

[Benr98 40]

If you are considering a bulk ink set up, here is a good link to see if it's worth it:

http://www.jesseheap.com/dye-sublimation-bulk-ink-cost.php

A liter of ink will cover approximately 1000 square feet, however keep in mind results may vary depending on RIP software, printer configuration settings and ink coverage area.

Here is another link that is good for ink comparison:

http://www.dyesub.org/articles/inkcomparison.htm

I know this doesn't answer your question, but thought it might help.  www.dyesub.org has many great articles.