Category Archives: All Over Sublimation Printing

30Jan/17
Discharge Screen Printing Process

Discharge Screen Printing Process

Discharge Screen Printing Process

If you love wearing old style shirts or shirts that have a texture in the design, then you will love what we call discharge screen printing. Go to any other screen printing company and they may not be able to offer this kind of service to you.  The Discharge Screen Printing Process offers clients the ability to print over seams and all over a T-Shirt on the front and back.

Here at AMBRO Manufacturing, we offer a wide range of services among the discharge screen printing process. Here is a little information about exactly what goes into the discharge screen printing process. First of all, discharge screen printing is meant for very dark colored shirts like black. When printing with discharge ink it will remove the dye of the shirt, almost like when you bleach a colored shirt and it has light areas in it. The design will remove the ink of the shirt and you will see a “bleached out” version of the design. You can also make a discharge print have color by adding colored additives to the discharge agent.

Discharge Screen Printing Process

The end result is a nice soft print that you can hardly feel the ink on the shirt, and also it yields a nice vintage old look. Many people are starting to lean towards using water based or discharge ink because of the soft feel of the shirt with a design printed on it. Using this process really shows up nice when there are intricate designs in the artwork you provide.

Stop by our showroom to actually see what the discharge screen printing process produces. We have samples for you to get up close and really feel what it is like. You can give us a call any time at (908) 806 8337 or email us and we will have one of our sales representatives get back to you with anything you may need to know about the discharge screen printing process.

Discharge Screen Printing Process

Discharge Screen Printing Process

11Jan/17
Sublimation Printing on Shirts

Sublimation Printing on Shirts

Sublimation Printing on Shirts

Do you know what sublimation is?  If not, it’s a process where a solid shifts to a gas without passing through a liquid phase.  Why should you care?  Well, for one thing, many of the printed graphics you see around you on a daily basis have been done with sublimation printing.  For example, I’m sure you’ve seen sublimation printing on shirts before without even knowing what you were looking at.  Think back to a noteworthy shirt that has an awesome all over graphic, chock-full of color or a high definition photograph with perfect clarity; chances are very high that that garment was printed with dye sublimation!

Sublimation Printing on Shirts

How can sublimation printing on shirts be capable of so much?  Well, the dye sublimation process is unique because it starts with printing out your artwork digitally from a sublimation printer onto a heat transfer sheet.  The artwork comes straight from the digital file so all the colors and clarity remain intact; there is no need for screens or color separations like with screen printing.  The transfer sheet gets place onto the blank shirt to be printed and together that are placed into the sublimation press.  The heat press applies high temperatures and pressure for a brief period of time to cause the dyes to sublimate and transfer into the garment.

Once the sublimation occurs, the print is locked into the very fibers of the garment permanently.  What you see on the computer screen is what you’ll see on the fabric and that’s what makes sublimation printing on shirts so appealing.  You have no limits on details and colors, so you are free to explore every corner of your creativity to the maximum.  And you can get all of that done here at AMBRO Manufacturing because we are a contract sublimation, screen printing, and embroidery company!  If you are interested in placing an order for custom sublimation printing on shirts, or if you would like to find out more about us, you can contact us by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

Sublimation Printing on Shirts

Sublimation Printing on Shirts

06Jan/17
Digital Sublimation

Digital Sublimation

Digital Sublimation

Getting clothing printed is much easier in today’s world than it has been in the past. Everywhere you look there is some sort of screen printing or embroidery shop right in front of you. Picking one place might be a hard task if some places don’t offer a lot of services. AMBRO Manufacturing is one of those places that can offer you the standards and a lot more. Digital Sublimation is a fantastic way to decorate any T-Shirt.

Digital Sublimation

Besides screen printing, we also do digital sublimation. This is another type of printing that will be able to get you very bright, vibrant colors. Unlike screen printing, dye sublimation consists of using a special paper transfer of the design to be printed. When heat pressed the ink on the paper turns into a vapor, which gets dyed into the fabric. With digital sublimation you don’t have to worry about how many colors the print is, since we can do full color.

To use dye sublimation, the shirt or whatever garment you are printing on has to be white and 100% polyester. This will ensure the best print possible. You also want to make sure that the image that you want to use is high resolution. If it is not, then you will risk a pixelated or blurry print. You can have an all over printed shirt with a cool pattern or a simple design, the world is your oyster.

You can give us a call any time at (908) 806 8337 or email us and we will get back to you with anything you may need to know about our digital sublimation. We are your next stop shop to having your wardrobe looking bright and the best you have ever seen it be. You can stop in any time to have a look around our show room and see what our samples for sublimation look like up close and personal.

Digital Sublimation

Digital Sublimation

02Jan/17
Why Would You Recommend a Dye Sublimation Printer

Why Would You Recommend a Dye Sublimation Printer

Why Would You Recommend a Dye Sublimation Printer

If you ever loved creating your own tee shirt designs, or loved seeing an all over print on tee shirts, then I have just the thing for you. If you are looking to start a small company or just want to make things on the side, AMBRO Manufacturing is just your ticket. To get prints to be all over the shirts there is a special way to go about that using a sublimation printing process. Are you asking yourself why would you recommend a dye sublimation printer? Keep on reading and I will tell you why it is the best way to go.

Why Would You Recommend a Dye Sublimation Printer

The dye sublimation printing process is a way to get a full color image or design onto a shirt. There is a special transfer paper that the design gets printed on first, then when it is heat pressed onto the shirt, the ink turns into a vapor and gets dyed into the fabric of the garment. This is the best way to go if you want a photographic image or one that has a lot of color in it because the colors will be printed very rich and saturated in color. Another great thing about why you would recommend a dye sublimation printer is that we can get close to the seams in the print to make it look like a wrap around design from the front to the back. There is one consideration that you need to keep in mind when using the sublimation printing process is; the shirt has to be 100% polyester and white. This will ensure the best and brightest print possible.

The next time you would like to have an all over printed shirt, you should stop by and have a look in our show room to see our sample sublimation prints that we have done. You can give us a call any time at (908) 806-8337 or email us and we will have someone get back to you on why would you recommend a dye sublimation printer.

Why Would You Recommend a Dye Sublimation Printer

Why Would You Recommend a Dye Sublimation Printer

21Dec/16
Sublimation Dye Printing

Sublimation Dye Printing

Sublimation Dye Printing

Have you stepped into the world of sublimation dye printing yet?  If not, you’re in store for a grand surprise because this method of garment decoration is simply mind-blowing.  That’s a lot of hype for a printing method, I know, but once you see the quality and the scope of possible printable designs, your head might start spinning from the potential.  So let’s get into why sublimation dye printing can be so great and why you should consider it for your next custom printing project.

Sublimation Dye Printing

The first reason why sublimation dye printing is noteworthy is due to the amount of detail and color that can be captured onto the garment.  Other methods of printing get very complicated as the color count rises but not for sublimation printing.  This method works by heat pressing a transfer sheet that contains specially formulated dyes that convert from a solid to a gas and then get absorbed by the material below.  Since the artwork is digitally printed out from a sublimation printer onto the transfer sheet, all the details and colors in the digital file are perfectly reproduced.  There’s no mucking about with screens and separations; just print, press, and presto!

Now aesthetics are important for custom garments, but so is durability.  Sublimation dye printing can deliver durability in spades.  The dye is actually bonded with the very fibers of the material as a result of this method so it’s there for the lifetime of the garment.  You won’t see any cracking or peeling and your print will stay gorgeous even after many washes.  Here at AMBRO Manufacturing, we make it easy to get great quality, custom printing, even if you have zero previous experience.  If you would like to place an order or speak to a representative to find out more about our company, you can contact us by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

Sublimation Dye Printing

Sublimation Dye Printing

 

 

19Oct/16
All Over Printing Companies

All Over Printing Companies

All Over Printing Companies

All over printing is an undeniably fashionable way of decorating garments.  Printing all over the surface of a garment plays with an important aspect of art composition called proportion.  Artwork that is well in proportion has a much stronger aesthetic impact and that’s the kind of effect you want if you are attempting sell your designs!  The tricky part comes with find all over printing companies because they are not as common as you might expect.  All over printing companies must possess the right equipment and experience to be able to execute the oversized printing needed to get all over coverage.

All Over Printing Companies

Luckily for you, if you’ve been on a fruitless hunt for all over printing companies, that frustration ends today.  We here at AMBRO Manufacturing are a contract screen printing, embroidery, and sublimation company with oversized and all over printing capabilities.  You can’t stay in business for over 30 years like we have without listening to your clients and we’ve heard the need for all over printing, loud and clear.  We’ve taken the necessary steps to get set up for top quality oversized printing!

At our facilities we have the custom large format silk screens and requisite equipment to create and handle them.  What this means for you is that you can get seam to seam printing on T shirts and we can even print big enough for blankets too!  If you are new to all over printing, don’t get overwhelmed because we are here to help.  Our support team is always available for any questions that you might have and to help guide through the process successfully.  If you are interested in custom all over printing, or if you’d like to know more about our company, feel free to reach out to us through email or by giving us a call at (908) 806-8337.

All Over Printing Companies

All Over Printing Companies

19Sep/16
Discharge Screen Printing

Discharge Screen Printing

Discharge Screen Printing

In the custom apparel world, you will find that your designs won’t always work with the ‘standard’ ways of printing.  That’s understandable because not every design is ‘standard’ and neither are the garments you choose to print on.  So the industry ‘standard’ for screen printing, that is, with plastisol inks, might not work for you.  As an example, let’s imagine printing a large logo on a flowy, lightweight blouse.  If you print using plastisol inks, microscopic solid pigments, you will find that once the print is cured and dried that it is stiff and not very breathable.  On a lightweight garment it will be weighed down and lose the natural airiness, which would defeat the purpose of that garment.  A garment like that would benefit from discharge screen printing.

Discharge Screen Printing

Discharge screen printing is a type of water based ink printing that has an added discharge agent in the mixture.  The discharge agent is responsible from removing pre-existing color from a garment so that you can replace it with the color of your choice.  Screen printing with water based inks doesn’t share the same disadvantages that plastisol inks carry.  Water based ink printing leaves a soft ‘hand’ on the garment which is perfect for lightweight materials.  You can run your hand across the print and you will barely feel a thing, that’s how soft these prints are.

At AMBRO Manufacturing we can take care of your custom discharge screen printing jobs.  We are a custom screen printing, sublimation and embroidery company based in Flemington, NJ and we’ve been in business for 30 years so you can count on our quality.  So get started today! If you are interested in getting discharge screen printing, or you want to find out more, you can contact us by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

Discharge Screen Printing

Discharge Screen Printing

11Aug/16
Dye Sublimation Printers

Dye Sublimation Printers

Dye Sublimation Printers

Many great things can happen when science and art collide.  One such thing to happen from this intersection of logic and creativity was dye sublimation.  Dye Sublimation Printers is an innovative way of approaching printing that creates stunning images.  Originally it was developed for printing on paper and signage, but it has been adapted for fabric printing as well.  The name is derived from the way the minute solid particles in the dye are heated to become a gas without passing through the liquid phase, also known as….you guessed it, sublimation!

Dye Sublimation Printers

Sublimation does wonders as far as prints are concerned, but the process can be tricky and you should enlist the services of professional dye sublimation printers.  It all starts with your graphic in digital form; the art gets printed from special dye sublimation printers loaded with heat-reactive dyes and sublimation transfer paper.  The transfer sheet containing the image gets placed onto the blank garment to be printed and both are put into a sublimation press for a brief time.  As we talked about earlier, the dye gets vaporized and can be absorbed by the material below.  Once the print is bonded to the fabric, it is permanent and won’t crack or peel even after many washes.

Dye sublimation can be applied in two primary ways: onto pre made garments or as cut and sew manufacturing.  Sublimation must be done on a completely flat surface otherwise creases and folds in the material can cause blank spots where the image didn’t transfer.  Cut and sew manufacturing is different from sublimating on a pre made garment because the print is applied before the garment is cut out from the fabric and sewn together.  Either way works for us here at AMBRO Manufacturing!  If you make us your dye sublimation printers, we can guide you to sublimation printing success!  You can contact us to place an order by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

Dye Sublimation Printers

Dye Sublimation Printers

05Aug/16
Custom Sublimation Shirts

Custom Sublimation Shirts

Custom Sublimation Shirts

Are you in the market for customized shirts?  These days, there are a lot of ways to go about creating custom shirts.  Some methods use materials like thread, patches, and rhinestones to decorate blank garments.  Other methods apply dyes or pigments to the clothing in the shape of an image to create a print.  One particular method that is constantly growing in popularity is dye sublimation printing.  Custom sublimation shirts are quite the hot ticket item because they can be printed with practically any image you can think of.

Custom Sublimation Shirts

Custom sublimation shirts can be produced in two ways: by sublimation onto a pre-made garment or by sublimating raw fabric and then assembling it into a garment; the latter is also known as cut and sew manufacturing.   For both ways, the process starts the same.  Artwork is printed out of a sublimation printer on a special sheet of transfer paper using a heat-reactive dye.  The transfer sheet is then placed onto the garment, making sure it is as flat as possible, and together they are put into a press.  The press administers high heat and pressure for a brief time which causes the dye to be released from the sheet as a vapor.

Once the vapor is absorbed by the material, the print is permanently locked into the garment.  Dye sublimation printing allows you to recreate gorgeous, photographic quality images onto your blank garments.  The best part is, the print is infused into the fibers of the garment so your custom sublimation shirts will boldly stand the test of time.  Your print won’t crack or peel even after many washes.  So if you are interested in getting some of your own custom sublimation shirts, you should check us out at AMBRO Manufacturing today.  You can contact us to place an order by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

Custom Sublimation Shirts

Custom Sublimation Shirts

02Aug/16
Sublimation Printing on Polyester

Sublimation Printing on Polyester

Sublimation Printing on Polyester

If you know even a little bit about sublimation printing then you know just how spectacular it can be.  Since the process of dye sublimation allows you to print out the artwork just like an image on a piece of paper, you are limited in detail and colors like with screen printing.  Printing photographic images onto garments is no sweat for dye sublimation.  As with anything in life, it comes with its own advantages and disadvantages.  Currently, sublimation printing on polyester is the only option for high quality dye sub prints.

Sublimation Printing on Polyester

The reason why sublimation printing on polyester is required is due to the science behind this printing method.  It all begins with the artwork being printed out of a sublimation printer.  The printer contains special cartridges that hold heat sensitive dyes.  The transfer sheet the art is printed onto is then put on the blank garments and placed in a sublimation press.  In the press, the heat and pressure causes the dye on the sheet to be released as a gas and absorb into the material below.  You can technically sublimate non-polyester garments, but that doesn’t mean they will last.  Polyester fibers will take in the dye and hold it permanently whereas a 100% cotton garment will wash out after 1 or 2 washes.  Even if you were to try to sublimate onto a 50/50 blended tee, the print would only hold onto the polyester fibers and fade away on the cotton.

But enough about what doesn’t work because sublimation printing on polyester does work and it is stunning.  At AMBRO Manufacturing we can do your sublimation printing and more.  With nearly 30 years of experience in the business you can trust in our quality.  You can contact us to place an order for sublimation printing, or to find out more about us, by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

Sublimation Printing on Polyester

Sublimation Printing on Polyester