Category Archives: Dye Sublimation Printing

21Jul/14

Sublimation T-Shirt Printing

Sublimation T-Shirt Printing

The process of Sublimation T-Shirt Printing produces amazing works of art that can be worn out and about.  Using the specialized process of dye sublimation, takes science and turns it into art.

With over 30 years of experience, AMBRO Manufacturing has been providing garment decorating and fabric embellishment services to the trade.  With the resurgence of polyester performance fabrics, Sublimation T-Shirt Printing has taken off and has carved out it’s own special niche in the marketplace.

Sublimation T-Shirt Printing

Firmly rooted in urban communities, young entrepreneurs are selling amazing works of art going door to door or directly out of their trunk.  The next FuBu could be out there.

The amazing part of working with the Sublimation T-Shirt Printing process is that fashion incubators can launch high quality retail level merchandise without the large cost of set ups and the high minimums that are usually associated with multiple color designs.

Companies like AMBRO Manufacturing offer low minimum quantities, just 12, to launch a brand.  Fashion entrepreneurs can launch a brand on a shoestring but have a product line that looks like they are a huge company.

Most fashion entrepreneurs think that they need to immediately jump into a cut and sew environment to produce truly unique garments.  While cut and sew does open up a wide range of fashion possibilities, the high costs associated with domestic cut and sew projects often scare would be fashion moguls away.

There are of course over seas cut and sew options, but the unknown of working with someone thousands of miles away, inconsistent quality control and the risk of pay first and wait for 8 weeks or more for product delivery, coupled with customs clearances and other issues, is not always the best option either.

Post sewn garments can be sublimated and done well with minimal issues.  While not perfect, this solution is often an acceptable compromise for start up fashion companies that are looking to launch their brand.

If you are interested in starting a Sublimation T-Shirt Printing project, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Sublimation T-Shirt Printing

Sublimation T-Shirt Printing

16Jul/14

Dye Sublimation Shirts

Dye Sublimation Shirts

One of the most important advances in the fashion incubator world is the proliferation of Dye Sublimation Shirts.  Once only available in cut and sew environments, Dye Sublimation Shirts are not possible on T-Shirts that are factory sewn, meaning, you can achieve all over sublimation print (within reason) on post sewn garments.

Dye Sublimation Shirts

Experienced garment, textile and fabric decorating companies like AMBRO Manufacturing have pioneered methods to achieve 360 degree print coverage on Dye Sublimation Shirts without having to move to a higher cost cut and sew operation.

While there are some design aspects that can not be accomplished without cut and sew, Dye Sublimation Shirts that are done flat and by an experienced dye sub decorator can be so close to perfect, that there are no valid concerns to warrant a full out custom cut and sew.

Turn around times for this type of sublimation project are much shorter, and the results are simply eye popping.  If you are new to sublimation and are considering launching a new brand or supporting an existing brand, dye sublimation printing is a technology that should be considered.

Unlike screen printing, custom dye sublimation has no feeling to it, the images are fused directly into the fabric.  There are some restrictions on what fabrics can be used for a dye sublimation project, but with today’s polyester and poly blends, there is often a fabric that is suitable for any project.

Working with AMBRO Manufacturing, we can assist you from the design phase through to the production of your garment.  We look forward to meeting you and hearing about your project.

If you are interested in Dye Sublimation Shirts, we would like to meet you.  Please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

 

Dye Sublimation Shirts

Dye Sublimation Shirts

 

10Jul/14

Sublimation Shirts

Sublimation Shirts

AMBRO Manufacturing is a wholesale contract screen printing, contract embroidery and contract Sublimation Shirts provider.  With over 30 years of experience, AMBRO Manufacturing provides outstanding customer service, amazing sublimation prints, fast turn around and no stress during your sublimation project.

Sublimation Shirts

As an experienced Sublimation Shirts provider, AMBRO Manufacturing is aware of the pitfalls and nuances of post sewn garment dye sublimation.

Typically dye sublimation is most effective when performed on flat fabrics using a roll to roll dye sublimation press.  These presses can produce vivid and beautiful colors and designs on one or both sides of the fabric.

Starting out with 100% polyester fabrics in white, dye sublimation companies decorate rolls of fabric that are then sent to cut and sew facilities to be sewn together into finished garments.  Mostly done outside of the United States, these cut and sew manufacturing facilities can take anywhere from 4 to 12 weeks to complete a project and the quality and consistency vary.

Recently, new methods of creating Sublimation Shirts and new technologies have enabled custom dye sublimation decorating companies to create amazing designs on T-Shirts that have already been sewn into T-Shirts.  This type of dye sublimation printing eliminates the time delay and expense of off shore or on shore custom cut and sew operations.

There are some minor effects of post sewn dye sublimation that include accidental folds and missed dye sub areas, but these typically occur in areas that are not readily noticeable.  When compared to the time requirements and costs of off shore cut and sew, these minor defects become far less important to customers.

If you are interested in Sublimation Shirts, we would like to meet you.  Please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Sublimation Shirts

Sublimation Shirts

27Jun/14

What is Sublimation

What is Sublimation

The process of dye sublimation enables fashion designers and entrepreneurs to launch new lines of clothing with vivid and eye catching fabrics in days rather than weeks and months.  If you’ve been asking yourself what is sublimation, it’s without doubt a subject that you want to familiarize yourself with, especially if you are involved in the fashion industry.

What is Sublimation

Dye sublimation is effective only on polyester of polyester family member fabrics.  For example, fabrics like Nylon, Rayon, Spandex, Satin and Polyester blends all accept dye sublimation printing and provide vivid results.

Using the right garment decorator that has experience with dye sublimation, opens virtually limitless options for fabric designs.

What is Sublimation?  Sublimation is your key to rapid fashion prototyping, low run minimums and amazing production quality results.  Almost any garment can be sublimated.  Speaking with a sublimation industry expert can help give you ideas on what products that are pre-sewn can be sublimated.  Items like T-Shirts, Shorts, Pillow Cases, Socks and Headbands can all be dye sublimated.

In order to successfully launch a dye sublimated brand, partnering with a qualified Sublimation Specialist is essential.  Jumbo all over shirt printing requires industrial sublimation equipment and experience.  Working off shore can provide low price points, but often results in long turn around times, inconsistent quality and frustration.

There are qualified U.S. companies like AMBRO Manufacturing that offer fast turn around, prototyping, phone and in person consultation and competitive price points.  Investing in a product launch that requires sublimation is not challenging if you partner with the right Dye Sublimation expert.

If you have been asking yourself What is Sublimation? AMBRO Manufacturing is interested in speaking with you.  Please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

What Is Sublimation

What Is Sublimation

23Jun/14

All Over Sublimation Printing

All Over Sublimation Printing

The process of converting a 100% polyester white Tee Shirt into a work of art is called All Over Sublimation Printing.  This process involved amazing artwork, specialty printing equipment, experience and a lot of work space area.

All Over Sublimation Printing

There has been a major resurgence of All Over Sublimation Printing in today’s fashion market.  Many of the all over t shirt designs that you see in retail stores today are All Over Sublimation Printing.

Sublimation printing offers a lot of flexibility to the professional and amature fashion designer.  With the ability to wrap a design in 360 degrees around a Tee Shirt, the possibilities of design are truly endless.

When All Over Sublimation Printing was first introduced, limitations of design included the need to have a completely flat piece of fabric to sublimate.  This meant that designers that wanted to use sublimation printing had to also involve cut and sew in their process.

Today, with advanced in wide format printing, industrial heat supply and some clever Tee Shirt designing, All Over Sublimation Printing can be accomplished on an already sewn Tee Shirt.  There are some glitches in the process and it’s impossible to achieve 100% coverage, but experienced sublimation printers can achieve 98%-99% coverage.  Some “missed” areas may occur near the neck line and the arm pits.

When comparing the cost of a cut and sew project with a post sewn Tee Shirt Sublimation project, those small glitches are often acceptable to customers.

AMBRO Manufacturing is a large sublimation printing company based in New Jersey.  Our expertise on all over printing including sublimation printing can assist you in your sublimation printing project.

If you are interested in All Over Sublimation Printing, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

All Over Sublimation Printing

All Over Sublimation Printing

20Jun/14

Sublimation Printing T Shirts

Sublimation Printing T Shirts

AMBRO Manufacturing is a custom garment, textile and fabric printing company in New Jersey.  An area of specialty for our company is Sublimation Printing T Shirts.

Sublimation Printing T Shirts involves the use of specialized fabrics, typically polyester, or polyester family members i.e. Rayon, Nylon, Spandex, Satin etc … Industrial Heat, Specialty Inks, Knowledge and Experience all go into making the perfect dye sublimated T Shirt.

Sublimation Printing T Shirts

AMBRO Manufacturing provides Sublimation Printing T Shirts wholesale to the trade.  Prices on per print for dye sublimation range from $9-$15 for a typical sized garment.  Fabric sublimation ranges based on the width of the fabric and the design.

While most of the work that we do is on already finished garments, we do offer Sublimation Printing T Shirts services but for fabric printing only.  If you are a cut and sew operation or you would like us to cut and sew your project, we can accommodate those requirements as well.

When working with your clients on their Sublimation Printing T Shirts projects, you will want to encourage them to design their artwork in a way that allows for some of the nuances of sublimation printing on a post sewn garment.

For example, small creases usually near the neck line or arm pit area can occur when providing Sublimation Printing T Shirts services on post sewn garments.  The reason for these tiny issues relate to not being able to keep a post sewn garment completely flat.  While 98% of the garment will be sublimated, it’s nearly impossible to get 100% coverage due to seams and wrinkles.

When you weigh the costs of a full cut and sew project with these small issues, it is often acceptable to have small white / non-sublimated areas in your Sublimation Printing T Shirts projects.

If you are interested in Sublimation Printing T Shirts projects, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Sublimation Printing T Shirts

Sublimation Printing T Shirts

16Jun/14

All Over Screen Printing

All Over Screen Printing

The process of All Over Screen Printing is different that what companies and consumers have seen with custom dye sublimation printing.  Using similar screen printing technologies and techniques, specialty screen printers like AMBRO Manufacturing can great amazing All Over Screen Printing designs on fabrics of any type, garments, textiles and a variety of other substrates.

All Over Screen Printing

The process of All Over Screen Printing offers a very unique and eye catching look on a T-Shirt.  With specialized equipment, All Over Screen Printing screen printing companies can produce works of art on a standard T-Shirt.

With design options that run from the neck through the sleeves and down to the waist, even images that wrap around from the front to the back of the T-Shirt, Jumbo over sized screen printing makes an impact.

This type of fabric printing is not limited to just your every day T-Shirt, All Over Screen Printing can be used on large bolts of fabric that are later cut and sewn into finished products.  Banners, Table Cloths, Pillow Cases, Sheets, Drapes and many other fabric items can be candidates for All Over Screen Printing.

When researching this type of Jumbo All Over Print, discuss with your screen printer how many colors are available for your requirements, the largest print size area and what specialty art requirements are needed to reproduce your image or artwork to suit your needs.

This type of specialty screen printing will require extra time in the pre-production phase of your project as well as during production.  Depending on the size of your jumbo print, special registration and time may be required to achieve your desired results.

If you are interested in All Over Screen Printing please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

All Over Screen Printing

All Over Screen Printing

 

13Jun/14

Dye Sublimation Printing

Dye Sublimation Printing

Dye Sublimation Printing is a specialized garment decorating technique that involves sublimation inks, polyester fabrics and large scale industrial heat.  A question that we get asked a lot is what are the wholesale costs of Dye Sublimation Printing?

Dye Sublimation Printing

As a wholesale provider of Dye Sublimation Printing, AMBRO Manufacturing works with a large number of resellers and brokers of garment decorating services.  When the question of price comes up, we typically see a shock reaction to the decoration costs of wholesale Dye Sublimation Printing.

Most contractors are use to contract screen printing prices which range in cost from $.90 to $3.00 depending on the quantity of garments being decorated, the number of colors and various set up costs.  Screen Printing is a quick process where dozens of shirts can be produced each hour.  Along with scale, comes a lower price point.

With Dye Sublimation Printing, even in a wholesale environment, costs typically range from $9 to $15 per print side of a T-Shirt.  This means that a completed shirt, at wholesale, can be anywhere from $18-$30 in price, which is far more than $.90 or $3.00.

What brokers must realize is that typically, even in an industrial setting, sublimation is a lengthy and costly process.  Each shirt has to be done one at a time and printed twice, once on the front and once on the back.

When Dye Sublimation Printing on fabric, i.e. not already sewn T-Shirts, the process is far different.  Fabric Dye Sublimation Printing is typically done on a roll to roll machine that can run 24 hours per day sublimating hundreds of yards of fabric per hour.  That fabric can then be sewn into garments at a later time.

However, when Dye Sublimation Printing on already sewn T-Shirts, you can’t use roll to roll Dye Sublimation Printing and individual operators have to spend time flattening each shirt, one at a time, and carefully pressing images onto each side of the T-Shirt while protecting areas of the shirt that should not be sublimated.  When you add the cost of the equipment, inks and disposables used for each shirt, the costs have to be far higher than screen printing.

Higher costs on wholesale Dye Sublimation Printing should not be a surprise, as these garments typically retail for between $65 and $85.  When you are talking with your clients about sublimation, setting their expectations to a higher price point is important.

If you are interested in Dye Sublimation Printing, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Dye Sublimation Printing

Dye Sublimation Printing