For anyone thinking about starting a sublimation or garment printing business in the UK, buying the first heat press is usually the biggest decision. Not the printer. Not the blanks. Not even the workspace. It's the press itself. Spend five...

If you've been around sublimation printing for any length of time, you've probably heard the same advice over and over again. "Just use 100% polyester." Technically, that's true. But it's also one of the biggest oversimplifications in the industry. I...

When the UK finally gets a stretch of warm weather, most people are thinking about garden BBQs, holidays and enjoying the sunshine. In a sublimation workshop, however, summer often brings a very different kind of surprise. You've been printing the...

If you ask most heat press business owners where their highest costs come from, the answers are usually the same. Blanks. Ink. Transfer paper. Electricity. Shipping. Those are the obvious ones. The surprising part is that many of the biggest...

If you’ve ever dipped your toes into sublimation printing, there’s a good chance your first “proper” attempt was on a cotton T-shirt. It feels like the obvious choice. Cotton is everywhere in the UK; it’s what most of us wear...

Let’s be honest for a second. Do you actually run a few quick checks on your heat press before you start a job? You should. And once it becomes part of your routine, you’ll wonder why you ever skipped it....

It started as one of those jobs that should have been straightforward. A small UK-based print studio was preparing a bulk order of custom cushion covers and ceramic coasters for a boutique homeware brand. Nothing unusual, nothing experimental. Same sublimation...

Anyone who has spent time creating sublimation designs has probably experienced this at least once. You finish a design, zoom out, and think it looks brilliant. The typography feels unique, the layout looks modern, and everything appears balanced on screen....

If you have recently started exploring the sublimation mug business, there is a good chance you have already run into the same question that almost every beginner faces. Should you focus on ceramic sublimation mugs or polymer sublimation mugs? At...

A few months ago, I spoke with a custom printing shop owner who had just landed what felt like a breakthrough order. Nothing huge by industry standards, but big enough to matter. A local sports organisation needed dozens of custom...