Dye Sublimation Printing: A Beginner’s Guide If you’ve ever seen a custom mug with a full-color photo or a vibrant design on a polyester T-shirt that doesn’t crack or fade, chances are it was made using dye sublimation printing. It’s a favorite technique among crafters, small business owners, and print enthusiasts—and for good reason. Dye…
If you are having alignment issues when using Edible Artist software and the Pre-cut icing sheets, the first check to make is to compare the position of the circles or squares on the edible artist software to the position of the circles or squares on the pre-cut icing sheets that you are printing on. The…
There is a real concern here at HobbyPrint that the practice on some of the online marketplace selling sites, where they give the buyers the illusion of empowment as part of thier business model, they are in fact leaving their buyers vulnerable and open to legal claims from third party sellers. Our two main area’s…
The subject of printing profiles used in sublimation printing is a complex subject. Understanding colour management and colour spaces is tough and therefore I am not going to get too far into it beyond what it does in the context of sublimation printing. For those who want to get into the detail and learn more,…
An edible printer comes under the banner of specialised printing, meaning it is simply a printer that is capable of printing specialised ink onto specialised printable media. In the case of edible printing, edible inks are printed onto icing sheets, cakes, or other edible media. Why the article? Once again, we find that we need…
Epson printers are supplied with cartridges that are marked as Setup cartridges. So what does that mean exactly? The cartridges are the same as Epson standard cartridges in all respects. This includes the weight of the cartridges and therefore the same volume of ink as a standard cartridge. The difference is that the chips are…
Have you noticed how customer support is being offered to customers by many online companies? There appears to be a reluctance by companies to invest in people in this important area of their business. Do you recognise the following: Sadly, this is an increasing trend with companies, and even sadder is that companies believe that…
It’s always good to check print design, positioning, and colour output on lower cost papers before printing onto the more expensive icing sheets. Using HobbyPrint’s proofing sheets is a great idea for this and that is what the proofing papers are for. When you are working with our pre-cut icing sheets, checking the positioning of…
As the use of tank printers becomes more popular, (printers that you pour ink into ink tanks as opposed to using ink cartridges) they are appearing in all applications. Using a tank printer for edible printing is a great idea and something that HobbyPrint has been pushing for quite a while, all be it at…
When you are looking to buy an edible printer package, Check out the contents to make sure that you are choosing the right package to suit you and your needs. Beware – Buying the package with the most ink and edible media is not economical for all, let’s face it we wouldn’t go into Tesco’s…