Heat Press Machine for Sublimation Printing

A heat press is used to apply heat and pressure to transfer an image to products. This is part of the sublimation printing process.

When starting your sublimation printing business, you will need to invest in a heat press to transfer designs into fabrics.

If you want to print the design onto a ceramic mug, you can purchase a mug clamp and press. It is important to think about the materials that you want to use for your sublimation printing as not all materials are suitable. You will also need sublimation paper and can also invest in Raster Image Processor (RIP) software that will help with color correction.

How To Choose The Best

There are a range of heat presses available on the market, from inexpensive, budget-friendly to heat presses that are an investment for commercial purposes. The size of the heat press you purchase will, of course, depends on what you are using it for. Some sublimation heat presses are capable of a range of functions. Others are made simply for t-shirt designs.

As with sublimation printers, it is important to read reviews online before you purchase. And…read reviews we have!

Price vs Cost

Let’s talk about price vs cost. Sometimes opting for the least expensive item of what is seemingly the same version of a product is a big mistake. Buying cheap tends to cost people and start up businesses more money.

When you’re in the middle of a big order that needs to be completed and shipped out this week, you can’t have your heat press handle break. You can’t have the heat press machine cutting off in the middle of a press. You can’t have the heat press blow a circuit and start a fire!

All of these examples are real cost examples from Amazon Reviews about seemingly similar versions of heat presses.