Project 3
Sublimation Printer
Software Used: I used adobe illustrator (64 bit)
Equipment (s) Used: Sublimation Printer, T-shirt press
Cost:
People would love this product because it is quite simple to make and extremely cheap. It also only takes about Ten minutes to put together all you have to do is print it and then heat press it onto the coaster. The colors it puts out are very vibrant and they look amazing. The thing about adobe illustrator is that you can basically make anything you want and put it on just about anything you want. The chalanges that I faced were that the tape that I was supposed to use didnt stick to my project very well so I had to use some other tape on the other table. Everyone failed to tell me that the tape we were supposed to use was there so it wouldnt melt. I melted the other tape but it didnt really mater because it was just on the back of the paper.
What were you proud of or what was your biggest accomplishment with this project? What was most interesting or intriguing about this project? What did you learn through the designing and fabricating processes? I learned that the sublimation printer dosent take very long to print. I also learned that It is easy er to make multiple things that look exactly alike because you already have the codes and everything set up. That's why companies make a bunch of the same product because they already have the design and they already have all the machines set up. It cost a lot more for a company to have to design a product and only make one and then move it that product would cost so much.
Attach at least 5 various images of the process. A caption is required for each image.
This is the heat press with all the layers of parchment paper and he transfer aids that are needed when using the heat press.