Trophex Newsletter June 2019 JUNE TEN 2019 NEWSLETTER | Page 11

have a printable face, therefore mirroring your artwork when printing is essential. This will ensure your artwork appears upright once you have transferred it onto a product. This rule however doesn’t apply to glass and acrylic products as the receptive side of these products is the rear. 3. Prepare your product The transfer is printed on to a specialist inkjet quality paper – Nova Chrome recommend S-Race for best results. The print is then placed on the polymer coated blank, and secured in place with a small amount of heat resistant tape. They supply one of the widest ranges of products for sublimation printing in the UK, being authorised distributors of Sawgrass inks, Unisub woods, ChromaLuxe HD Photo Panels, Wasatch software and many other brand names. 4. Transferring your artwork Choose from Nova Chrome’s range of high quality Ultra-Deep Swing- head Presses to print onto flat products. The comprehensive range of flat sublimatable substrates includes plastic, metal, slates, glass, wall mount photo panels, jigsaws and much more. The item is positioned in the appropriate Heat Transfer Press, heat and pressure are applied for the recommended short time. Their full wrap Mug Press can print from top to bottom of a standard Durham in approx 2½ minutes. 5. The finished product Remove the paper (taking care as the item is hot) and the process is complete. No mess, no fuss, no costly or time consuming set-ups. Sublimation is simple, fast and versatile. Produce a ‘one-off’ or larger quantities. Just print and press to create a variety of unique, personalised items. BARCELONA, SPAIN OCTOBER 23 - 24, 2020 twitter / facebook / instagram: @trophexlive 2020 FIRA BARCELONA MONTJUIC ITALIAN PAVILLION, BARCELONA, SPAIN JUNE 2019 11