Author: Kim Kelley

Kim Kelley works in technical support, marketing and social networking at Coastal Business Supplies.

The Most Common Sublimation Mistakes

Sublimation is a quick and fairly simple way to create beautiful, personalized items out of blank substrates. However, this process can easily go wrong if the directions aren’t followed carefully. I’ve compiled a list of some the most common sublimation mistakes customers make in order to help you avoid making these same blunders.

  1. Not using color correction software: Whether you’re using Artainium or SubliJet sublimation ink, Coastal can provide you with an ICC profile or a PowerDriver to ensure that you get the brightest, most spot-on colors available. Printing without one of these color management softwares may lead to your end product looking dull or the colors being slightly off. Continue reading “The Most Common Sublimation Mistakes”

Wall Art Made Easy

Use Photo Tex to create a beach scene indoors!

Are your walls looking a little bare? Do you wish you could find the perfect material for a home decoration project you or your customer had in mind? Coastal has a variety of solutions for cost-effective, beautiful wall décor that you can easily create for yourself or for a profit.

If you’re looking for easy-to-apply (and remove!) material that can be printed using a regular inkjet printer, try out our Folex TackJet material. Continue reading “Wall Art Made Easy”

The Secrets to a Perfect Opaque Transfer

Heat transfers for dark garments (otherwise known as opaque transfers) are a necessity when it comes to heat transfers – not many businesses can be based on white garments only! However, opaque transfers have a unique problem: in order to allow the image to transfer onto a dark garment without the color of the garment bleeding through, the base of the transfer must be completely white. Therefore, if you don’t do anything to eliminate it, you will be left with an unsightly white box around your image. Thankfully, there are solutions beyond trimming around the image by hand! Continue reading “The Secrets to a Perfect Opaque Transfer”