If you are about to start a new printing business and have finalized to start a sublimation business but are confused about which machine to buy then this post will resolve your queries. This is Kunal Bagaria owner of Motivate Box and we are associated with the sublimation industry since 2015.

For starting a sublimation business you need the following items:

1. Heat press machine
2. Printer
3. Sublimation paper
4. Sublimation ink
5. Sublimation tape
6. Raw materials to print.

A key decision in the above list is the Heat press machine which can be resolved by first deciding which items you want to print.

1. If you want to print only mugs –

A Mug heat press is a very basic machine price which starts from 3000rs. and can be used for printing any type of 11-ounce ceramic sublimation mug like White mugs, inner color mugs, patch mugs, heart handle mugs, magic mugs, Glass 11-ounce mugs, and others. For entering the sublimation printing industry with the cheapest cost this is the best option.

• If you want to print t-shirts and other apparel products –

Flat press 38*38cm and flat press machine 40*60 cm are the most commonly used flat press machines for printing on t-shirts and other apparel products. These machines don’t come with any attachments and are just used for printing on flat items. There are several sublimation flat items like rock frames, sublimation tiles, glass frames, cushions, t-shirts, MDF frames, and many other related products which can be easily printed via these machines.

• If you want to print all most selling items – 

For most selling items we suggest our customers buy both a mug press machine and a flat press machine – 38*38cm or 40*60cm. If a customer buys these two machines then the maximum most selling items can be covered via these machines.

• If you want to print all sublimation items –

A 5in1 combo press machine is another most commonly used machine if you want to print on all sublimation items. It comes with 5 parts – flat press 12*15 inch, 2 mug attachments, 1 cap attachment, and 1 plate attachment. The advantage of a 5in1 combo press machine is that you can cover all the sublimation items with only one machine since it has all the possible attachments which cannot be done via flat press machine 38*38 cm and mug press machine separately however specialization is the key and so we suggest latter machines than 5in1 machine.

For any other queries, you can always contact us and take our suggestions.

Happy Printing