Hi from the Heart of Sunny Surrey...

[k21john]

Hi guys

Another newbie I'm afraid but looking forward to mastering the art of sublimation. My partner is a Pastel Artist and we have decided to embark on this venture to reproduce her artwork on various substrates. Our main interest is in tiles and supplying large installations for splash backs. shower enclosures and so on, along with a number of decretive products.

Having a few start up issues but will post in the relevant sections if the forum and see if we can find some answers.

In the meantime our set-up is as follows

Ricoh SG 3110DN Printer
Sublijet R Inks
27" iMac using Photoshop CS6
Perfect Resize software - This is worth checking out if you need to create very large images from small without pixilating them
38 x 38 Clam Press
Mini 3d Vacuum Press

Thanks for reading

John

[Quinsfan]

Hi John
I am down the road in Bookham. Have a good time reading through this forum it is full of great information. If you are ever looking for some signage needs as well drop me a line.

[k21john]

Hi Quinsfan
Thanks for the welcome and the tip on reading through the forum, already finding it useful. BTW we also have a Canon IPF5100 for Fine Art reproduction so if you need anything let me know.

Thanks

John

[Quinsfan]

Hi Quinsfan
Thanks for the welcome and the tip on reading through the forum, already finding it useful. BTW we also have a Canon IPF5100 for Fine Art reproduction so if you need anything let me know.

Thanks

John

Sounds good John. A meet at Polesden Lacey over one of their wonderful sausage rolls may be in order.

[Justin]

Hi John and welcome to the forum. Always interested to hear about tiles being printed, how they are protected and fair in day to day use for cleaning/uv resistance etc. I look forward to discussing that further with you on the forum

Justin
DSF Admin

[DyeSubSupplies]

Hi john, welcome and good look with it all, what are your. Main issues you are having? Also what are you producing on your canon?
steve

[k21john]

Thanks for your comments, Justin and Steve, I'm tearing my hair out a bit at the moment so will kick off a discussion in the correct place...

Thanks again

John

[k21john]

Hi Steve, not using the Canon for Dye Sub but for reproducing Fine Art Paintings that my partner paints.

John

[DyeSubSupplies]

Any plans to go into the world of canvas printing John?

steve

[Samstables]

Hi!
I'm another newbie, also setting up to further my partners artwork (also pastel!) and currently just using a 3D vacuum press with Epson printer. So much to learn!

Quick question though - how do you capture the pastel artwork to reproduce?

Good luck and welcome!

Sam