A few questions I need help with...

[Jen]

Hi, I'll just get straight to the point with my (possibly obvious) questions.

1. Are materials washing machine safe after dye sub pressing?

2. Are mugs dishwasher proof after the same?

3. What would be a cheap bit of software to purchase for use with my printing and is there anything free I could download?

Thank you for helping,
Clueless

[Paul]

Yes
yes if you buy DP
photoshop elements 6

[Jen]

Thanks!

Erm, what's DP? Sorry if that sounds thick :\

[WorthDoingRight]

1) Yes

2) Yes if your starting blank mugs are dishwasher proof (DP) - buying RN, Orca or similar coated.

3) There are a number of free software packages - you do not really say what you want it to do. If it is picture manipulation then try googling 'The Gimp' or 'paint.net'.

[Paul]

I woul sugest photoshop elements 6
you can pick it up for tenner and its support colour managment . You will need it for icc profiles.

[Jen]

I'll just be just be using fonts, but guessing I might want to do photo images in the future.

This forum really is great!

[WorthDoingRight]

I'll just be just be using fonts, but guessing I might want to do photo images in the future.

This forum really is great!

If you are going to want to manipulate fonts as curves to get fancy patterns then also worth downloading 'Inkscape' which is a free vector graphics package that allows some nice tricks with fonts converted to curves.