Christmas baubles - are these dye sub?

[ASLCreative]

I have seen a lot of people selling personalised Christmas baubles this year (e.g. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Personalised- ... 0946192046).

Does anybody know if these are dye sub. They do not appear to be the normal dye sub ones with a metal disc.

[Ian M]

Andrew, in the description it does say they are engraved.

[ASLCreative]

Ian,

I read that, but I thought it applied to the glass bauble only.

Oh well, next year we will be able to dye sub them with one of the new vacuum dye sub printers that look like will flood the market in 2013.

[viccar]

Ive got a couple on my tree that were bought a few years ago, (personalised) and they are printed, how and what with i dont know.

[John G]

Water slide transfer maybe - cannot see them being dye subbed as you'd need pressure, that would crack the thing and the new 3d printing, well it would be too costly I think.

[ASLCreative]

They look as if they are printed onto the bauble

, perhaps they use a flatbed inkjet printer.

[viccar]

they dont feel raised, so dont think they are waterslide, they are printed somehow.

[pisquee]

Pad printer?

[John G]

Pad printer?

Not for one offs