What do you need to sublimate a phone case?

Sublimation Materials

One of the best ways to personalize a phone case is with sublimation? We will explore what is needed for phone case sublimation, and how it compares to sublimation of other materials. People carry mobile phone with them everywhere. Having a unique and personalized case is a great way to make a phone one’s own.Sublimating phone cases can be part of or the sole focus of a small business. You can create your own designs or solicit meaningful photos from your clients.

In order to get started you will need the following items：

-Design Software

-Sublimation Printer

-Sublimation ink

-Sublimation Paper

-Heat Press

-Phone Case Heat Press Machine

Sublimation Printers

First, let’s talk about sublimation printers. A sublimation printer is essentially a standard inkjet printer. However, rather than installing standard inkjet ink cartridges into the printer, sublimation ink cartridges are installed instead. Also, for most printers, rather than using the standard printer manufacturer’s driver software when installing the printer to your computer, you would install the specially engineered Sawgrass Power driver software to your computer. This will ensure proper color management, proper printer pix-elation density and overall excellent prints. One very important thing to take note of is that once a printer is utilized for sublimation, it can no longer be used for regular inkjet printing.

To sublimate a phone case, you will need a heat press: phone case blanks have a sheet of flat aluminum in them that is the substrate to be used with a heat press. There are a numerous heat presses that work well for aluminum. Such as TUSY Heat press, Cricut Heat Presses and 3D Vacuum Heat Press Machines.

3D Vacuum Heat Press Machines

Modern phone case sublimation blanks no longer need expensive 3D vacuum heat press machines. Around the year 2015, however, in order to sublimate a phone case, you would have needed a special flexible sublimation film that would have wrapped tightly around the phone case when you put it under vacuum in your 3D heat press.

Summary

We have reviewed the process for how to sublimate a phone case. We have answered the question “What do you need to sublimate a phone case sublimation for phone cases gives everyone an opportunity to have a phone case that is unique to them. This applies, regardless of whether you are sublimating phone cases for yourself, your family, your friends, or the clients of your business.