Hi,...have enjoyed reading all the posts and all the answers. I am bleary eyed after having only joined site about 3 days ago!.
My situation is being an artist, I want to put my own artwork onto merchandise products to sell myself. At present I have to send the artwork off to companies(on ebay), wait a few days, pay £5-6-7-8 for the article, be it mouse,mug, coasters etc, then see if it prints alright, or if it needs adjusting for the subdye process. I am amazed at the variation in the same image from different suppliers ranging from ghost image, to fuzzy, to way dark and spot on(only one supplier so far). Time and money etc.
Am still researching what best option is going to be for me.
the first thing I would like help with is in finding out if the mug wraps that are just heated in an ordinary oven, deliver a really good crisp image, or mug presses are the way to go.
Initially I am thinking about buying either a wrap or a mug press just to trial out my designs etc, then outsource the print job. I don't know if it would save me money or not, as it would only be used to trial the designs to make sure that the images and backgrounds don't show up any flaws.
Are wraps used in an ordinary oven any good, and can they produce a lot of mugs if that was the way I decided to go.