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Who is Gideon Sundback? Unzip Your Imagination with Heat Printing Video

24 Apr

Our video production manager, Joe Kosinski visited Google this morning and found the “Google doodle” of a zipper that can be clicked and unzipped to reveal search results about Gideon Sundback, the inventor of the modern-day zipper.

Since the zipper is essential in the construction of many apparel types we thought, why not come up with a creative little video showcasing a zip up garment being decorated to promote apparel customization.

I hope you enjoy the video and get a chance to share it today to promote the category of heat printing and how it empowers individuals to create exactly what they want, even if it’s just one garment like in this video!  

For those of us in the technical details of being a heat printing shop, we created this garment with heat transfer film and simply inserted a heat printing pillow inside of the garment so that the zipper would sink into the pillow upon application allowing for an accurate, even pressure and outstanding durability.

Thanks for reading and do go over to Google.com and Unzip the homepage to learn more about Gideon Sundback and the invention of the zipper.

Hotronix Fusion and Super Film at Work at NBA All Star Jam Session

23 Feb

I’m a huge basketball fan and really enjoy watching the NBA All Star Game each year.  In the past, I’ve had the opportunity to attend a few of the games to help heat print custom All Star jerseys with names and numbers.  It’s a great experience to see the fans reaction when they connect the fact that they can have the East or West jersey with their name on it, and I love that jersey customization is powered by heat printing.   I had to share this post from Ted Stahls’ blog showing the heat printing set up at this years Jam Session:

CLICK HERE TO READ THE POST FROM TED.  

The products being used are Super Film, Custom Transfer Numbers & Solutions Metallic.  A great example of mixed media delivering a high end result.  As you can see all of the products are being printed on the industries most versatile heat press; the Hotronix Fusion.  And for those that can make it out from the photo at Ted’s blog, the Roland GX-24 vinyl cutter is cutting the names.

You have access to all of these products and here’s a quick link list where you can learn more about each:

Super Film, Solutions Metallic, Hotronix Fusion, Roland GX-24, Custom Transfer Numbers

Thanks for reading.

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