BusiSublimation

Step 1Pick what you are printing on: a mug, a bottle, a cone-shaped tumbler, a plate or a flat panel. A mug is a cylinder, so its wrap is a plain rectangle. A tapered tumbler is NOT: rolled out flat it becomes a curved band, and that is why a design made as a rectangle runs off at the top.

Step 2Enter the real measurements of the object. For a tapered tumbler that means the diameter at the bottom, the diameter at the top and the height along the slant, not the vertical height. The tool works out the flat development from those, so the print meets itself exactly at the seam instead of overlapping or leaving a gap.

Step 3Sublimation paper is pressed face down onto the object, so the print has to go on the paper MIRRORED. Get this wrong and you only find out after pressing, with the object already spoiled. The tool mirrors it for you and shows which way round it will come out.

Step 4Last, the press settings and the print margin. Sublimation ink only turns to gas at temperature, so time and heat belong with the material, not with the picture. And leave the seam a little room: a wrap that runs exactly edge to edge will always show a hairline where the ends meet.

Step 5The price works itself out while you design. You can change the rates yourself.

Step 6Download the print-ready PDF.

Step 7Pro members unlock the tool once through the shop. After that it works offline too.

Step 8Put your own prices and payment details in the shop, and share your shop link with customers.

Step 9Done, or something went wrong? Open the dashboard and start over with a clean sheet.