SUBLIMATION PUZZLES FROM START TO FINISH 

I know this video is kind of old but I watched another video like this and she forgot to mention what kind of printer you need. To transfer the picture to your puzzle, you have to make sure your printer is a sublimation printer which uses a different ink than a regular printer. Sublimation printers allows you to transfer pictures to things with heat. That ink from the printer works like a dye which allows you to transfer images to cardboards, shirts, cups, etc. This is probably why your images aren’t transferring. Hope this helps!

Have you tried making your own custom cut sublimation chipboard puzzle blanks? An electronic cutter such as the Intec SC5000 can handle upwards of 1,000 custom cuts on the fly per hour. It also handles creases so you can make the custom printed boxes to put these custom cut puzzles into them. With that sort of machine all you need is a flatbed sublimation printer to print directly onto the chipboard you desire to cut. It will greatly improve your workflow. The Intec cutter reads QR codes in the corners of each print job. These are outside the design area for the art. So even if you load the paper wrong or skewed it can still read the QR code, jog the paper, make corrections for human error, and load the appropriate cut/crease files per image scanned. All this happens in a mere few seconds. The catch tray allows a person to gather the processed materials for easy peasy punch outs of the cut/creased materials. Now for this sort of project you wouldn't have had the thin border at the edge of the puzzle had you simply scaled the image large enough to fit your material. But if it were a custom cut blank there would be no need for all the extra steps you went through. Simply print the image to the blank, choose the appropriate template, and send it to the cutter. Of course you will need to spend time making templates in advance. Because unlike craft oriented digital cutters like the Brother Scan 'N Cut the cameras on the commercial cutters aren't meant to be used as onboard optical scanners. With my Brother Scan ' N Cut I could have scanned the printed material, personally altered the size of the cut file to fit the image (on the cutter itself), and then send it to cut mode. It will tell me how long the cut process will take and so I can go do other stuff until it is done. Granted the crafter oriented cutting machines tend to use sticky mats, are a fair bit slower than commercial level machines but this machine has so much more going for it in certain respects. Why I'd say you could just get several more Brother Scan 'N Cuts to accommodate material up to 12x24 inches. Not as fast as the Intec machine I spoke about but not as costly either ($3,300 for one machine vs $400-$1,000 for one DX series Brother cutter). I'm using my DX series Brother cutter to make custom cut 500-1890 piece jigsaw puzzles from letter sized materials. I've also been designing custom puzzle shapes that I can scale to meet the size of the printed material to be cut. You don't even have to use traditional jigsaw shapes when making puzzles. I store my cut files on a USB flash drive which I can attach to my cutter for simple access to complicated designs that may be too big to store in the machine's internal storage.

So beautiful!

That came out amazing

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT....created mind along with you awesome!

Hi, thanks for sharing. My puzzle didn't seem to come out glossy. Do you know why that maybe? It looks dual

Great video. I have a problem my print out image always bleeds on my puzzles, cups etc. What could be the problem?

May I ask what font you used? Great tutorial and grandson is beautiful 🤗

Good video Amy thanks

Hi, beautiful picture, but how do you get it to print so vibrant?

Hi, beautiful grandson! Nice instructional video. I know this video was done a long time ago. The only thing I can see that you may want to correct in case there is someone not watching closely. As you showed the instructions on your site, you said exactly opposite of what was written and when you were pressing the puzzle, there was yet another contradiction. I knew what you meant but some may do it wrong from not paying attention. Sometimes we kind of watch and really listen as we work along with the videos. We all do this from time to time. Your videos are great so keep up the good work! God Bless

Where did you get the colour profile for your printer?

I have a question, I went and bought a regular puzzle form awhile back thinking I could somehow put a picture on it, now i do not have sublimation at all do you know a way to put a picture on this and cut it to be the same as the puzzle form, like using sticker paper putting it on puzzle form and then somehow cutting it. could you use an exacto knife or do you think if i took a picture of the puzzle itself and uploaded it to design space put picture over it splice it would it then cut the picture the same as the puzzle form and then somehow attach it to the form. Or do you know if their is a ytube video showing how to do this or is it not possible.

Is this heat press different or is it suitable for textile as well ?

Hello. I Bought mine. On the instruction I have read that 180c and 90sec. The image did not transfer successfully. I did experiment with 200c and 60sec and it came up worse than before and I could see smoke, help

hi I would like to know what program u are using to edit the picture, to print as well , my problem is that Cricut DS doesn't let me print 8x10 pictures in the program and when i do edit them I don't know how to save it on my computer to print out reguraly

This video was perfect!!! i followed step by step and now i have amazing bridesmaid proposal puzzles!! thank you!!

thats so cool do you do private coaching

Which printer do you use?

I am new to sublimation and this video was great. I just need templates .

Thank toy for this know i can move to my next step

What is the name of the puzzle mechine and how can I get (buy) one of those..? Thanks

good...simple and very informative

I followed your instructions. My puzzle turned out great

So is it puzzle faced up or down.?

what kind of paper you use to print the image

What program are you using

Hi is this regular Sublimation paper or Sublimation Transfer Paper because I followed your instructions step by step to the end but my puzzle still did not come out right. Trying to see if it's because I used the Sublimation transfer paper, really I am not sure why it didn't come out right. Help please. Thank you

Grandson is absolutely adorable. I have a question and I am new to this so may sound stupid. But just to be sure you were printing on sublimation paper correct??

I have an Epson workforce 2850 printer and I’m having a hard time getting my pictures to transfer to the objects

Hi what paper did you use and can I purchase it form you .

If you purchase your 500 piece puzzle, how would you use a regular sublimation printer? Doesn’t it only print the standard 11x18 paper?

Followed all the steps and for some reason the image didn't transfer at all, the puzzle turned yellow with hints of the image on it as if it were burned in instead of transferred.

What kinda printer? A regular or which one?

Thanks for the vid.. My wife just both this product and want me to print it for our family pic!

I know you said but I couldn’t understand what you said….. what kind of sublimation ink do you use?

Hi could you tell me if you used a specific type of printing paper, photo paper etc??

Maybe I know how much is that machine ?

Where i find this press? Europe

what kind of paper are you using at this project?is it a sticker paper or vinyl or an ordinary bond paper?

Hi , I want to know u do any training. I have coraldraw x 8

What photoshop program do you use????

So cute

What paper do you use?

Hi what tool can you suggest if the heat press would not be available?

Which paper did you use?

Where can i purchase a sublimation puzzle? Will just a regular puzzle work?

I followed the instructions, and didn't come out right. It was cut off. I believe the size of the paper needs to be changed. I was printing on 11 x 8.5. I believe I will need a bigger sublimation paper, size A3 (11 x 17) since the size of the puzzle is (8.66 x 12.2). Also on the advance settings color i believe the custom color adjustment needs to be changed to automatic. My print came out too light and the photo has rich color

Hello I have a few questions I know this an old video hoping I get a response back.. 1.what paper is used 2. Can I use my circut press or and regular iron 3. The puzzle can they be purchased from any craft store

Any chance you could show us how to make a box for it ?

I just made my first one yesterday. I have a bunch of people asking for them now. How do you box this up to send out?

What does sparkles on puzzle mean

Do it matter if you flatten the image

Did you use a regular printer with sublimation paper? Just making sure cuz I want to try this!

Omg I having a hard time making these can u help me a little more

Where can we order? Can you provide a link or somethin?

What Photo shop do you use can you send me a picture of the software

I ami from Malda, West Bengal, India

Hello, I’m new to this stuff but I was wondering was that transfer paper or photo paper?

Where can I find that pearled puzzle? 😍

Hello. Can I use an iron to do this instead of heat press? And what did you you to cover the paper before heat pressing it?

I have the 7620 and is super b this size always

Hello, is this PS Express?

Wow nice

So you mean to tell me NOBODY.... ABSOLUTELY NOBODY IS ANSWERING QUESTIONS 🙄 THIS IS WHAT I HATE ABOUT RU-vidRS.

And just like magic it all reversed itself coming out, what happened to puzzle face down picture face up....whereas we got you peeling the paper off the puzzle...

I liked your accent

No disrespect, I could not follow this at all!

To chatty

talking way to much

So cute