The perfect solution for personalised gifts and clothing

Custom Printing

Here at Custom Giftz we use several types of equipment to produce our wonderful items, coupled with over 10 years combined experience we can find a solution for almost any request. We pride ourselves on our customer service, problem solving abilities and attention to detail. We always strive to produce the best quality we can in a timely manner.

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We are constantly innovating and evolving our systems and methods to ensure we can provide the best service and broadest range we can. The systems we work with currently are as follows:

SUBLIMATION

Ever wondered how we make those perfect mugs, coasters, keyrings and more?… sublimation is the answer. The process is simple, we use a bespoke printer using special ink and paper to print your image. Then we prepare and heat your item ready to transfer the image. The print is then secured to the item and heated again, the ink then turns to a gas which is absorbed by the coating on the item. Once cooled the print is permanent and virtually indestructible. However there is limitations to this system, the items have to be specially coated by the manufacturer or be 100% polyester and it cannot print white so the item being printed onto has to be white.

LASER SUBLIMATION

Very similar to normal sublimation but this time the image does turn to gas it is a carbon transfer using toner and special paper by heating in a press. This system is designed for hard plastics, metals and some other items and also cannot print white. This is our go to process for printing pens.

HTV

So this system is how we started in the industry and is still a staple for garment printing for us. We use this system for simpler designs with only a few colours and for a our amazing special effects such as glitter, metallics, flock, 3D puff and glow in the dark. For this we place a roll of vinyl in our cutter machine and our software runs the cutter to cut out the design. We then pull out all the excess vinyl we don’t need the design is then heat pressed onto a prepared garment and then repeated for other colours to make layers resulting in the desired finish.

SIGN VINYL

This system is used for making simple signage like on the outside of our shop. Its a very similar process to HTV only instead of heat pressing we use masking over the cut design to transfer to any hard smooth object and its self adhesive sticks it down. There are many options on the colour and type of vinyl we can use and all last many many years.

DIRECT TO FILM

Have you seen our AMAZING full colour garments? These beautiful are done using our industry leading DTF (direct to film) technology, this is a relatively new process to both us and the industry as whole. Its versatility and durability are quickly making this the most desired printing process around. It works by using a special printer to print special ink onto a special film backing, we then add powdered glue and melt this ready to apply to the garment. We then heat press to the garment and cool. This system is adorned by most large scale manufacturers and can be found on many high street retailers garments. There are no real limitations to this system, it can be used on any material type and colour.

3D PRINTING

3D printing is a process were a machine lays down layer upon later of PLA (special plastic) creating a 3D object, anything from a model of a character, to toy or even a tool. We produce many objects available to purchase and custom items too. Currently we print only in PLA and to a max size of 200x200x250mm.

ETCHING AND GENERAL PRINTING

We also do glass etching where we add a stencil to a glass item and add a special chemical to etch the glass.

Mustn’t forget we also do general printing up to A4, photocopying, flyers, business cards and more.

 

Take a look at Some of Our Printing Work