The best sublimation printers

Our three top picks of the best sublimation printers.
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You can bring your creative ideas to life with sublimation printers. Also known as a dye-sublimation printers, and not to be confused with art printers, these bits of kit harness the power of heat and pressure so you can transfer your personalised design onto specialised transfer paper using inks.

Once you've done that, you can position the paper onto your chosen product, be it a mug or t-shirt, and use heat to transfer the image onto it. (See our roundup of the best heat press machines). Some sublimation printers can also print directly onto fabrics. Out of all the models we've tested and researched, we think the best sublimation printer right now is the

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Beren Neale
Ecom Editor

Beren has worked on creative titles at Future Publishing for over 13 years. Cutting his teeth as Staff Writer on the digital art magazine ImagineFX, he moved on to edit several creative titles, and is currently the Ecommerce Editor on the most effective creative website in the world. When he's not testing and reviewing the best ergonomic office chairs, phones, laptops, TVs, monitors and various types of storage, he can be found finding and comparing the best deals on the tech that creatives value the most.