make-a-ball .com process?

[jeffkics]

Anyone know their process/equipment they use to do these?

Right now I do ij80 on the ones I do, and it would pretty well, but these just look fantastic.

makeaball .com

Thanks

 

[Graphic Extremes]

it looks like the are printed directly on the ball, call them and ask and let us all know.

 

[MikePro]

DTF printing and thermal application, was my first thought ...or at least the way i'd go about it in a pinch.
but +1 to above stated, that since the image goes through the stitching they most likely deconstruct the balls for flatbed printing direct before reassembly.

 

[JBurton]

Pad printer like they use for football helmets? Honestly don't know how a pad differs from a flatbed... I'll save that google for another time.

 

[BigNate]

Pad printer like they use for football helmets? Honestly don't know how a pad differs from a flatbed... I'll save that google for another time.

pad printing has been used for basketballs and is best if you only have to print over 1/3 of the arc (though there are tricks as in any industry...)... pad printing is an offset form of printing that works on uneven surfaces (the pad is analogous to the blanket on an offset press) --- the printing plate is flat and gets inked (there are different methods here) a large silicone pad is pressed on-top of the image, 'printing' the image onto the pad - the pad is then pressed onto the substrate (basketball) and the image is offset onto the media.

AutoRoll out of Boston makes some great pad printers that can do this.

 

[hybriddesign]

it’s just a up printer. They have was paper or something laid down under the panels so they can print full bleed.

I think geo knight or one of those companies has a specialized press to print on balls with heat transfers. We’ve done it on our reg heat presses but it’s more for giveaways and I’m not sure how the transfer holds up