The invention encompasses a fabric book with high resolution sublimation
printed images and a method of making such a fabric book. The fabric book
of the invention has a plurality of fabric pages. The fabric pages are
made of a synthetic material with an original softness corresponding to
the synthetic material. At least one fabric page has a high resolution
sublimation printed image imprinted using the method of the invention.
The fabric page with the high resolution image substantially retains the
original softness, even after printing.The preferred method of creating
the high resolution images in the fabric books begins with selecting an
appropriate original object. A digital rendition of the original object
is created. The digital rendition is edited to create an edited image
with optimum print resolution. A color separation is performed on the
edited image to create a color separated image. Optimal sublimation inks
are prepared and suitable sublimation paper is selected. Using the
optimal sublimation inks, the color separated image is printed onto film
or directly onto a plate. The image is then offset printed onto the
suitable sublimation paper. The image is sublimated from the sublimation
paper to a fabric sheet creating a fabric sheet with a high resolution
image. To create the high resolution on the fabric sheet, the imprinted
portion of the fabric sheet may be polyester, nylon, and polyester/cotton
blend fabrics (no more than 5% cotton), and the like, but not cotton or
other naturally occurring fabrics. The fabric sheet with the high
resolution image may then be combined with other fabric sheets (with or
without high resolution images) to form a fabric book.