Abstract: A method for forming a dye sublimation image in a plastic substrate with a sheet having an image formed thereon of a sublimatic dyestuff is provided. The image on the sheet with a treatment that deposits a silicon compound is placed against a first surface of the substrate. The sheet is heated to a sublimation temperature, which causes the image of the sheet to sublimate into the substrate. The sheet is cooled to a release temperature. The sheet is removed from the substrate.

Abstract: A computer-implemented service is provided to generate a high-resolution digital image data file suitable for creating a large format item in which the digital image is imbued in an object. A user interacts with a configuration application program to determine configuration parameters for the high-resolution digital image data file. A representation (such as a low-resolution image) is displayed, to the user, of what would result if a high-resolution digital representation of an actual scene is adjusted in view of the at least one configuration parameter. Once the user has completed determination of the configuration parameters, the high-resolution digital image data file is generated from digital image data that is the high-resolution digital representation of an actual scene, adjusted in view of the at least one configuration parameter.