component could also be a half shell intended to be clipped or molded together with another half shell as used herein the term u201c multi layer u201d means at least two layers and includes fluid center balls hollow center balls or balls with at least two intermediate layers and or cover layers among other advantages the present invention enables decoration of surfaces that would normally have poor adhesion to coatings e g polyolefins or other materials containing slip agents thus the present invention enlarges the possible selection of materials of any particular component intended for marking or coating while the present invention is not limited to particular materials non limiting examples of golf ball component materials are disclosed below for example the core of a multi layer ball may be formed of thermoset or thermoplastic materials such as polybutadiene thermoplastic polyesterester thermoplastic polyetherester dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic elastomers functionalized styrene butadiene elastomers thermoplastic urethanes metallocene polymers or blends thereof suitable intermediate and cover layer materials for use with the present invention include but are not limited to thermoset or thermoplastic materials ionomer resins polyurethanes metallocene catalyzed polymers balata polyolefins and their copolymers polyureas polyamides and other cover materials known by those of ordinary skill in the art non limiting examples of cover materials and methods for forming the cover layers can be found in u s pat nos 6 245 862 6 210 294 6 187 864 5 908 358 5 803 831 5 792 008 5 484 870 and 5 334 673 the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein after the indicia is created the next step involves manufacturing the image transfer material step 110 through placing the sublimating ink on a carrier material.