Using Illustrator for sublimation printing.

My 12 year old son wants to use Illustrator to create patterns for sublimation printing onto socks.  Is this the best Adobe software option?  Can it convert .pdf to . ai if his customers send us a .pdf?  Does it accept .jpeg and convert to .ai?

You can print however you want, but a pixel-based image like a JPEG won't magically turn into vectors nor is there any guarantee that PDFs a) only contain vector data (they may hold pixel images) and b), if there is vector info, it is easily editable so you can tweak it for printing. This is potentially a whole can of worms and we haven't even talked about color management or other stuff that may be relevant. Of course everything can be learned, but it's not like you plug in your shiny printer, fire up AI and it will happen. Learning some basic techniques will be inevitable.
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