Multiple ways to achieve sublimation

Sublimation has brought a lot of convenience to our lives. Do you know several ways to achieve sublimation? Maybe you only know the dye sublimation printer. So, let's take a look.

What is sublimation?

Generally speaking, there are three states of matter: solid state, liquid state and gas state. The transformation between these three states is called sublimation in which the solid directly turns into a gaseous state. This process requires a lot of heat. Sublimation is mainly through heating to make the pigment molecules into the medium.

Dye sublimation can be realized by three methods: dye sublimation printer, dye sublimation transfer paper, and dye sublimation ink.

Dye sublimation printer can print a lot products

They can print the following items:

Home Decoration: tapestry
Upholstery
Window decoration
Sportswear: Jerseys and related sports equipment
Fashion clothing and accessories: tie, handbag, image
Souvenir: License plate, phone case, Mug, Luggage tag, Clipboard

You’ll need to use sublimation paper

Sublimation transfer paper, which uses an ordinary inkjet printer to print the pattern on the sublimation transfer paper, and then heat it (usually 150 to 180 degrees, heating for about 25 seconds, of course, it depends on the object to be transferred) What material is it? Let the pattern of the sublimation transfer paper be transferred to other media. This mainly controls the heating temperature and time and the quality of printing, otherwise the effect is not ideal.

You’ll Need to Use a Specific Type of Ink

Dye sublimation requires ink. Dye sublimation ink is also called thermal transfer ink, which is to make low-energy, easy-to-sublimable disperse dyes into digital printing ink, print it on transfer paper, and heat it in the shortest time. The image is filled with exquisite porcelain, metal, silk, chemical fiber cloth and other materials, which is very suitable for the market needs of personalized development and the requirements of environmental protection.

When you're transferring your graphics from paper to cloth, the ink needs to have to change coming from a solid state to a fuel. Given that the chemical method is actually extremely certain for dye sublimation, you'll need to utilize a certain sort of ink known as disperse dyes (commonly described as "dye-sub inks").

These dyes are able to go coming from a solid state to an aeriform state in heats and also will easily connect to polyester textiles.

Because disperse dyes are actually totally bonded to your finished products, the outcome is actually long-lasting graphics that are actually entirely washable.

How long will a dye sublimation printer last?

The quality of this product has a great relationship. The higher the quality, the longer the service life. Generally,  high-quality dye sublimation printers can be used for 10 years. In addition, your love and maintenance of them is also very important.

How much is a dye sublimation printer?

The prices of different brands are different. The more well-known brands are Epson, Mutoh, Mimaki, etc. You can find dye sublimation printers from them with favorable price. You need to remember one thing, large, high-quality and fast heat for transfer machines, their price will not be low. If you want to know about the large dye sublimation printer that we are selling hot, please contact us.