What's DTF printing?

What's DTF printing?

DTF printing , the new technologies for digital textile printing that are very popular in the past two years.

Then you must be curious,what's dtf printing?

We call it Direct printing to film,it is printing by DTF ink on DTF film ,when the ink is still wet, the powder shaking machine fuses the special powder with the ink and dries it.

*Advantage:

-This hot sale DTF printing,it is suitable for both dark and light colors fabrics.

-And can be used on most fabrics, such as cotton, denim, linen, etc.

-In contrast to heat transfer vinyl, it can print any color pattern without cutting and draining

-At the same time, the production capacity is faster and more convenient than other heat transfer processes.

How to print dtf transfers?

A complete set includes two types of machines,a dtf printer to printing the white+CMYL 5 colors the same time,another is the powder shaking machine,the powder is mixed with the wet ink and dried.At last ,also need the heat press machine to transfer the image on t shirt or fabrics.

Here, I will also give you a popular science, the temperature and time of the transfer.

Regarding the time, most of them are 10-15 seconds, and the temperature is around 150°C.The last thing to note is that after the transfer is completed, you need to wait for the film to cool before tearing it off.Usually we call this step as cold peel

Of course there are also videos,the following is the video link of Youtube: DTF printing for shirt

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*Guangzhou Elephant is a manufacturer who focus on sublimation printing equipment more than 17 years. We support of “One-stop” solution from printing to transfer processing， including Industrial/general sublimation Printers with high-quality ink and sublimation paper，roll heat Press Machine，and fabrics cutting machine.