High-quality sublimation printing

The appearance of new printing technologies makes it possible to improve the quality of prints and makes their scope of application more extensive. Among them, the sublimation seal stands out, the essence of which is to apply images to ceramics, wood, textiles and other materials.

What is sublimation?

Sublimation is the transfer of the dye in the heated state to thermal paper. In the thermal printer, the ink evaporates, and the image is applied from the tape, which is located between the thermal paper and the element that heats the paint. Thus, when sublimation there is no liquid phase of the paint, it immediately passes from the gaseous phase to a solid phase. Sublimation printing is similar to inkjet printing, but with the only difference that in this case each point on the applied surface is displayed, so the image is more realistic and stable.

Sublimation to fabric

This printing technology is used to apply images to various media. One of these carriers is fabric. The most common sublimation printing on T-shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts. Such clothes can be washed, ironed and even bleached. Sublimation printing on the fabric is an image transfer, which is printed on a large-format printer on a fabric, while the image is bright, saturated and resistant.

Where sublimation to tissue is used

The transfer of the image to clothing by sublimation is widely used by designers. Now it is popular to make clothes for promo actions: on T-shirts, blouses, ties put a company logo. In addition, custom-made sublimation on clothing, scarves or shawls - this is a good souvenir.

Technology of sublimation on the fabric

The sublimation technology of printing on clothes is that first the image is transferred to paper. Then the paper, together with the cloth, is sent to a special device that transfers the image from the paper to the fabric under pressure and high temperature. The paint, passing into a gaseous state, penetrates into the tissue and in its fibers passes into a solid state. All this occurs at a temperature above 180 degrees. The image becomes resistant due to the fact that the fibers of the fabric when heated, expand and penetrate the paint. Gradually, the temperature decreases, and the pores of the fibers are closed, so the paint remains inside the tissue and is reliably protected from external influences. For sublimation printing, only synthetic fabrics are used, since natural ones do not have the ability to open and close their pores.

Printing on mugs

Sublimation printing on mugs allows you to get an image of high quality. The technology of drawing an image (often photographs) is the same as when applied to a fabric - first on paper, and then on a ceramic mug. In this case, the pixel boundaries are not visible even when viewed under a microscope. The colors are bright, and the transitions between them are smooth.

Sublimation printing is an excellent option for those who value the quality of the image, as often these mugs or t-shirts are designed for gifts to relatives and business partners. Thanks to this method of printing, the image is durable, and therefore memorable.