Sublimation Printing

Dye Sublimation is a printing technique that allows for full color, all-over apparel prints. Your artwork is printed onto a sheet of high-release paper and the paper will transferred onto your apparel using heat and pressure. Heat converts the solid dye particles into a gas — known as sublimation — and bonds them to the polyester fibers.

 

The Printing Process

In the printing technique, Dyes used for sublimation are moved to paper sheets material. Ink deposits itself on the inkjet papers, used in the next process of sublimation printing. When the digital image design is printed right to Sublimation Sheets, it is erected on the heat compressor together with the Substrate that would be sublimed with.

For the image to be moved from the paper, it needs a heat compress process that combines pressure, temperature and time. The heat compress applies this unique combination, though can change with respect the transfer’ the dye used for sublimation at the molecule level to the substrate. Commonly used dye for the sublimation process activates at 350 Degrees Fahrenheit. Yet, a spanning range between 380 – 430 Degrees Fahrenheit is set for optimal color.

The yielding results coming out of sublimation is overwhelming, almost permanent, full-color print with high resolution. Since dyes are pumped at gaseous level, instead of being infused at the outer level, the printed art wouldn’t crack, peel or fade away under the normal conditions.