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Disadvantages Of Dye Sublimation Printing On Fabric

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Sublimation printing involves using heat to transfer dye onto fabric like polyester. It provides brighter colors and smoother transitions than inkjet printing, with the dye becoming permanently embedded in the fabric. However, sublimation printing is slower than inkjet due to the two-step heat transfer process, making labor costs higher. It can also be prone to creasing or wrinkling the fabric during printing, ruining the print. Newer printer designs that feed fabric and paper together are helping to address these issues.

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Disadvantages of Dye Sublimation Printing on Fabric
Sublimation printing, also referred to as dye sublimation printing, is a printing method for transferring images onto a substrate (usually a cloth material such as polyester). Sublimation refers to a process where a substance moves from a solid to a gas state without ever being in a liquid state. Sublimation printing normally involves the use of a digital printer to produce mirrored images on sublimation transfer paper that has been specially coated with a transfer material.
The continuous tone printing that creates brighter and smoother color variations and transitions than youll find with inkjet printing, and a superior overall look, in our opinion. Also, because the dye impregnates or is sublimated in the fabric, it is permanent and cannot flake off like some types of ink will, particularly garment inks used for t-shirts or inks printed on rigid substrates. So, durability and appearance are probably the best examples of the superiority of dye sublimation printing of fabric or garments. Of course,it also has its disadvantatages.
The first disadvantage of dye sublimation printing on fabric is slower than inkjet printing because you have two processes in the heat transfer part of dye sublimation, so labor costs are going to be higher to some degree,although there are now printers that have the fabric and paper inline and they are drawn into the heated rollers as the printer continues to print.
The second disadvantage is also a production issue that is being solved by the newer printer/roller units just explained in the previous paragraph.
In the past, and still in the present, it is not uncommon for the fabric to get a crease or wrinkle in it, or the paper, and suddenly the whole transfer print and piece of fabric are ruined. You would have to start over. Many of those who have been at this for awhile and are using older equipment charge higher prices per square foot for wider material, but many also dont who have the newer equipment.
More info pls visit: http://www.sublihouse.com/ Company Name: Didital Technology Co., Ltd. Add: No. 323 Central Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Tel: 86-02583228884 Fax: 86-02583228894 Email: sales@sublihouse.com QQ:741727477 Site: www.sublihouse.com

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Disadvantages Of Dye Sublimation Printing On Fabric

  • 1. Disadvantages of Dye Sublimation Printing on Fabric
  • 2. Sublimation printing, also referred to as dye sublimation printing, is a printing method for transferring images onto a substrate (usually a cloth material such as polyester). Sublimation refers to a process where a substance moves from a solid to a gas state without ever being in a liquid state. Sublimation printing normally involves the use of a digital printer to produce mirrored images on sublimation transfer paper that has been specially coated with a transfer material.
  • 3. The continuous tone printing that creates brighter and smoother color variations and transitions than youll find with inkjet printing, and a superior overall look, in our opinion. Also, because the dye impregnates or is sublimated in the fabric, it is permanent and cannot flake off like some types of ink will, particularly garment inks used for t-shirts or inks printed on rigid substrates. So, durability and appearance are probably the best examples of the superiority of dye sublimation printing of fabric or garments. Of course,it also has its disadvantatages.
  • 4. The first disadvantage of dye sublimation printing on fabric is slower than inkjet printing because you have two processes in the heat transfer part of dye sublimation, so labor costs are going to be higher to some degree,although there are now printers that have the fabric and paper inline and they are drawn into the heated rollers as the printer continues to print.
  • 5. The second disadvantage is also a production issue that is being solved by the newer printer/roller units just explained in the previous paragraph.
  • 6. In the past, and still in the present, it is not uncommon for the fabric to get a crease or wrinkle in it, or the paper, and suddenly the whole transfer print and piece of fabric are ruined. You would have to start over. Many of those who have been at this for awhile and are using older equipment charge higher prices per square foot for wider material, but many also dont who have the newer equipment.
  • 7. More info pls visit: http://www.sublihouse.com/ Company Name: Didital Technology Co., Ltd. Add: No. 323 Central Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Tel: 86-02583228884 Fax: 86-02583228894 Email: sales@sublihouse.com QQ:741727477 Site: www.sublihouse.com