What
is Dye Sublimation?
Dye Sublimation is a very simple yet highly effective
process of professionally & permanently applying a photo quality
image onto a vast range of items, to create high quality saleable
products.
The dye sublimation process works by applying an image
onto an item which has a polymer content or coating, by using heat
& pressure (with a heat press) to change solid particles of
dye into gas, this bonds with the polymers in the fabric/garment,
or in the coating on the surface of the item, and changes back into
a solid, and thus the image is dyed onto the substrate.
This may sound complicated, but it’s really very simple:
You use an Epson desktop inkjet printer with dye sublimation inks,
to print your image into sublimation paper then use a heat press
to apply the image onto the product.
For a more in depth introduction to dye sublimation printing, and
far more, get hold of the "How
2 Dye Sublimation DVD"
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