Features Of Thermal Transfer For Thermal Transfer Applications

What is the thermal transfer? Why use thermal transfer technology? Thermal transfer is a new method of printing patterns on products of various materials, especially suitable for the production of a small number of personalized and customized products, and the printing of patterns containing full-color images or photos. The principle is to print the digital pattern on a special transfer paper with a special transfer ink through a printer, and then use a special transfer machine to accurately transfer the pattern to the surface of the product at high temperature and high pressure to complete the product printing.

Thermal transfer technology can also use a variety of different transfer materials to achieve different printing effects, the main ones are film transfer and sublimation transfer. Adhesive film transfer The sublimation transfer paper of the film transfer contains glue, and then the glue pattern is printed on the surface of the product by high temperature and high pressure. Using high-quality imported sublimation transfer paper and ink, the printed colloidal pattern is very thin, breathable, non-sticky, non-cracking, washable, and non-shedding; it is different from the domestic sublimation transfer paper used in many shops. The glue pattern is thicker and often has the shortcomings of stickiness and cracking. Our cotton clothes are printed using film transfer technology. Sublimation transfer is a new generation of technology, using special sublimation ink and sublimation transfer paper. The pattern printed on the product will not produce glue. If it is transferred to the clothes, the ink is directly sublimated into the clothes fiber, the durability is the same as that of cloth dyeing, and the color is sharp, which is more suitable for colorful patterns. The fast-wicking shirt and Physical comfort shirt are using sublimation transfer technology.

Products that can be thermally transferred Not all products can be printed with thermal transfer, which involves factors such as the heat resistance, smoothness, etc. of the product. Due to the continuous advancement of technology, products that have been maturely developed using thermal transfer technology include clothes, cloth bags, hats, pillows, mugs, tiles, watches, mousepads, coasters, hanging calendars, medals, Hundreds of commodities such as pennants and... We will use new thermal transfer and other technologies to continuously develop more personalized products, from head to toe, from wear to use, to satisfy your desire for uniqueness. Textile transfer printing Common textile transfer technology is film transfer and sublimation transfer.

(1) Sublimation transfer: The technology is mainly only applicable to clothes with the polyester surface layer, such as quick-wicking shirts and physical comfort shirts, and white clothes (the position of the printed pattern is white, but the other parts of the clothes) Can be other colors, such as color sleeves). After the colored clothes are digitally sublimated, the ink and colored fibers will merge, which will make the color of the pattern different from the original, so it is not recommended.

(2) Film transfer printing: The technology is mainly used for clothes with extremely high cotton content. Adhesive transfer paper can be used in various colors, but dark clothes need to use the higher price "sublimation transfer paper for dark clothes", which is heavier and the quality is less stable. The transfer of dark clothes will not be launched for the time being and will be launched when the technology becomes more mature. The transfer of ceramic products The ceramic products use thermal sublimation transfer and the ink is sublimated onto the product at a high temperature of about 200 degrees Celsius. The color is sharp and the pattern has high reliability. However, ordinary mugs cannot be directly transferred, and the pattern can be transferred only after special treatment of a coating (coating).

A digital printing machine that can print on any relatively flat materials such as leather, textile fabrics, plexiglass, metal, plastic, crystal, wood products, copperplate paper, etc., one-time multi-color, arbitrary complex color, transitional color printing, does not require plate making, Chromatography, and complex exposure procedures will not cause damage to the material. Since the product went on the market, it has been highly praised by people in various industries, and the number of factory customers for secondary purchases has increased.