Does Fabric Need to Be 100% Polyester for Dye Sublimation Printing?

Hi~ Nice to see again, my dear friends! Have you learn about sublimation printing? Which kind of fabric suitable for print? And does fabric need to be 100% polyester for dye sublimation printing? For these a series of questions. If you don't know the answer chearly, my this artical could help you!

While you do need at least 60% polyester fabric to successfully dye sub print, it is better to use 100% polyester because you will attain a superior print if 100% of the fabric accepts the dye when it enters gas form and is inducted into the open polymer pores.

What you may not know is how this process works and why polyester fabric is the best product for dye sublimation, whereas cotton, wool, and even nylon will not work for this type of printing.

Starting with the dye, it is necessary to know that the dye is not the same type of sublimation ink as inkjet inks which use the CMYK (cyan-magenta-yellow-black) ink set, but instead, use a CMYO dye set (cyan-magenta-yellow-overprint clear) where the clear, when it is printed on the dye sublimation transfer paper, turns to black and transfers that way.

Once the paper is printed, it is joined, print side to whichever type of material you are using, then put through a set of heated rollers. The heat must be in excess of 370º F (190ºC) to cause the dye to be converted into a gaseous form, and also to cause the polymer’s cells to open as they expand to accept the now gaseous dye into the cells.

Once this process has taken place, the fabric cools, the cells close, and the color is permanently locked into the fabric in continuous tones of beautiful color, similar to a photograph’s tones.

Without the cellular construction of the polyester fabric and it’s polymeric qualities, it would not be possible to print using dye sublimation. So, the more polymers, the better. So the answer is, of course, yes and no. We recommend using 100% polyester, but it’s not an absolute requirement.


Okay, These all above are my share about what kind fabric suitable for subliamtion transfer printing. If you have any other needs or questions welcome to contact us at any time. We will provide you the best quality product and service. Hope my article can be useful to you. Thank you for your reading.

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The Common Problems of The Sublimation Printing and How to Avoid Them?

  In the sublimation printing process, the necessary material is the digital printer, sublimation paper and the sublimation ink. And the in the usage of them, sometimes we may certainly make some mistakes and ignore them. Then the patterns printed will getting worse. So today I will share you some tips about the common mistakes in the sublimation printing process and how to avoid or solve them.

The Check Problems of The Print Head
  If the color of your image is off.  For example, if your image has a red tint, or other color tints, there’s a high chance that it is because your print heads are not firing properly in your sublimation printer. So we suggest daily print head checks to prevent virtually all clogs.
  Then how to solve this problem? Very easy , If your print head  check isn't perfect,just clean your nozzle head through your OEM printer driver or through the power driver that you downloaded. And then, perform another nozzle check.  Sometimes it may require more than one head clean to clear the clog.


The check of the right printing side of your sublimation paper
  Sublimation requires special sublimation paper for the sublimation inks to release properly when heated.  It is easy to mix up sublimation paper with normal paper as they are both white and feel very similar to one another.  Most standard sublimation papers are only coated on one side (however there are some that are coated on both sides).  You can compare the two sides of the paper to tell sublimation paper and plain paper apart.  The coated side is usually brighter than the uncoated side.  With plain papers, both sides will be the same brightness.
  Then I have a detailed introduction about how to distinguish the right printing side of the sublimation paper. What ever the roll size or the sheet size sublimation paper. You can click the following picture to read the article.

Use the right sublimation transfer ink
  Sublimation is an easy to learn method to print onto a variety of substrates including 100% polyester clothing, bags, ceramic mugs, tiles, plaques, etc.  But the instructions have to be followed accurately to achieve consistent results.  Also the setup of your sublimation printer has to be correct.  If you accidentally installed the OEM inks that came with your printer instead of sublimation inks, your patterns would getting worse.

Follow the instructions for your product
  Most imprintable blanks will come with their own instructions.  Please follow them carefully.  Each type of blank may have a different set of instructions.  If unsure, please confirm the instructions with your vendor.

 These above is my share about the common mistakes and how to avoid or solve it. Hope it can be useful to you. Of course if you have any needs or some better suggestions welcome to contact us at any time. We will provide you with the best quality product and service. Thank you for your reading.




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What is The Difference between The Sublimation Printing And The Screening Printing in Application?

   Hi, Nice to see you. If you have read about my article before you must have a detailed understanding of the sublimation printing already.But have you heard about the screen printing and do you know what's the difference between the sublimation printing and the screen printing? Come and reading this article , today I will have a introduction about them and tell the difference.
  Firstly, have a brief about the screen printing.  The principle of screen printing is: printing plate (paper version or other version of the foundation to produce through the ink hole) in the printing, through a certain pressure to the ink through the hole version of the hole transferred to the substrate (paper, ceramics Etc.), the formation of images or text.
  Printing through the squeegee, so that the ink through the graphic part of the mesh transferred to the substrate, the formation of the same as the original manuscript. Screen printing equipment is simple, easy to operate, printing, plate making simple and low cost, strong adaptability. Screen printing applications Wide range of printed materials are: color oil painting, posters, business cards, binding cover, commodity signs and printing and dyeing textiles.

  Then, compared with the screen printing, what's the special of the sublimation printing.
  Dye-sublimation print on polyester material does not affect the hand of the material and is more desirable than screen printing for home furnishing and wallpaper fabrics and the apparel industry. The colors are very vibrant, do not wash out and the process is less messy than screen printing, which requires messy solvents and dyes.Sublimation is also very popular with sportswear manufacturers as many printed uniforms (cycle wear,soccer, basketball and lacrosse) on the market today are done via sublimation. Unlike screen printing,where the sublimation ink lays on top of the garment, the sublimation process produces permanent images that will not crack or fade. Also, sublimation infuses the image into the thread of the fabric so that it does not affect the breath ability of the garment. Most athletes prefer sublimated jerseys versus screen printing jerseys. Screen printing leaves a layer on top of the garment, which affects breath ability and the comfort of the athlete.
  Dye-sublimation is also cost efficient and very popular for short-run customisation of fabrics. Special logos,pictures and designs can easily be created or scanned into the computer. Sublimation Transfer paper can be generated and custom prints finished in a matter of minutes as opposed to screen printing, which requires lengthy time for preparation of the stencil and assembly of the mesh fabric.

  So compared with the screen printing you can see that the sublimation printing has many advantages.Firstly, it can highly help you save your time and cost, then it can improve your efficiency. Then the patterns cab be more vividly and it can be stored for a long time. You can even DIY your own favorite patterns with the sublimation printing technology.
  Okay, These all above is my introduction about the sublimation printing and the screening printing. If you have any questions or needs welcome to contact us at any time.We will provide you the best service and products.Thank you for your reading.




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Improve The Accuracy of Your Sublimation Printer-----More People Will Be Attracted By You

  Hi, Glad you are will to click my blog.We all know to improve the accuracy of the color of the sublimation printer can produce a brilliant picture to attract the attention of the eye. So when you buy a photo machine to consider the accuracy, speed and performance is relatively stable photo machine, especially in the pictorial printing of the color of the higher accuracy as possible. So today I will show you how to improve the accuracy of the sublimation printer .
  Firstly, The most important parts of the printing process are the sublimation transfer ink and the sublimation transfer paper , of course the high quality sublimation printer is also necessary.High-quality printing materials coupled with high-quality printing equipment, and high-tech technology, you can easily spray the customer satisfaction of the color effect. So the choice of materials on the user is best to use the original ink is more appropriate, and in the course of the use of ink is not easy to replace, because the use of good ink when the degree of color reduction is relatively high. If the use of poor quality ink is not only the effect of the poor and easy to plug the pictorial print head , resulting in damage to the sublimation printer is worth the candle.

  Then the high quality sublimation transfer paper. The paper is the material for loading the patterns printed by the sublimation printer. So have a high transfer rate is really very import , a high transfer rate can help you transfer your patterns to the fabric with vivid color. Also your paper should be smooth and flat enough ,if your paper is wave the patterns printed by the sublimation printer will be ghosting.

  These all above is my shallow cognition about how to improve the accuracy of the sublimation printing. If you have and question or needs welcome to contact us at any time.We are a professional sublimation printing material manufacturer in China and we can try our best to provide you the best product and service.Thank you for your reading.




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To the Oric Sublimation Printer as an Example------Do You Know How Does the Large Format Sublimation Printer Work?

 Hi ,So glad you are willing to click my blog.From all my articles you can see my introduction  of the sublimation ink,sublimation paper,sublimation printer and the roll to roll heat press machine.All the products just working for the sublimation process.Then do you know how the sublimation printer work with the ink and the paper and what's the working principle of it?Today I will take you to have a in-depth understanding of it to the Oric large format sublimation printer as an example.

  Firstly,Although the dye sublimation printing technology familiarity, than the field of office inkjet, laser two basic printing technology. But its in the photo output, the transfer of the fabric and the cup has a unique advantage, especially in the photo print effect, the image resolution is very high, the color transition is natural, easy to save and other advantages, as many color digital photo printing the industry's preferred way to print.

  Then cut back to the topic,Sublimation printing technology, is the use of sublimation from the gaseous to solid and solid to the gaseous state does not need the middle of the process of mutual conversion to the photo printing, that is, the printer used solid pigment heated by the thermal head directly sublimation for the gas phase, Generate an image on a photo paper. Sublimation printing using thermal induction technology, in the printing will YMCO (yellow / goods / green / protective film) three-color dye and a layer of protective film by heat treatment followed by vaporization in the special photo paper. The source of color dyes is the ribbon, generally divided into yellow, goods, green three with a protective film or yellow, goods, green, black four ribbons. he ribbon is provided on a drum with tens of thousands of semiconductor heating elements on which the printhead is made of these heating elements. At a certain temperature when the ribbon through the thermal print head, the direct sublimation into a gaseous, and then spray to the print media to form color.

  These all above is my opinion with the working principle of the sublimation printer. And you can know that if you want to print a perfect work the high quality of the sublimation paper,ink and the sublimation printer is necessary.Of course if you have any questions of needs you can contact me at any time we can provide you with the best quality sublimation suppliers.Thank you for your reading.




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