How to Do Perfect Sublimation Printing? & How to Avoid Humidity in Printing?

Hello, good afternoon, my dear friends. Today is nice day in Nanjing, now I want to talk about how to do perfect sublimation printing. During sublimation transfer printing, we should care for many problems, then we can get a beatiful patten. Please read my this article, I will share you some tip during printing process.

In addition to being mindful of moisture in pressing, you should also focus on your work environment. High humidity levels usually contribute to moisture issues. A dehumidifier can help control these issues, but reducing it too much can have negative effects on the inks and your equipment.

It’s wise to invest in a hygrometer and take some readings. The ideal operating conditions for sublimation are 59°F – 77°F or 15°C to 25°C with above 35% relative humidity (no condensation).

• Keeping Your Heat Press Clean

It is important to protect the rubber pad that is attached to the lower section of the heat press. The same is true for the rubber pad found in a mug press. Covering the pad with a protective sheet of paper, a paper towel or a Teflon sheet will prevent sublimation ink from being absorbed into it.

If You Use Paper: Choose an inexpensive white bond paper or a roll of white paper (cut as needed), and discard after each pressing. Unprinted newsprint paper is also a good choice.

If You Use a Paper Towel: Choose an inexpensive, white, non-textured brand (the texture will leave a pattern on the substrate), and discard after each pressing
If You Use a Brown Teflon Sheet: Clean it with alcohol after each pressing

• Preventing Ghosting

Sublimation requires a tight connection between the transfer page and the blank product when under heat. For the best results, as the inks gas and dye the product, you must ensure that the sublimation paper doesn’t shift. If the transfer page moves during the sublimation process, this could result in a blurry image or ghosting, which resembles a shadow effect.
To prevent this, always fix the transfer paper to the product itself using heat-resistant tape or repositionable (temporary) spray adhesives.

• Hard Substrates

When decorating hard substrates, use heat-resistant tape to attach the transfer page to the product. Do not tape across the image area, as this can often damage the image quality. Press the product normally, and then remove the transfer carefully. Heat tape can be purchased from your distributor.

• Soft Substrates

One of the most common difficulties in working with soft substrates is having dust, lint and other fibers from the air imprint into the fabric when pressing. This will leave little blue marks on the fabric, which can detract from the quality of your print.
The best way to reduce this to use a sticky lint roller before each press. A simple tape-based roller that you buy at the local grocery store will lift most of the particles that you can see, and many others that are invisible to the naked eye. It’s a good idea to get into the habit of lint rolling fabrics before placing the transfer paper.
To use spray adhesive, spray a light mist on the image side of the transfer paper from about 12”/30cm away. Do not spray the product. Then, simply press the transfer paper to the product. If you position it incorrectly, you can lift it off and reposition it.It is difficult to tape to soft substrates, like t-shirts and mousepads. Instead, you can use a repositionable adhesive spray to tack the transfer paper to the product.

Press the product normally and remove the transfer. Ask your dealer about suitable adhesive sprays.

Okay, have you known that how to do in sublimation printing? Hope you get it from above tips. 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.

Do You have A Thorough Understanding of the Sublimation Transfer Printing Technology?

Hi, Nice to see you.I'm very glad to serve for you!Nowadays,subliamtion transfer printing is hot topic around us.Do you have a thorough understanding of the sublimation transfer printing technology? If you don't learn more about it ,Read the following and I will share you more.

sublimation transfer printing is the method of applying an image to specially coated hard surface items such as ceramics, metals, fiber board and polyester cloth, using three main ingredients: sublimation ink, heat and pressure.

Sublimation is ideal for printing on hard surface items such as: mugs, license plates, ceramic tiles and hundreds of other hard surface items. Keep in mind hard surface products have been specially coated to accept sublimation inks.

The coating process requires special equipment and training in order to achieve consistent high quality results. Therefore, it is not practical to coat items yourself. However, there is an abundance of sublimation ready blanks on the market (already coated) for sublimation printing.
Sublimation is also perfect for creating high quality printed garments, mouse pads, can wraps, puzzles, totes, caps, etc (no coating required). Keep in mind sublimation will only work on 100% white polyester fabric or light colored fabric. Since

sublimation does not use white ink, if you want white in your image then the fabric must be white. Any portions that are white in the image will be replaced with the color of the fabric. Also sublimation inks will only show up on light colored fabrics. This means light ash, pale yellow, pale blue, etc. and the image will not show on black, red, brown, etc.

Sublimation ink is able to convert from a solid to a gas without going through a liquid form. Similar to dry ice. The conversion is initiated by heat and controlled with pressure and time. Learn more about sublimation printing.

The sublimation ink is printed on sublimation heat transfer paper –This transfer paper does not have a coating on it. This paper has a special finish on the surface so the inks do not soak into the paper. Learn more about sublimation transfer paper.
Using a heat press to apply the sublimation transfer to your product – After you print the transfer paper it is then placed on the product to be applied with a heat press. Heat presses come in many sizes and types. However, they all do basically the same thing, apply heat and pressure, based on a specific time for sublimation application. Learn more about heat press machines.

Sublimation printing systems are available for beginnings, intermediate and higher production environments. Learn more about sublimation printers.
When selecting a sublimation system you might want to consider a turn-key sublimation package. You can start out with a smaller printer, heat press and supplies or a larger printer, heat press, etc but a more cost effective sublimation solution. Learn more about sublimation systems.


You should know inkjet printers are not available directly from the printer manufactures with sublimation inks. Sublimation inks, printers, heat transfer papers, sublimation blanks, etc that are used for sublimation is something you would need to buy from a wholesaler that specializes in sublimation solutions.

If you’re ready to take the next step, see a what a full service wholesale distributor has to offer to get started with sublimation printing.Our company with full service,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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