Dye-sublimation printing yields beautiful and permanent colors that are embedded in the substrate or fabric, rather than printed on the surface.
Images on fabric won’t fade or crack even after multiple washings. Images
on substrates will not chip, peel or scratch.
The modern dye sublimation process is quite simple. You create an image on your computer, print it onto special transfer paper using sublimation inks, then apply the paper with the image to the item to be decorated. Using a heat press, the transfer paper is pressed onto the surface at 400 degrees farenheit, which then causes the sublimation inks to “transfer” from the paper to any polymer fibers within the substrate.
After about a minute, the heat is removed and the transfer paper is peeled off, leaving behind a permanent, full color image on the substrate.
The reason why all sublimation is done on white substrates is that dyes are actually transparent when sublimated. Therefore, white is the best background for the full color range to be visible and, most importantly, to exhibit their full vibrancy.
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