Tips for Successful Digital Sublimation Printing

1. Tips for Successful Digital Sublimation Printing Dye Sublimation Printing is a process that is enjoying immense popularity among end users, whether at retail or among wholesale clients. However, for decorators looking to make a foray into offering the process, there are some variables that can make the difference between success and failure.

2. So, remember the following three tips about this in-demand decoration process: • Know your substrate. Dye sublimation printer, or DS, must be applied to polyester-based goods. The process will also work on blends, but remember that if the garment is a 50/50 blend, then 50% of the ink will not

3. saturate 50% of that garment. This results in a lot less color.

4. Know your equipment. Investing in DS has upfront equipment cost. Mainly inks, paper, printer and heat press are the four main components. Some companies focus • on supplying those key • things for startup • businesses. Inks, paper, • and the printer all need • to be in a temperature • -controlled environment. • There are many heat press • types and sizes.

5. Know the pressing variables. Tattoos don’t wash off; likewise, neither does DS. Have good quality-control standards in place to avoid mistakes because they can get costly. Time, temperature, and pressure are the three main heat-pressing variables. Keep in mind that you are placing a garment under direct high heat and using pressure.

6. There is a fine line of adjusting the three variables to avoid blow through — where the ink blows through to the opposite side of the garment — and even shiny squares — where there is too much time, temperature or heat, resulting in a shiny square around the design. Back down on the variables. So, try 375˚F degrees at 32 seconds as a rule of thumb as a starting point for pressing. Hence, going for custom sublimation printing can be the best option.

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