How to print shirts with a sublimation printer and sublimation paper

八月 30, 2017

The sublimation is a fantastic technique customization that allows you to create personalized gifts with maximum image quality a fantastic finish and all with a minimum investment . With a team of A4 sublimation you can create a wide range of customized products for your business, as we present in one of our previous posts .

Clearly you can stamp your shirts sublimation printer but have to be of polyester and white or light colored .

Sublimation takes place in two steps :

First you have to print your design on sublimation paper using your sublimation printer equipped with dye sublimation ink

secondly you have to apply heat and pressure with a heat press machine to transfer the design from paper to sublimable shirt or object.

It is in this second step wherein sublimation, that is the chemical process in which heat and pressure deposited on the printed paper, inks become gas and actually takes place penetrate the polyester fiber . Therefore, to sublimate a fabric, this must have a minimum composition of 67% polyester . And the higher the polyester content, the better the result and print durability.

Another important detail to keep in mind is that color sublimation printed design adds to the background color of the fabric. So a white fabric is ideal for sublimate support. We can also use light colors or pastel, knowing that the end result will be slightly affected by the background color.

After this explanation, it is clear that the ideal solution for sublimation printing T-shirt is the technical shirt (100% polyester) white , but you can also print shirts for sublimation touch cotton in white or pastel colors.

However, the more you delve into the business of t - shirts, more likely to have the need to stamp cotton shirts and dark colored shirts . We can do this , understanding that these solutions we propose are not comparable to the quality of sublimation on white polyester. Nest time we will discuss best solutions for printing dark shirts.

vision provides various type of sublimation transfer paper and heat transfer paper for your selection.

You may want to choose the best one type when you considering the transfer quality and the price.

we can offer you lots of solutions according your different requirement.