Dye
sublimation heat transfer for tiles, textiles, glass, ceramics,
T-shirts, coffee mugs, even floor tiles.
You
can do dye sublimation heat transfer onto tiles and other
ceramics, glass, wood, floor covering (flooring squares even
rugs). Coffee mugs, mouse pads, and T-shirts are other popular
items.
Four
of the leading large
format printers can be outfitted to handle dye sublimation
inks. You have to use these special dye sub inks. As a result
several of the more popular printers are inappropriate because
they don't take aftermarket inks of any kind.
With
the proper printer and inks you can decorate snowboards, helmets,
gaming tables, table tops, tote bags, and even special material
which you can have coated.
Heat presses such as the Astechnologies rotary heat-transfer
printer or Rollo heat transfer machine, take care of transferring
the image from the wide format printer output to the object
you wish to decorate. To press onto the round surface of a
coffee mug, for example you would select a heat press from
George Knight or Hix.
We
are still gathering information, so if you wish all the names-and-addresses
of all the pertinent companies, just send an e-mail to the
review editor and you will get back all the pertinent
data on dye sub inks, heat presses, and other helpful tips.
This information will also cover printing on textiles.
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reports by Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth
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UPDATED:
July 11, 2001
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