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Dye-Sublimation Printing Process & Applications Dye sublimation is a printing process that uses the process of sublimation to print full-color images onto a variety of substrates, including paper and canvas print. A small heater is used to vaporize the solid dye material, which then solidifies upon the paper. As this type of printer allows extremely fine control of the primary color ratios it is possible to obtain a good quality picture even with relatively low printer resolution, as compared to other printer types of similar resolution. For indirect printing, standard black and white laser printers are capable of printing on plain paper using a special "transfer toner" containing sublimation dyes which can then be permanently heat transferred to fabrics, ceramics – hat’s, mugs, t-shirts and other surfaces or promotional items. For other synthetic fabric and clothing, (polyester and other synthetic fabrics and clothing, for example sports clothing and Polyester flags), a different type of dye-sublimation printing can be used to print on to These printers are usually inkjet printers that use a special ink that is actually dye-sublimation pigment held in a liquid solvent, like water, that is printed on to a special transfer paper. The image on the paper is a reverse image of the final design, so that when it is dry it can be placed onto the fabric and heated to 180-210 degrees Celsius, transferring the completed image onto the material via the dye-sublimation process. In this case, the dye turns into the gas and permeates the actual fibers of the material, then solidifying.
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