What is the difference between sublimation paper and heat transfer paper? They all use sublimation ink, the difference is that the sublimation paper belongs to the coated paper, which sublimates the ink onto the article through high temperature, and the sublimation paper is that the ink penetrates the adhesive layer through high temperature, and the adhesive layer penetrates into the adhesive layer through high temperature. Inside the fabric, the sublimation paper has no feel and good air permeability, while the heat transfer paper has a hard feel and is not breathable!

Thermal transfer paper: It is a special paper for heat transfer, with a layer of glue-like objects on it. Use a printer to print a pattern on paper, put it on the clothes and use a heat press machine or an electric iron to transfer the layer of glue to the fabric at high temperature, and there will be a layer of glue covering the clothes, which feels good to the touch.

Sublimation paper: used for non-pure cotton fabrics, cups and porcelain, etc., must be used together with sublimation ink, the principle is that the printer mirrors the pattern onto the sublimation paper, and then uses the heat press machine to sublimate the ink to the fabric at high temperature Or on a cup with a coating, the ink component penetrates into the fabric and coating, and there is no hand feeling.

The difference between thermal transfer ink and ordinary ink: thermal transfer ink is also called sublimation ink, which is a kind of disperse dye ink and belongs to water-based ink. The difference from other inks is that thermal transfer ink needs to go through high temperature to transfer the color The original color will not appear until the item is printed. The color printed on the transfer paper at first is not the final color, and the original color will only appear after the transfer.

The principle of thermal transfer printing process: the sublimation phenomenon of thermal transfer ink at high temperature, the dye on the paper will directly change from solid to gas at high temperature, so that the color is transferred from the thermal transfer paper to the substrate to be transferred. item surface.