How
do you apply an image onto basically any product you want?
It has to be full colour, it needs to last ...and of course it
has to be done ASAP !
You don't want to deal with messy inks, you can't afford to set
up screens
and you only need ONE printed or possibly bulk quantities...or
somewhere in between.
The answer is simple and has become the standard for quick, high
definition, high quality, low cost imprinting of various materials
such as:
T-shirts, Caps, Ceramic Plates & Tiles, Mugs, Mouse Pads,
Paper Memo Cubes, Jigsaw Puzzles, Lettering, Kit Bags. Jeans,
Takkies, Belts, Sweatbands, Plaques, Mirrors, Coated Metals, and
Other Miscellaneous Fabrics & Material.
The
solution is Heat Transfer Technology !
Basic
process explanation:
The process is relatively simple. An image transfer is placed
onto the garment or item to be printed, and is pressed by a heat
transfer press for a specified temperature, time and pressure.
The transfer is then peeled off the material leaving the image
permanently behind. To take a step back, we'll define an image
transfer. An image transfer is a piece of paper (sometimes coated,
sometimes not, depending on the type of transfer) onto which dyes
or toners are applied. The transfer is placed onto a T-Shirt or
other material and pressed with a heat press. The dyes are transferred
from the paper and embedded into the imprintable item. Usually
this is done in a about 15 seconds for most fabrics, 15-30 seconds
for coated metals and much longer (2-4 minutes) for thicker hard
materials such as ceramics. The other variables in the printing
= process, time and temperature & pressure, vary between applications,
ranging from 180°C to 200°C
and from light to very heavy contact pressure.
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