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What is sublimation - Drukarka do sublimacji
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Basically, here it is sublimation printing ink ink, which then under the influence of temperature and pressure is transferred to the data media. During this process, the ink passes from the volatile state in the gas, which migrates and is deposited in the form of a mirror image according to the prepared media. The whole process in its simplest comprises the steps as follows:
Preparing print design in any graphics program, eg. Corel Photo Shop, etc.
Printing from a computer on a specially prepared powered printer ink to freeze or gel on paper freeze in the mirror.
Paper dries out, if required depending on the type of paper
Przeschniętą card attach to the media on which you want to transfer printing
Heat transfer to the press at a specific temperature, time and pressure
After a preset time elapses take off the paper from the media and the print remains eg. On a mug or T-shirt.
It is enough when it comes to the same theories printing process. Of course, sublimation has a lot of advantages and disadvantages and limitations of technology and material that will try to explain in the following paragraphs.
What is the difference between sublimation thermal transfer ?
This is the most mistaken notion, and one of the most common questions that fall from customers. Now both theoretical concept is implicitly the same, and the final product of one or other process is similar effect. In addition, one and the other by running on the same press. Nevertheless, in terms of universal unwritten on the Polish market, both these terms mean completely the same, different, because one and the latter method has its limitations and the latter method is used to produce other on some other media.Sublimation in principle as has been described above, it is a printing ink-, which under the influence of temperature and pressure causes the ink passes from the liquid to the gaseous state and stains a substrate. In contrast, thermal transfer printing is usually laser printers on film thermal transfer, which during the heating under pressure and temperature are pasted in the media.
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Advantages and disadvantages of sublimation and limitations:
In sublimation, above all there is no white, so sublimation restricts us for printing on white media, where the whiteness of the product compensates for the lack of white color. Sublimation yes you can do it on colored media, but we do not recommend printing photos or solids, but only printing on clear substrates. While the same printing should then be in a darker color than the substrate. Sublimation primarily gives us the ability to print in full color high quality of one piece with a very low investment volume on machinery and technology. Sublimation at present makes us to use the print media, which are prepared for this, ie. Are coated with a polymer layer or so. liquid polyester. We offer about 700 such finished products but a full range of products available on the market for sublimation of what it offers our competitors, is about 1,000 finished products for sublimation printing. Objects that are intended for the sublimation printing must have a specific polymer layer for printing. If you need a custom product for sublimation printing, please contact us at info @ poligrafia-szczecin.pl as it is possible, on request, preparation of any activated products on printing by sublimation. To say that sublimation is carried out on a layer of polymer coated mark that sublimation is carried out only on artificial media. While in the case of finished products for print, we sell this information you probably says little, it is very important the textile and especially shirts. Sublimation printing can be done on artificial media. In the case of textiles may be 100% polyester sateen, spandex, nylon, stylon etc., Or a fabric of two or more panels, ie. 50% polyester 50% cotton but sewn in such a way that the cotton is in the middle, and the polyester on the outside to print. The sublimation there is no direct way to print on cotton. In conclusion, it can not be directly printed by sublimation on cotton and on dark fabrics and, in particular, for example, very dark. Blacks. However, you can perform such transfers through the media of intermediate example. Sublimation flock transfers or poly flock transfers, where the first is performed sublimation mirrored on one layer such flocking, then that printed flock transfers on a 100% cotton for textiles unclear if the flock or the film is transparent or dark substrate and black, provided that the film is white.
Sublimation process is carried out by us in a recommended temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, because the sublimation ink theoretically achieved all of its temperature at a temperature of 160 degrees Celsius, while wgrzewu times are usually in the range of 100-200 seconds, by the time they reach the press set temperature after the start printing. Such counting result is usually the fact that in the hot press at a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, after putting her example. Cup, the temperature immediately begin to fall, because the press is hot, a cup of cold and a set of interconnected objects, ie. The heater from the press plus cup, immediately after inserting the cup does not have the desired temperature. Wait until the temperature drops and rises again to the point, that is, 180 degrees, and from that moment we count time.
In sublimation 3 parameters: temperature, time and pressure decide what will be the effect of the printed object. If the temperature is constant sublimation and recommended by us 180 degrees Celsius, it is part and the shell where sometimes you have to lower the temperature, eg. Glass jars. Glass because it is more sensitive to temperature than eg. Ceramic or metal sublimation, which quickly take the heat, or eg. A very delicate fabrics made of polyester. In the case when lowering the temperature to 150-160 degrees Celsius, belong extend compensation for the reduced temperature. Assuming that we have a fixed heating temperature in the form of graduated press, where it was on it actually examined the heating temperature, we are left with applying proper pressure. Unfortunately, 95% of the devices, they have customers on the market is not precise. They are sold on the so-called "eye" and the feeling in the hand during crimping. Only professional pneumatic press can set the pressure with which they work, and no one in Poland has virtually no facilities for precise pressure presses manual. Set the clamps "weak", "medium strong", "medium", "medium strong" and "strong" on the basis of sense (for "eye"), based on his experience or the experience of others. The last parameter is the time. Time is the most important parameter in the method of sublimation. The general rule is that the longer the heat, the more ink out of sublimation paper sublimation and passes in printed media. Of course there is a limit of time, and if the heat is too long, the paper sublimation can tan, wrinkle, print may become blurred, and the ink flow, and for example. T-shirts, even T-shirts may turn yellow. For most things the upper limit of time is determined on the level of 250 seconds from the moment of achievement by the press and the media set temperature (these are eg., Mugs, T-shirts, plates, mouse pads), and in the case of the heated tile method called. Tiles flip about 7-8 minutes or PHOTO granite for about 10 minutes of heated using tiles reverse. Persistence method of sublimation is the second most durable method immediately after screen printing. Sublimation is the cheapest method of printing in full color on one piece of the market.
The concept of thermo-transfer, which prevails on the Polish market, is printed on a laser printer on transfer paper using a standard toner and then transferring the print on the press thermal transfer media. Thermo transfer operates on the principle of so-called. Wklejki and no staining of the structural substrate, such as in the case of sublimation. Basically thermo-transfer is nothing but wgrzanie "rubber layer" Paper thermo-transfer in the media. To perform printing using dye-transfer we need a special version of the laser, which activates (applied and triggers) toner on paper at very low temperatures, usually below 180 degrees Celsius. If we used a regular, random laser printer or photocopier (such devices cause toner at 300+ degrees Celsius), and if such a laser printer or photocopier paper put the transfer, immediately rolls rozwarstwiłby the Transfer paper rolls and developerach and automatically destroy printer and its repair would be unprofitable. To purchase the appropriate printer recommend contact your Konica Minolta, ask about the current model of the printer and the purchase. The greatest advantage of the thermo-transfer is the fact that we do not limit the media, ie. The printing can be done on each object, for each color, as it acts as a sticker stuck example. On the shirt. The method of thermo-transfer we usually customers who want to print on cotton, especially for black and dark fabrics or on the media that there are coated, for printing by sublimation as such. Rare models of cups or mugs trophies like. As for the cost of printing method thermo-transfer, you must realize that, for example, one sheet of paper costs, eg. 6 zł a sheet of paper sublimation is the cost of 35 cents. In contrast, good quality t-shirt is 100% cotton, say, the cost of 8-10 zł, and the cost of two-layered T-shirts for sublimation is 14 zł, that is, in sum, the final cost of the printing on the jersey one and the second method will be similar, because the cost of toner or ink sublimation It will also be very similar. Thermo-transfer is much less durable method of printing, for example. In such a way that the printed cup inserted into the dishwasher wykruszy and poniszczy sticked foil, and in the case of the method of sublimation does not happen. In the case of koszulki- laundered shirt in the washing machine for cooking will cause contraction of the film and its conglomeration or crushing. So if you want to print on media inaccessible to sublimate, or do full color on t-shirts other than white and textiles which are not available for sublimation, and we can not afford to purchase expensive equipment for direct printing for example. DTG or plotter: solvent, is a method thermo-transfer is the most good option.
Various methods of printing on textiles.
The topic is very broad, because a multitude of methods of media that can be used in itself makes the method is not lik. Below are a few basic methods of textile printing.Sublimation printing: printing with the ink for sublimation ink on paper then freeze on the transfer press thermal transfer at a temperature of 160-180 degrees Celsius, and time to 200 seconds. Printing is done on synthetic materials and the best white or very light colors. This method is characterized by very high resistance to damage and is very durable. Sublimation can be satin, polyester, nylon, stylonie, spandexsie, microfibre, or blends of cotton and polyester in a combination of up to 50% to 50%. This method allows you to print full color from one piece.
Printing using thermal-transfer printing or laser printer with a low temperature causing the toner to the paper, thermo-transfer or transfer foil transparent, white or colored (silver or gold, etc.). Webbing printed sheet (paste) with the help of the press thermal transfer in textiles. Printing can be done on any surface artificial or natural, no matter the color of the substrate. Times and temperatures wgrzewu should consult with a film producer, because depending on the product are different and can not be generalized. Stability of such a printing is relatively low but with proper washing the laundry, or the use of very high quality papers stability can be determined on average good. This method enables the printing of one piece full color.
Screen printing is a method of the oldest and most stable, and a plurality of its use is very wide by various kinds of ink that can be used. The downside of screen printing is that it usually does it designs in vector graphics, ie, eg. 1-4 colors, where each color must perform a separate screen, which must be properly prepared and irradiated with UV emulsion. The method is theoretically also possible to perform the bitmap, ie. The image but requires a very large number of screens, eg. 12 and overlapping each color pattern in solids from lightest to darkest, and still never get the depth and color that enables digital printing. Screen printing is a manual method and allows you to print in large quantities at a very low cost materials and this is a manual printing method that does not have restrictions when it comes to the color of the substrate and the type of material.
Promotional direct method, eg. Using machines DTG KIOSK, it is a method that allows full color printing of one piece, usually on natural fabrics or knitted or mix to 20% of the maximum content of polyester. Depending on whether the machine is a white ink circuit or not, can perform the prints on white fabrics if there is no circulation of the white ink. If a loop of white ink, then you can print on fabric of any color. The method consists in zapryskaniu shirt primer, and then annealing the T-shirts in the press, in order to evaporate the water, and the polymer was only on the jersey. Then we put on a shirt tray from the machine and perform printing directly on the fabric. After printing a whole should again fix in the press thermal transfer. This method is very durable method and its one big limitation is that the cost of purchasing such a machine begins from 40-60 thousand. gold.
Solvent printing is the most versatile method of printing on textiles, because the same substrate material and color can be printed on deciding on appropriate to film or media. Solvent printing theoretically can be performed on any type of material and in any size. The plotter printing takes a role as a common sizes of rollers are 100 to 260 cm. The print is very durable and is somewhere between sublimation and sieve. Solvent plotters can also be adapted for sublimation printing, and the only downside is the cost of buying a plotter: solvent, for example, branded devices. Mimaki and Roland is the cost of 50 thousand. zł. Printing method Naphtha is a full color of one piece.
Imprints foil flex and flock rely on cutting the rolls of film patterns in vector graphics on cutting plotters and Webbing them in the ground. Usually patterns performed 1-4 colorful, and each layer of color should be cut separately and individually wgrzać. Flex foil and flock is not limited color and type of substrate material, and Webbing is performed by means of a press thermal transfer typically at a temperature of 150-160 degrees Celsius in about 30 seconds. This method is very durable method comparable to graduates. Time and temperature wgrzewu specified by the manufacturer of the film.
Sublimation flock transfers and Poli flock transfers is nothing other than the method of "approximately" is doing sublimation on objects on which to print directly sublimation is not possible. The method involves first wgrzaniu print sublimation of the sublimation ink on paper to freeze a mirror image into one layer flocking, then wgrzanie so printed flocking in the media, eg. T-shirt. This method is quite durable and allows you to take full color from one piece. This method can perform printing on any material and color.
Different methods of printing on ceramics.
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The following instructions printed on mugs by sublimation.
First, be sure to print any pattern sublimation printer paper to freeze, and then let it dry up the printed sheet about 5-10 minutes for the use of coated paper, or approximately 1 minute for plain paper, uncoated. The paper should be cut so that its height was not higher than the height of the cup. As the most popular size is cup 0.33 L with a height of 9.5 cm and a diameter of 82 mm, always we suggest that the height of the print was about 9 cm and a width of printing about 18 cm, so that each print was reproducible, and there was no waste, and the heater in the press He could perfectly grab a cup with print. There are customers who absolutely want to do print on the entire maximum surface cup, ie. 95 mm in height and 21 cm in width. Such prints are also to be done, but with the field of printing, use a very strong clamps, at which very quickly destroy the heater, and still there is no guarantee that every one cup come out flawlessly. After printing, curing, and trimming paper sublimation can put it on a mug or ceramics, and the tip of paper glued to the ceramic thermal tape that will not let color under high temperature. Or ceramic cup should first be sawn dust, or in the case of ceramics, grease, so that after printing was not streaks. It should be remembered that equally well and firmly stick to the paper cup. So that when the pressure in the press paper sublimation not pofałdował, and the print was equal and free of defects. After sticking paper, you are ready for welding. In the case of cups, the previously hot press put the cup, respectively, by applying strong pressure. The pressure should be strong enough to overcome any imperfections cup, but at the same time not so exaggerated, not to wipe the heater and do not damage and do not damage the mechanism of pressure press. Cup insert to the press and to place it perfectly in the middle of the heater and tighten. Temperature, which we recommend to soak cups is 180 degrees Celsius. Since the market is dominated by better or worse press the Chinese, it is very important to check pyrometer respectively, what is the actual temperature on the heater, between the cup and the heater and set the display of the press, that the actual temperature of the heater was 180 degrees Celsius. When all this is over we put the cup to the hot press and immediately notice that the temperature starts to drop, because the cup is cold and the press warmed up. The temperature drops about 30-40 degrees, and then start to rise. How will rise to the desired temperature, we can begin to count time. Time should be in the neighborhood of 150-200 seconds, depending on what the pattern is transferred. The general rule is that the longer the heat, more ink out of paper and transferred to the cup, and thus, printing is more contrast and saturated, and the colors are deeper. Of course there is a limit of heating time, after which the print will be overheated, the cup can pożółknąć and the printing will be out of focus because the ink "flow". The upper limit of the heating time is defined 250 seconds.
Printing on ceramics for example. Ceramic tiles or granite PHOTO:
Rule for printing by paper, etc. Are identical to those of the cups. With this, there are two methods Seal the plates with a flat bed press. In the case of heating ceramic, glass or granite in small sizes eg. To the size of 15x15 cm, you can be performed conventionally Webbing. We put a plate on top of the press with silicone print side plate facing up top heating and begin printing plates at 180 degrees Celsius. Period of about 2-3 minutes. With this method, you can also use silicone paper with a thickness of 2mm Max, to alleviate any imperfections plates putting silicone paper between the plate and the top heating. In the case of the heating means, eg. PHOTO granites wgrzewu time is about 7 minutes. The second method is called. plate method and is used for printing of ceramic or glass or granite, in a size larger than 15x15 cm. The method is based on the fact that the lower the counter by the press, the silicone first put printing with the sublimation, and then to a plate or other gadgets made a printskin down the paper (in contrast to the classical method as the above), and then close the press, with on average, a strong downforce and heat at 180 degrees Celsius. The time for platelets is about 7 minutes and about 10 minutes granite.
Various methods of printing on other gadgets.
You may generally be guided by any methods such as the above ceramics or textiles, depending on the product, as other methods usually employed, no. So you should use the method as described above in section 8 and 9 of adjusting only the appropriate times and pressures, which are outlined in Section 11.Temperature and time of printing.
The times and temperatures for the method of sublimation:Cups - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, and time of 150-200 seconds from reaching the temperature, pressure medium-high.
Textiles - temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, and time of 100-200 seconds of time from immediately after the terminal hot press, pressure medium.
Ceramic and glass - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, in the case of application of standardized time 2-3 minutes, or in the case of plate method time 7 minutes (read as in step 9), the time from immediately after the terminal hot press, pressure medium-high.
Foto granite - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, in the case of the standard method, the time of 7 minutes, or in the case of plate method time 10 minutes (read as in step 9), the time from immediately after the terminal hot press, pressure medium-high.
Sheet metal sublimation - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius time of 100-150 seconds, the time from immediately after the terminal hot press, if on trays will tarnish and the effect of sticking paper time can be reduced, and the temperature, but not lower than 160 degrees Celsius, pressure average
Gadgets such mirrors key rings, etc. Ie gadgets on which printing is performed on small plaques sublimation - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, the time of 100-150 seconds, the time from immediately after the terminal hot press. If plates will tarnish and the effect of sticking paper, the time can be reduced, but not lower than 160 degrees Celsius, the pressure medium. It should also be noted that the printing is performed after the white side of the plaque and must also remove the protective foil from the plaque.
Puzzles and other gadgets cardboard - basically must first be a little cardboard heat to evaporate excess water from them and not rozklejały. So first you need to plant for example. Puzzle under a hot press for 2-3 minutes, but do not tighten the press, and then you can perform printing at 180 degrees Celsius, the time of 100-150 seconds, the pressure medium-high.
Tiles memorial - the principle the same as the regular plates, but we recommend using the heater to the plates to heat the plate or on the edges.
Lighters - temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, and time of 200 seconds pressure strong and recommend the use of heaters to the plates, as the gadget is relatively thick, it can be also performed by the plate method reverse, on the lighters can be directly printed on both sides, but one side can be printed on once.
Pendants - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius time of 100-150 seconds counted from the terminal immediately after the hot press. If the plates will fogging effect and gluing of paper, time and temperature can be reduced but not lower than 160 degrees Celsius, pressure medium. Heating is possible on both sides of the pendant but both sides should be printed at a time
Mouse pads - the same as all other textiles.
Steel plates - as well as gadgets such mirrors, key rings, etc. Ie. The gadgets on which printing is performed on small plaques sublimation
Ceramic Plates - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, time 2-3 minutes, pressure medium-high. Also note that the print was smaller in diameter than the generally visible diameter of the space on a plate for printing, because that, in fact, like to look at breakdowns field curvature imprint on the plate, it actually should be doing printing with a diameter corresponding to the flat surface of the plate so, to the tip of the print they were perfectly warmed and both the middle and there was no need to apply very strong pressures that the plates do not burst.
Bowls for dog and cat - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius wgrzewać be using clamps in ovens with convection time in the ridges 15 minutes.
Mugs - printing as well as bowls for dog and cat
Cups - the temperature of 180 degrees Celsius time of 150-200 seconds from reaching the temperature, pressure medium-high, use a heater with a smaller diameter and recommend heating the 2 cups at a time so that the heater evenly it stick into the cup. Carefully follow-loaded, because the cups are fragile. As we hear specific sounds "Screech" fatigue, you should immediately ease off a little pressure.
Cups and frosted glass - basically perform the same way as ordinary cups, but you should use gentler pressure, because the glass although tempered, is more brittle than ceramic.
Notebooks, metal - print the same as in the case of sheets to sublimation, but remove the two metal sheets of notebook and soak separately on the press.
Laptop Cases - as any textiles, but it must be put into the container, eg. Thick silicone primer so as not to damage the plastic slider automatically by the temperature of the press.
Pillowcases with buttons - just like any textiles but remove the white cap on the pillowcase and wgrzewać separately so as not to melt the plastic buttons on the pillowcase.
Caps - like all textiles
Japan - as well as all textiles
I want to buy sublimation printer, which should I choose?
This is perhaps the most frequently asked question by all new customers.Basically, the choice of equipment should be to answer a few questions. How much printing daily or monthly we predict which format (ie. A4, A3 may be higher) and how much we want to spend it. If we do occasionally printed in mind as such. Photographic factories where it gets printed on the spot in 5 minutes for the customer, usually we recommend gel printer. Gel Sublimation not podsycha, and the equipment is always ready to print. Same cost of buying a printer gel is much higher than the ink printer. If you plan to print in a continuous medium or large circulation when the printer inks is the most good choice. The print quality of the printer gel or the ink is practically the same, but the cost of buying a gel permeation printer is about 200-300 zł for each 33 ml while the purchase of a basket of 33 ml ink sublimation is 15 zł. For example, the cost of buying ink set 6 x 100 ml Epson P50 will cost between 210 and 300 zł per set. Similarly, the same capacity of the gel freeze will cost about 2500-3000 zł. The fact is, the ink sublimation tends to podsychania and clogging the head, but in the case when the printer is properly maintained, vented and prints a lot, should be used in a natural way through the use of roller or belt, and do not hold the parameters, and not to destroy the due to clogged or baked head. They go also reports from different vendors printers gel that printer gel economically impose gel than the printer inks. The ink while according to us, if such savings at all, may be on the level of 10-20%, but it does not compensate for 10-15 times more expensive than gel ink. Even if sublimation printer would undergo damage every 3 months, the cost of such exchange. Epson P50 for 350 zł and so will pay off many times more expensive than buying the gel.
If we decide to have a printer inks, then you should think about what to buy. At the beginning I wanted to highlight that the device, which have been produced for sublimation printing, this type of device type plotters Mimaki and Roland. They can be purchased configured for sublimation in size to the role of the smallest printable 60-100 cm. The cost of such a device consists of from 40 thousand. zł. You have to remember, it will be a device dedicated to sublimation, with a guarantee on the head and warranty on all equipment.
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