How Does Sublimation Printing Work?
Promo Store offers a variety of printing techniques, and sublimation printing stands out for its ability to create stunning, full-colour designs on a unique range of products.
Sublimation printing utilizes heat and pressure to achieve a vibrant and permanent transfer of your design. Here's a closer look:
- Digital Design Creation: Your logo or design is first created in a digital format with CMYK full-colour printing for optimal vibrancy.
- Sublimation Paper Printing: The design is then printed onto specially coated sublimation paper.
- Heat Press Transfer: The printed sublimation paper is placed onto your chosen promotional item, typically made of white polyester or a polyester-coated material. A heat press then applies a precise combination of heat and pressure
- Solid to Gas Transformation: During this process, the heat triggers a unique transformation. The solid ink on the paper transforms into a gas, bypassing a liquid state altogether
- Dyeing the Material: These gas particles then penetrate the fibres or coating of the product, essentially dyeing it from within
- Cooling & Fixing: Once the heat press cycle is complete, the item cools, and the transformed ink becomes permanently fixed within the material, resulting in a vibrant and long-lasting design.
Why Choose Sublimation Printing for Promo Merch?
- Vibrant & Fade-Resistant Colours: Sublimation delivers exceptionally rich and vivid colours that resist fading or cracking, even after washing.
- Ideal for Full-Colour Designs & Photos: Sublimation excels at capturing intricate details and full-colour designs, making it perfect for reproducing logos, photographs, or complex graphics.
- Unique Product Range: This technique allows for printing on a wider range of products than traditional methods, including mugs, tumblers, water bottles, phone cases, and even some apparel made of polyester or with a polyester coating
Items
- T-shirts
- Mugs
- Bags
- Umbrellas
- Tablet bags
Good to know
- Full colour (CMYK)
- 1 Setup cost
- Only white items or surfaces can be printed with sublimation