What is a thermal transfer printing technology

What is heat transfer printing technology?

Heat transfer printing technology is a new method of printing patterns on various materials, especially suitable for making a small number of personalized and customized products, and printing patterns containing full-color images or photos. The principle is that the digital pattern is printed on the special transfer paper with the special transfer ink through the printer, and then the pattern is transferred to the commodity surface with the special transfer machine under high temperature and high pressure to complete the commodity printing.

Generally speaking, the heat transfer printing technology is a kind of transfer printing technology and products, which is the use of heat transfer equipment to heat the patterns and images on the heat transfer paper to 180c0 -- 230c0, and transfer them to different materials and media. The heat transfer printing technology has been used in clothing printing, textile printing and dyeing industry, and shoe material industry for a long time.

Later, with the development of the times and the progress of science and technology, the application fields are increasing, especially the emergence of digital technology and the emergence of personalized consumption concept, which makes the application of heat transfer technology more popular and extensive, and the application products emerge in endlessly, covering almost all material fields. Such as: metal, wood, stone, ceramics, glass, PVC, leather, chemical fiber cloth can be applied to transfer beautiful patterns and images, production and production of exquisite products.

The difference between heat transfer printing and digital printing:

Heat transfer printing technology is a new printing technology, which has been introduced from abroad for less than 10 years. The printing process is divided into two parts: transfer film printing and transfer processing. The transfer film printing adopts dot printing, and the pattern is pre printed on the surface of the film. The printed pattern is rich in layers, bright in color, changeable, small in color difference and good in reproducibility, which can meet the requirements of pattern designers and is suitable for mass production; Transfer processing through a thermal transfer machine processing (heating pressure) will transfer the beautiful pattern on the transfer film on the product surface, after forming the ink layer and the product surface into one, lifelike and beautiful, greatly improve the grade of the product. However, due to the high technical content of the process, many materials need to be imported.

Digital printing is a system engineering, involving CAD technology, network communication technology, precision machining technology, fine chemical technology and other cutting-edge technology, is the product of information technology and machinery, textile and chemical industry and other traditional technology integration.

Traditional printing is inseparable from flat screen and rotary screen. However, the cost and time consumed in plate making can not meet the modern printing trend of small batch and variety. Therefore, digital printing without plate and pressure is developed. Its basic principle is the same as that of inkjet printer.

As the digital jet printing technology involves a lot of calculation and control, it can be said that without today's high-speed computer, there can be no digital jet printing technology. For now, the development of digital jet printing technology is basically synchronized with the working ability of computer, and the development of computer technology is still without any signs of weakening. With the development of computer technology, it can be predicted that the future digital printing technology will also have rapid development. At the same time, the manufacturing technology of the nozzle also benefits from the related technology of integrated circuit, such as etching, precision assembly and so on. The continuous emergence of modern high frequency, multi nozzle nozzles proves this point.