If you have only sublimated textiles before, hard-surface sublimation can be simple! Read this to learn more.
There are many similarities between textile and hard-surface sublimation. Both processes use sublimation inks, sublimation paper, a heat process, and pressure.
However, the printers and presses suitable for sublimating hard substrates have special requirements.
Important factors to consider are:
- Inkjet dot size
- The ink system
- The sublimation paper
- The temperature and pressure of the heat press. This becomes even more critical with large format printing to avoid color and density variation across the print.