Brighter Colors

for soft-signage, flagsinterior decor, banners

& clothing

Dye-Sub + Heat Transfer

Nicholas HellmuthPhotographs by Hellmuth and Maria Renee Ayau

All samples shown here are printed with Hongsam dye sublimation inks.

Mr. Lia, DECAIR, and Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth, FLAAR.

Wide-Format out in the Real World: Site-Visit Case-Study

Recently we visited a printing company which special-izes exclusively in high quality dye-sublimation print-ing on cotton. We will be preparing a separate FLAAR Report on his workflow and his equipment, but first we want to share his colorful results with you.

II 1Maria Renée Ayau, Technical writer for FLAAR Reports.

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There are two ways to print onto polyester:

• Dye-sublimationontotransferpaper (then sublimating in a heat press) or• Dispersedyeink,directtofabric

• Water-based• Oil-based• Solvent based

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I have seen remarkable color from direct-to-fabric (ATPColor and DigiFab) but an alternative is printing onto transfer paper. The printing company we visited uses transfer paper. The results are frankly gorgeous.

In the separate report on the workflow we show what equipment he uses; but in the meantime, we wanted to share with you his results.

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If you would like to learn more about dye sublimation ink, Hongsam has experience in the entire workflow: the printers, the media, their ink, and heat setting the final

print.www.hongsam.cnwww.ink4you.com

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