A laser image transfer involves a modified laser colour printer that transfers images on to special transfer material/”paper”. At Brighton Uni, ‘techsoft’ is the software used. – http://www.techsoft.co.uk/
A dye-sublimation printer is a computer printer which employs a printing process that uses heat to transfer dye onto materials such as a plastic, card, wood, metal, paper, or fabric. The sublimation name was first applied because the dye was considered to make the transition between the solid and gas states without going through a liquid stage. This understanding of the process was later shown to be incorrect. Since then, the process is sometimes known as dye-diffusion, though this has not eliminated the original name. Many consumer and professional dye-sublimation printers are designed and used for producing photographic prints, ID cards, and so on.
There are two types of special paper (Textiles and Hard Surface)
Process includes:
Using Printer OKI C8800. Heat press at 170 degrees.
Different materials require different temperatures, pressures and times for peeling of paper. Heat comes only from the top.
