Sublimation
What are the three most important factors in the process of dye sublimation
Time, pressure, heat
When a dye sublimation transfer is pressed onto a substrate the ink turns into a gas and while in this state the colors change properties this makes using a standard color profile difficult. To fix this problem, many companies __________
Create their own custom profiles
In contrast, inkjet printers can vary the location and size of ink droplets, a process called ___________, but each drop of ink is limited to the colors of the inks installed
Dithering
During heat transfer, or sublimation printing, a design is transferred from paper to fabric using both heat and pressure for a specific amount of time, called ____________.
Dwell time
The original printers were an ________ technology using toners but now are generally large format inkjet printers using specially formulated Inks
Electrostatics
If a customer was producing 1000 sq/ft of fabric a day, and another customer was producing 1000 sq/ft a day of hard substrate which customer will spend more money on ink?
Fabric producer
Color profiling is easier in dye sublimation than in standard ink jet printing
False
Dye sublimation can be done on any plan substrate
False
____________ is when you end up with a blurry image, typically characterized by a shadow effect along or outside of the edges. ____________ is when you end up with a "burst" of ink outside of the image area
Ghosting, gassing out
How is the image printed on the transfer sheet
Wrong reading
What transfer paper do we recommend for producing fabric via dye sub
Adhesive transfer
What are the two requirements of dye sublimation
It must be cotton and it can have blends
After heat pressing the image on to the substrate you should ______________
Remove the transfer sheet immediately
Varying ______________ may have an effect on the moisture content of transfer paper
Storage conditions
It is best to cut the transfer material _______ larger than the finished piece
1/4
What is the number one sold size of heat press in the world
16"x20"
Because the sublimation ink permeates the substrate this makes printing on dark color sub states virtually impossible. To achieve the look of printing on a dark substrate,images will be designed to with a background color that cover the entire substrate and has the image incorporated with it. This is called ________
All over printing
As dye sublimation printers utilizes __________ to transfer the dye onto the print media that is a polymer-based surfaces
Heat
To secure the substrate to the transfer paper you must use
Heat resistance tape
Dye sublimation printing process is primarily used to print on______ or other synthetic fabrics
Polyester
How can you tell which side of the transfer paper is the printable side
The bright side
It is used for many applications such as _______ banners or table covers, t-shirts, bike uniforms , competitive swimwear, soccer jerseys and flags
Trade fair
What is a faint line in the fabric that corresponds to where the edges of the transfer sheet were located during pressing
Transfer line
Because they're so many variables in sublimation printing, times and temperatures are just starting points
True
In dye sublimation a combination of heat and pressure cause the sublimation ink to convert into a gas which then permeates and attaches to any polymer based fibers it comes in contact with.
True
Sometimes a "double image" results when the transfer moves across the sublimatable surface while it is still hot, usually when the press is lifted or while removing the transfer from the sublimation surface. This can be prevented by
Using a heat resistent tape to secure your transfer sheet to the substrate
How many milliliters of ink are in a complete set of ink
8000
A color model associated with the RGB (red,green,blue) method of representing color. Equal amounts of the primary colors will combine to produce the perception of white light
Additive color
How are transfer lines prevented?
All listed answers; reducing heat and pressure, using teflon pillows, using high temperature foam
The most popular type of ink ___________ dye sublimation ink for use in both desktop and large format printers
Aqueous
Most dye sublimation printers use CMYO (cyan, magenta, yellow and overcoating) colors, which differs from the more recognized ____________ colors in that the black dye is eliminated in favor of a clear overcoating
CMYK color model
Which of the following is NOT an application for dye sub
Car wraps
What brands of photo panels are the most popular
Chromoluxe, Dynasub
If you encounter lines of missing ink in your printouts, then you are most having banding issues, the most common cause of which is _______
Clogged print head nozzles
_______ is the art of adjusting color so that you can produce the best quality results on your substrate.
Color correction
___________ refers to the relationship between the color models of the system devices, such as scanners, monitors and printing devices
Color profile
The _______ the poly content, the ______
Higher, higher the image quality
__________ a cross platform (stored in the OS system level) specific set of information to convert color spaces between dependent and independent devices
ICC profile
What is an advantage to using dye sublimation over heat transfer printer
Images wont peal, crack or fade
Due to the fast development of digital textile printing, dye sublimation inks are becoming more and more popular in digital __________ printing on fabrics
Inkjet printer
What does ICC profile stand for
International Color Consortium
What is the solvent dye sublimation ink that can be used in XAAR, Spectra and __________ printhead wide format printers
Konica
What is the advantage of AOP over cut and sew
Less process in production
Dye sub photo printing has been used in________, graphic arts proofing, security and broadcast related applications
Medical imaging
Dye sublimation works by ________ the surface of the substrate with ink. Man-made materials such as nylon, certain plastics , and polyester fabrics contain polymers that when _______, enable the bonding of ink.
Penetrating, and heated
Many consumer and professional dye sublimation printers are designed and used for producing __________ prints
Photograph
Custom printer drivers are software programs that have color correction built into the printer control system. The most widely used driver is available from Sawgrass, it is called ________
Powerdriver
The dye sublimation inks are a pigment suspended in a liquid ____________, like water
Solvent
The CMYK color model (process color, 4 color) is a ___________ model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself
Subtractive color
Sublimation transfer is not an exact science. Because you can sublimate onto a variety of surfaces, you will need to take all of the variables into account when selecting time, temperate and pressure setting including: surface texture, __________, surface color (shade of white,) substrate conductivity, heat press variations such as accuracy of temperature
Surface size