Dye Sublimation Fabric Printing Compared to Screen Printing

May 22nd, 2023

Banners

On-screen printing versus Dye Sublimation printing. Also, discover how pigment inks are different from dye sublimated inks.

Question: If cost is not a concern, what is better? Screen printing or dye sublimation printing?

While you could, in theory, print a fabric banner using screen printing equipment (t-shirts are most often screen printed and they’re made of cloth), the wider variety of things you can screen print cannot be printed using the dye sublimation printing process.

Dye Sublimation Printing

Here’s a short explanation to back up what I’m saying.

Fabrics Used

Dye sublimation banner or display printing is almost exclusively done on polyester fabrics,

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Dye Sublimation Printing Versus Screen Printing

Barry K. Brown

May 22nd, 2023

Banners, Decals, Signs

This is how dye sublimation printing differs from screen printing.

Question: What is the difference between dye sublimation and screen printing?

The two styles of printing are markedly different. The similarities are that both are printed on substrates and both produce an image. Aside from that? Not so much.

The screen printing process uses a very labor intensive set up that you don’t have with dye sublimation printing.

Screen Printing

I’ll walk you through the screen printing process as I know it quite intimately, since this is where I began my career in the graphics business.

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Dye Sublimation Fabric Printing – THE Best Print Quality

Barry K. Brown

May 18th, 2023

Banners

Dye sublimation versus Toner-based printing. Liquid inkjet, solid Ink, and UV Printing Processes – which produces the highest print quality?

Question: What print technology produces the highest quality text and graphics? Toner-based, liquid inkjet, solid ink, dye sublimation, thermal, or UV printers?

That’s a very complex question. Off the cuff, dye sublimation would be my first answer, but that’s not very thorough of an answer because there are different substrates for different uses, and each has it’s own special ink set.

For instance, if you need a polyethylene OSHA warning sign, you are not going to be using dye sublimation printing.

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How Does Dye Sublimation Cloth Banner Printing Work?

Barry K. Brown

May 18th, 2023

Banners

The process, inks, and fabrics used in dye sublimation printing.

Question: How does sublimation printing work?

“Traditional” dye sublimation printing of cloth/fabric uses a print process that employs heat to transfer ink – or dye – onto synthetic fabrics or other materials.

Sublimation simply means that the dyes convert from a solid state to a gaseous state, although never becoming liquid. The process was developed to be able to transfer photographs and highly intricate designs onto fabric or cloth.

In our business, we print banners and fabric using dye sublimation mainly for banners or displays.

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Banner Making Materials, Plus Dye Sublimation Vs. Screen Printing

Barry K. Brown

May 17th, 2023

Banners

You’ll see what materials are used to make printed banner displays, as well as the printing method used to press the graphics on. Plus, screen printing polyvinyl and fabric items versus dye Sublimation printing cloth fabric banners.

Question: What types of materials are banners made of?

This is a good question and is quite simple on the surface, although there are many variations within each category.

The two main categories of banner materials: vinyl (PVC) and fabric or cloth banners. That’s the easy answer.

However, it is helpful to know the variations within each category,

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Dye Sublimation Fabric Printing Compared to Screen Printing

Question: If cost is not a concern, what is better? Screen printing or dye sublimation printing?

Dye Sublimation Printing

Fabrics Used

Dye Sublimation Printing Versus Screen Printing

Question: What is the difference between dye sublimation and screen printing?

Screen Printing

Dye Sublimation Fabric Printing – THE Best Print Quality

Question: What print technology produces the highest quality text and graphics? Toner-based, liquid inkjet, solid ink, dye sublimation, thermal, or UV printers?

How Does Dye Sublimation Cloth Banner Printing Work?

Question: How does sublimation printing work?

Banner Making Materials, Plus Dye Sublimation Vs. Screen Printing

Question: What types of materials are banners made of?

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