Sublimation, another area of White Line Screen Printing

I must admit to knowing the just the gist of sublimation and the process used to sublimate something. Not so sure I can explain it properly. Was you aware that the whole sublimation process consists of a specialty paper, printer, and of course the dye? To be honest, I was not fully aware of everything myself. I had to look it up. From what I gather, using the dye-sublimation printer (which only uses the colors Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, and Black), you can print your design to the specialty paper. There is no drying time as you would find with ink jet papers. Once printed on the paper, you then take the image and apply it to your item using a heat press. The process sounds simple enough. It's actually a little complex. You must be printing on polyester. Not a blend, but 100% polyester. As you go to print the image under high temperature and pressure, the dye (sublimation ink) turns into a gas and goes into the fabric and solidifies into its fibers. It's permanent people. Not coming off at this point! Neat huh? Chemical reaction, scientific, and all that jazz. There is more than shirts that can be used with this process. White Line Screen Printing offers a wide range of items. I am going to have to research some more to be able to tell you the difference in printing on a 100% polyester t-shirt and a door hanger. Alas, that is for another day......