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Looking to Print Full Coloured Designs with Ink Within The Product for a Smooth Feel? Learn About Dye Sublimation Printing in 2026
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What is Dye Sublimation?
Dye Sublimation printing is the process where ink is sublimated into the fabric (100% nylon / polyester) at high temperature.
What you get is a fully all-over printed apparels with designs ink inside the fabric (smooth feel of the T-Shirt) .
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1. How did Sublimation printing come about?
Interestingly, the origins of sublimation printing are a result of the discovery of piezoelectricity and research of inkjet printers. Noel de Plasse first invented sublimation printing in 1957.
He cleverly discovered that high temperatures could cause specific dyes to sublimate. But, this was later discovered that his dyes didn’t really sublimate and that it was more of a dye-diffusion process.
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The subsequent events that took place are then subject to debate. On the one hand, it has been said that Nobutoshi Kihara, who worked for Sony, adapted dye diffusion into a proper dye-sublimation process primarily for the purposes of printing video stills.
What’s important to know is that – the advance of technology and the increased demand for such high quality products have caused a increase in the prevalence of sublimation printing today.
2. What is Sublimation process?
We mentioned above a very brief idea of what sublimation printing is.
If you are eager to learn more about it now, fret not, because this section will be dedicated to elaborating on the process of sublimation printing as well as the equipment and materials that you might need.
Sublimation Printing Process
3. Advantages & Disadvantages of Sublimation Printing
To help you make a better choice when deciding on the type of T-shirt printing services, we have also come up with some advantages and disadvantages of dye sublimation printing method.
Advantages
- An all-over print effect on the t-shirts is achieved as ink is printed from seam-to-seam.
- You can’t feel the ink as it will become part of the fabric and the end product is a soft-hand feel.
Disadvantages
- Type of t-shirt is restricted as only certain types of fabric are suitable for sublimation printing. eg suitable for 100% nylon / polyester material only.
- The color of the t-shirt is restricted to white or light-coloured ones.
4. Recommendations for Sublimation printing by Ministry of Print
Sublimation printing is recommended for customers who are looking to print all-over full-coloured designs.
Popular apparels would be cycling apparels & jersey printed apparels as well as retail fashion brands.
However you can check out our custom-made services as well.
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