How to print label using heat transfer,?
There are situations where textile labels are simply impractical. Swimsuits are an example of stimulating and inappropriate external labels. Many other sportswear also fall into the same category. These garments often fit snugly and come into direct contact with the skin. Coupled with sweating and rubbing from use, cloth labels can feel uncomfortable and cause skin irritation. Printing thermal transfer labels provides an alternative to using cloth labels on a variety of garments. This option is being adopted by an ever-growing group of manufacturers. Today, thermal transfer labels are found on underwear, hats, jeans, shirts, skirts and dresses. This is almost everywhere traditional fabric labels are commonly used.
What is the big deal with heat transfer?
The heat transfer label conveys the same information (brand, laundry information, size, etc.) as the equivalent fabric. Printed directly on the fabric. Anyone with experience making T-shirts will know this process. Most printed T-shirts use some form of heat transfer process to engrave the design on the shirt. The same logic applies to labels, but obviously much smaller. Therefore, the equipment required and the method used are slightly different. Why is it so popular? Printing thermal transfer labels not only gives you a stylish design that is less noticeable than comparable fabrics, but also saves time and money.
How are heat transfers used ?
Thermal transfer printing is done in two parts. In the first step, the motif is printed as a negative on a special thermal paper. The image and text appear on paper as an inverted image, as seen through a mirror. In the second step, the transfer is printed on the garment using heat and pressure on a specially designed printing press.
Silk screen printing
The classic way to apply hot transfer is screen printing, also known by some manufacturers as serigraphy or screen printing. Today’s machine-based screen printers are based on traditional Chinese printing methods that originated in the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD). Of course, the process has changed over time, but the principles haven’t changed.
Screen printing uses a screen to transfer ink to the board color by color. Areas that are not printed are masked using the template. The ink is applied by a blade that moves across the board and fills the empty areas of the web with ink.
Heat transfer painting
Focusing on it, we overcame these shortcomings by developing a roll-to-roll multicolour press that can print on multiple different colors at the same time. Our machine uses a centre impression press and powder glue to apply a complete transfer in a single pass. If you need to increase the opacity (eg B. For dark clothes. You can use additional screen printing to improve the print quality. Our thermal transfer printing machine has pre-printed transfer and There is a separate screen printing system that can overprint the original design to match exactly.
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