Difference Between Thermosetting Ink Printing Technology And Hot Stamping

1. Different process

Hot stamping is done first pattern Printed on heat transfer paper (commonly known as hot stamping paper), when necessary, cover the heat transfer paper on the T-shirt, put it into the heat transfer machine (hot stamping machine) to heat and pressurize for a few seconds, and then the pattern will be transferred to the T-shirt; The thermosetting ink printing is to use special thermosetting ink to directly print the pattern on the T-shirt, and then put it into the infrared drying equipment for drying. During this process, the ink particles melt, firmly combine with the T-shirt fiber, and cool to form.

2. Different appearance

Because the pattern can only be "glued" to the T-shirt by melting the white matrix on the heat transfer paper, traditional hot stamping patterns often have unnatural stiff white edges; Thermosetting ink printing has no annoying hard edges, because it is "direct" printing, and does not need a white substrate.

3. Different hand feel and permeability

Hot stamping feels like a layer of rubber, because the white matrix plus pigment is about 0.5mm thick, which is a continuous sealing layer; Thermosetting ink printing is a kind of fine color particles distributed on the T-shirt in the form of semi scattered dots. It is soft and breathable, and its hand feel is close to that of water-based paste printing, but its color is more bright and durable than that of water-based paste printing.

New hot stamping also has advantages:

I mentioned a big article about the shortcomings of hot stamping, which is actually an emerging T-shirt Printing process and hot stamping also have its unique advantages:

1. Hot stamping T-shirts can be produced quickly without plate making.

2. The grain of hot stamping pattern is fine, which can reach the photo level, but the printing can not.

3. The small area of the pattern has little effect on the air permeability, and hot stamping is more suitable and cheaper.

In recent years, the hot stamping process has been continuously improved. The new type of hot stamping has greatly improved in permeability, hand feel, washability and other aspects, and is almost close to printing. The white substrate has been replaced by a thinner transparent substrate. After the T-shirt is pre sprayed with a certain solution, it can be used for completely breathable hot stamping. In terms of brightness, hot stamping is superior to other printing technology 。