About dye sublimation printer

Dedicated photo printer differ as were designed to photos from general-purpose printer, only, in contrast to text or a graphic photos to print the documents. They are compact in size and light weight, and some models usually even feature batteries that allow you without printing the need for a power outlet. Most photo printers, including dye-sublimation, dye-sub printers are a thermal dye engine, built, although it a few this feature inkjet technology.

For many years, printer specialist devices used in sophisticated graphic arts and photographic applications were dye sublimation. The advent of digital photography to the entry of this technology into the mainstream, the basis of many of the stand-alone portable photo printer maintained years emerged in the second half of the 1990s.

The term "Colour" in the name denotes the solid colours used in the process instead of ink or toner. "Sublimation" through the scientific term for a process where solids (in this case colours) are converted to its gaseous form, without an intermediate liquid phase.

Printing process of true dye-sublimation printer busy differs from the inkjet printer. Instead apply spray tiny jets ink on a page like inkjet printer, dye sublimation printer a dye from a plastic film.
A 3-pass system (featuring solid colours in band form to tape or a role) tier cyan, magenta, yellow and black colours atop each other. The print head to a dye sub printer uses tiny heaters to the dye to evaporate, which penetrates the shiny surface of the paper. A varnish is added to protect the pressure against UV light. Although this method capable of the produce excellent results, it is far from economically. If a frame with a pigment needed this band segment still consumes. This is the reason the it Dyesublimationsdruckfähiger printer compatible paper packs contain a transfer slide that able, the same number of copies is common. In addition, sublimation inks need dye a paper, to be able to keep the ink on the surface of the paper.

Nowadays there are a number of inkjet printers on the market able dye sublimation provide techniques. The cartridges in such printers spray ink which is a page on the Strip at a time. The printhead heats the ink form a gas, controlled by a heating element reaches temperatures of up to 500 ° C (higher than the average dye sublimation printer). A big difference in the results with dye sublimation technique is that because the colours for the paper in the form of gas, you make different points with a hard edge like inkjet printer. Instead the edges are soft and together easily. In addition the infusion of gaseous dye into the paper provides a more colour-fast image.

Compare dye sublimation printers and inkjet printers, although it is difficult, every possible advantage and disadvantage when compared the inkjet or Dyesublimationsdruckfähiger printer out the following list of the main points mentioned people who apply print photos at home for most.

Benefits of inkjet printers with dye sub printer: · prints are very precise with sharp edges · latest models provide incredible detail, that exceeds most Dyesublimationsdruckfähiger printers · variety papers / land available - including gloss, Matt, glossy.
· Not locked in to one manufacturer's paper
· Some archival inkjets can produce prints that long-lasting
· Most inkjets can print on many different surfaces that are designed to accept ink, including CDs, CD inserts, envelopes, etc.
· Inkjets have a considerably larger colour gamut and usually produce more vivid photos than dye-subs
· Easier to obtain large format inkjets that can print 11x14, 13x20 sizes, or larger
· Inkjet printing is often cheaper than dye-sub printing

Inkjet Printer Disadvantages:
· Often much slower than dye-sub printers
· Most non-archival inkjets produce prints that fade a little (sometimes a lot) faster than dye-sub prints
· Print heads sometimes clog and require cleaning, or even replacement

Advantages of Dye-Sub Printers over Inkjet Printers:
· Very fast
· Relatively maintenance-free
· Smooth with no dot patterns visible, even under magnification
· Produce excellent shadow detail in dark areas where some inkjets may be "blotchy"
· Prints are usually more durable and more waterproof than inkjet prints
· For many viewers, dye-sub printers produce photos that look and feel more like real photographs due to the smoothness of the prints and the absence of visible dot patterns
Dye-Sub Printer Disadvantages:
· Consumer level models often smear high contrast edges (like a black square on a white background) to some degree, making charts, graphs, and line art look a little less "precise"
· Dye-sub prints typically only last as long or slightly longer than a good non-archival inkjet printer and are generally not considered "archival"
· Paper type selection is very limited and while dye-sub printers produce excellent glossy photos, most fall behind or do not even offer the option of matte prints
· Dye-sub printers use an entire page and an entire page worth of ribbon even to print one small wallet size photo
· Pages cannot be normally fed through the printer twice to fill more of the page as they can in inkjets
· Dust can sometimes get inside and cause vertical scratches on prints
· Dye sub printing and the cost of paper and toner (ribbon) is often higher than inkjet printing

Few Popular Models of Dye-Sublimation Printers

Canon Selphy CP710
Dye-sub printer for 150x100mm photographs

Samsung SPP-2040 photo printer
Dye-sub printer with 300x300dpi resolution

Samsung SPP-2020
Digital photo printer that produces 100x150mm snapshots

HiTi Photo Printer 641PS
Dye-sub printer for 152x102mm photographs

Sony PictureStation DPP-FP30
A user-friendly dye-sub photo printer

Kodak EasyShare Printer Dock 6000
A dye-sublimation printer for compatible Kodak cameras


Kodak EasyShare Printer Dock 6000
A dye-sublimation printer for compatible Kodak cameras


Olympus P-10 Digital Photo Printer
A dye-sublimation printer that prints straight from your Olympus digital camera


Polaroid PP46d photo printer
A dye-sub photo printer


Olympus P-440
Dye-sub printer capable of printing A4 photographs


Sony DPP-EX50
Dye-sublimation photo printer