Some ink I bought for my printer is called sublimation ink. I thought the word sublimation meant changing from solid to gas without being liquid inbetween. How does this apply to standard inkjet ink?
Sublimation ink?
Oct 09, 2018
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Sounds like something that might be used for iron on transfer or maybe you bought something used for a special printer.
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It was just bottles of ink for a standard inkjet, I guess the seller screwed up, or maybe I could have chosen a different ink. Actually, here's one, and this isn't sublimation ink. It's not the one I bought, this one is stupidly expensive, I pay 1p a ml.
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If it works why worry? Brian
the word sublimation meant changing from solid to gas without being liquid inbetween. How does this apply to standard inkjet ink?
I don't think it does apply to standard inkjet ink.
See this article about dye-sublimation printers:
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It starts:
A dye-sublimation printer is a computer printer which uses heat to transfer dye onto materials such as a plastic, card, paper, or fabric. The sublimation name was first applied because the dye was considered to make the transition between the solid and gas states without going through a liquid stage. This understanding of the process was later shown to be incorrect. There is some liquifying of the dye. Since then, the process is sometimes known as dye-diffusion, though this has not eliminated the original name. Many consumer and professional dye-sublimation printers are designed and used for producing photographic prints, ID cards, clothing, and more.
I have no idea whether dye-sublimation ink would work in a normal inkjet printer.
(dye)Sublimation printers are not the same as inkjet ones
Correctness, completeness, etc.
I can't see me getting a solid fed to the nozzles, unless something heated it and made a gas first.
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