Sublimation ink?

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

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?

[Frank]

Sounds like something that might be used for iron on transfer or maybe you bought something used for a special printer.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

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.

[tabbypurr]

correct.

it doesn't. It applies to dye sublimation printers.

NT

[Brian Gaff]

If it works why worry? Brian

[Peter Duncanson [BrE]]

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:

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.

[Bob Minchin]

(dye)Sublimation printers are not the same as inkjet ones

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

I guess it was named wrongly then, as it came as a liquid in 100ml bottles.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

Correctness, completeness, etc.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

I can't see me getting a solid fed to the nozzles, unless something heated it and made a gas first.