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Wholesale ink sublimation for Epson head Japanese printers

Dec 28, 2021 by admin 1 Comments Epson printhead, Mimaki, Mutoh, Roland, sublimation ink

The sublimation ink for Epson is suitable for printers:

For Epson T741X, SC F6000, SC F6070, SC F6080, SC F6200, SC F6270, SC F6280, SC F 7000, SC F 7070, SC F7080, SC F7100, SC F7170, SC F7180, SC F7200, SC F7270, SC F7280, SC F9200, SC F9270, SC F9280, SC F9470, SC F 10070, SC F3070, SC F2100, SC F570, SC F170.
For Mimaki SB54, Mimaki JV150 series, Mimaki JV300 series, Mimaki JV33 series, Mimaki JV33-160-BS, Mimaki JV33-261-BS, Mimaki CJV30-100BS, Mimaki CJV30-161BS.
Roland Texart XT 640, Roland Texart RT 640.

What colors do we have for it?

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, Light Magenta, Light Black, Light Light Black,
Fluorescent yellow, Fluorescent red,
Clean liquid.

sublimation ink bottle — Sublimation ink bottle

Is all sublimation ink the same? Is Epson compatible with sublimation ink?

You need special ink for sublimation. Not all sublimation ink is the same, there is a different density for different types of sublimation ink, and in different models, different suppliers’ ink has different color tones and different stability. You can not use any kind of sublimation ink, you have to use match ink. Tell the supplier what printer and head you use, what process of printing you do, what kind of fabric you do, and what application, and then you can get a matching ink. Epson is compatible with sublimation ink. Also Roland and Mimaki.

HP stitch s500 is sublimation ink printing too, but its head uses heat bubble technology, which different system from Japanese printers and Chinese printers.

What is the difference between sublimation ink and regular ink?

Can you switch from regular ink to sublimation ink?

Sublimation ink is a kind of water-based safe ink that only shows its beautiful color after heat, before heat the color of the ink is dark and old. This kind of ink will have a chemical reaction while heating from paper to fabric, after the chemical reaction, the color gets bright and firmly fixed on the fabric without hand feel. Normal ink doesn’t meet that chemical reaction.

You can switch a printer from regular ink to sublimation ink, as long as totally cleans the regular ink, and the printer and printhead match the sublimation ink needs.

Sublimation ink is a kind of special inkjet ink, it is different from office use desktop water-based dye ink.

The features:

The black ink is ultra-high concentration without a color cast, CMY colors are bright and saturated.
No ink flying, no ink bleeding, sharpness, and no mutual penetration.
Stable formula, particles smaller than 0.3 μm, very smooth, friendly to the print head.
Smoke-free formula, high transfer rate, environmental protection, and economy.
Long shelf life, 12 months in bottle, and longer in the bag.
Good resistance to dry and wet rubbing and good light resistance.
According to the SGS report, the ink does not contain harmful materials and is environmentally friendly and harmless.

Applicable materials:

Textile as: polyester cloth, nylon cloth;
Hard media such as: glass, crystal, ceramic, metal, wood, etc.

The printing condition:

Temperature: 20-30℃. If beyond the temperature range, please use a heater or air conditioner.
Humidity: 40-60%.

What kind of package we can offer?

Drum/Bottle pack in 25 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 20 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 5 KG,
Bag pack in 2 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 1 KG,
Bag pack in 1 KG,
Bag in the cartridge in 440g,
A customized package is available.

What is the process of sublimation?
How do I start printing in sublimation?
How does dye sublimation work step by step?

Installed rolled up heat transfer paper on the printer,
Printing on the heat transfer paper,
Put the printed paper on the surface of blank polyester cloth,
heat while pressing them,
Take away the waste paper, and leave printed cloth.

Precautions:

It is only suitable for fabrics with more than 80% chemical fiber.
Pay attention to the shelf life of the ink before use. The expired ink is likely to precipitate and block the print head.
Dye sublimation ink is colored by heating, and the color before heating is not bright.
The temperature, pressure, and duration of the use process, as well as the fabric, will affect the vividness and colorfastness of the color.
The ink colors of different manufacturers will be different. If the color requirements are strict, an ICC curve is required.

Instructions or manuals:

Shake the ink well before putting it on the machine; It will be best if you can use it up within 1 week after opening.
Before using our products for the first time, please empty the ink cartridges, ink circuits, and dampers. If possible, please clean the ink circuit system and replace it with a new damper.
It’s very important to make an ICC profile to get brilliant colors, if need to make an ICC profile, contact us, we will help.

Transport and storage conditions:

Avoid direct light, and storage temperature at 15-30℃; after opening the seal of the package, please avoid dust and other sundries going into ink composition.
The goods are identified as Non-dangerous goods in accordance with IMO, RID/ADR, IMDG, ICAO, and IATA.
MSDS available.

What fabrics can use digital print on?
How many types of digital printing are there on fabric?

Plant fiber: cotton, linen, etc.
Suitable for: DTF pigment ink printing, DTG pigment ink printing, reactive ink printing.
Chemical fiber: Polyester etc.
Suitable for: Sublimation ink printing, disperse ink printing
Silk: Mulberry silk, tussah silk, rayon, synthetic filament, etc.
Suitable for: reactive ink printing.
Animal hair fiber: Mink fur, wool, rabbit fur, camel fur, etc.
Suitable for: Reactive ink printing, Acid ink printing.

SUPERINKS factory introduce video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu8SerrkVKU

Product, Sublimation ink

Sublimation ink Wholesale for Epson i3200

Dec 27, 2021 by admin 5 Comments Epson printhead, sublimation ink

Sublimation ink for Epson i3200 suitable for which print heads?

For Epson i3200-a1, 4720, 5113, DX7, DX6, DX5, DX4, xp600, TX800, etc. print heads.

Sublimation ink is suitable for printer brands:

Atexco, Hanglory, Homer, Efi, Liyu, JHF, Flora, etc.

Skycolor, Fedar, Xkeda, Grando, Eric, Keundo, Human, etc.

SUPERINKS can offer colors for sublimation ink as follows:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow,
Light Cyan, Light Magenta, Light Black, Light Light Black,
Fluorescent yellow, Fluorescent red,
Clean liquid.

This sublimation ink for Epson has features as follows:

SUPERINKS sublimation ink’s black ink is ultra-high concentration without a color cast, CMY, and other colors bright and saturated.
No ink flying, no ink bleeding, sharpness, and no mutual penetration.
Stable formula, particles smaller than 0.3 μm, very smooth, friendly to the print head.
Smoke-free formula, high transfer rate, environmental protection, and economy.
Long shelf life, 12 months in bottle, and longer in the bag.
Good resistance to dry and wet rubbing and good light resistance.
According to the SGS report, the ink does not contain harmful materials and is environmentally friendly and harmless.

Applicable materials:

Textile as: polyester cloth, nylon cloth;
Hard media such as: glass, crystal, ceramic, metal, wood, etc.

Application:

Fabric printing (clothing, shoes, hats, curtains, ties, bags, umbrellas, clothing accessories, webbing), making personalized cups, cutlery, kettles, pen cases, personalized photo albums, etc.

This sublimation ink printing condition:

Temperature: 20-30℃. If beyond the temperature range, please use a heater or air conditioner.

Humidity: 40-60%.

This sublimation ink package:

Drum/Bottle pack in 25 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 20 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 5 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 1 KG,
A customized package is available

SUPERINKS sublimation ink working process:

Method 1: Printing on heat transfer paper. Heat press to transfer the pattern from paper to polyester cloth.
Method 2: Sizing the polyester cloth. Dry the cloth. Direct printing on the cloth.

Precautions for the use of sublimation ink:

It is only suitable for fabrics with more than 80% chemical fiber.
Pay attention to the shelf life of the ink before use. The expired ink is likely to precipitate and block the print head.
Dye sublimation ink is colored by heating, and the color before heating is not bright.
The temperature, pressure, and duration of the use process, as well as the fabric, will affect the vividness and colorfastness of the color.
The ink colors of different manufacturers will be different. If the color requirements are strict, an ICC curve is required.

Instructions for use of digital printing inks:

Shake the ink well before putting it on the machine; It will be best if you can use it up within 1 week after opening.
Before using our products for the first time, please empty the ink cartridges, ink circuits, and dampers. If possible, please clean the ink circuit system and replace it with a new damper.
It’s very important to make an ICC profile to get brilliant colors if need makes an ICC profile, contact us, we will help.

Transport and storage conditions:

Avoid direct light, and storage temperature at 15-30℃; after opening the seal of the package, please avoid dust and other sundries going into ink composition.
The goods are identified as Non-dangerous goods in accordance with IMO, RID/ADR, IMDG, ICAO, IATA.
MSDS available.

Composition classification of fabrics and suitable digital printing solutions：

Plant fiber: cotton, linen, etc.
Suitable for: DTF pigment ink printing, DTG pigment ink printing, reactive ink printing.
Chemical fiber: Polyester etc.
Suitable for: Sublimation ink printing, disperse ink printing
Silk: Mulberry silk, tussah silk, rayon, synthetic filament, etc.
Suitable for: reactive ink printing.
Animal hair fiber: Mink fur, wool, rabbit fur, camel fur, etc.
Suitable for: Reactive ink printing, Acid ink printing.

SUPERINKS factory introduce video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu8SerrkVKU

DTF pigment ink, Product

Wholesale DTF ink for Epson

Dec 21, 2021 by admin 10 Comments DTF pigment ink, Epson printhead

Features of DTF ink or DTF pigment ink

In theory, DTF ink can be used on almost all fabrics, cotton, polyester, canvas, denim ETC. Especially black cotton T-shirts.
SUPERINKS DTF pigment ink is stable, fluent, and reduces maintenance costs.
Higher concentration colors, more vivid and saturated; white ink has strong hiding power and high whiteness.
White ink and color ink have good compatibility and do not permeate each other.
High color transfer rate, no uncovered white dots.
It’s clear to print small words, the powder shaked off cleanly; good resistance on dry, wet rubbing.
The hand feels of printed picture is soft, with good stretchability and resilience.
Fluorescent and spot color create more cool colorful clothes.

This SUPERINKS DTF pigment ink is suitable for print heads as:

For Chinese printers with Epson i3200-a1, 4720, 5113, dx5, xp600 heads.
For modified Japanese Epson desktop printers as L1800, 1390, L805, XP600, P400, P600, P800, etc.

Application scenarios of DTF ink — DTF ink for printing on a variety of fabrics, soft and comfortable texture, good hand feeling.

This SUPERINKS DTF pigment ink with colors:

Cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan, light magenta,
Special blue, special orange, special red, special green,
Fluorescent magenta, fluorescent yellow, fluorescent orange, fluorescent green,
White,
Clean liquid.

DTF ink is available in a variety of colors — DTF inks have a variety of colors for customers to choose from.

SUPERINKS DTF ink’s main features:

White ink has strong hiding power and high whiteness.
Super-high concentration, brilliant, and saturated colors.
White ink and color ink have good compatibility and do not permeate each other.
White and color ink has a high color density and does not appear to uncover white dots.
It is clear when printing small words, the powder shakes cleanly, and the fastness is good.
High resistance to dry/wet rubbing, high fastness to light.
Nanometer fineness, super smooth, and stable output.

Applicable materials:

Cotton, linen, polyester cloth, nylon cloth, etc.
We already found that we can not use this DTF ink to do the waterproof cloth printing.
There is more possible textile material waiting for us to be discovered.

SUPERINKS DTF heat transfer pigment ink working process:

Prepare a printing film. Make sure the printing side up.
Printing colorful pictures, and then printing white color to cover the picture.
Spray hot melt adhesive powder on the wet white ink surface.
Bake the hot melt adhesive to a melted state, at about 80-150 C, 3-25 Min.
Heat press at about 150-170℃, 8-15 seconds.
Peel down the substrate.
You will get a finished product.

DTF ink process flow — DTF ink process: 6 steps to quickly produce finished clothes

Physical and chemical indicators of DTF pigment ink:

viscosity: 4-6 mPa.s
surface tension: 26-38 mN/m
flashpoint: Above 100℃

What’s the difference between DTF ink and DTG ink?

DTG ink printing for T-shirts is an old technology but had not had a big market share for years. DTF technology almost solved all problems that DTG has. It solved not bright enough color, not good wash resistance. Though the hand feel of DTF is a little bit more, it can be improved step by step. T-shirt printing is a huge market, especially pure cotton, especially black pure cotton T-shirts (Before, no technology solved well how to print a soft and bright pure cotton black T-shirt).

We have DTG ink too, you can inquiry us if you are interested.

Available package:

Drum/Bottle pack in 25 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 20 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 5 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 1 KG,
A customized package is available.

Instructions for use of digital printing inks:

Operating temperature: 20-30℃, Operating humidity:40-60%.
Shake the ink well before putting it on the machine; It will be best if you can use it up within 1 week after opening.
Before using our products for the first time, please empty the ink cartridges, ink circuits, and dampers. If possible, please clean the ink circuit system and replace it with a new damper.
It’s very important to make an ICC profile to get brilliant colors if need makes an ICC profile, contact us, and we will help.

Transport and storage conditions:

Avoid direct light, and storage temperature at 15-30℃; after opening the seal of the package, please avoid dust and other sundries going into ink composition.
The goods are identified as Non-dangerous goods in accordance with IMO, RID/ADR, IMDG, ICAO, and IATA.
MSDS available.

Composition classification of fabrics and suitable digital printing solutions：

Plant fiber: cotton, linen, etc.
Suitable for: DTF ink printing, DTG ink printing, and reactive ink printing.
Chemical fiber: Polyester etc.
Suitable for: Sublimation ink printing, disperse ink printing
Silk: Mulberry silk, tussah silk, rayon, synthetic filament, etc.
Suitable for: Reactive ink printing.
Animal hair fiber: Mink fur, wool, rabbit fur, camel fur, etc.
Suitable for: Reactive ink printing, Acid ink printing.

A video introduction of SUPERINKS factory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu8SerrkVKU

Market mainstream EPSON head comparison table

Industry news, News

Epson Popular print heads analysis

Dec 19, 2021 by admin 0 Comments Epson printhead

As we all know, Epson heads as a popular head brand in the inkjet digital printing area, with its unique micro piezo printing technology, leading the area. The microprinting technology with the advantage of high printing solution, good durability, environmental, efficient-cost, etc, with this advantage, Epson can design heads with high-quality printing and high production printing. Now, let’s talk about some Epson popular heads.

EPSON F1440 (DX5)

This is a classic good print head, with a price of USD 860-1000 per piece, head life is about 2-3 years. And this is a head with a long history, which release in about the year 2000 also.

EPSON F1440 (DX5) is the most popular head in the Epson brand, it can perfectly use ink types such as water-based dye ink, sublimation ink, eco-solvent ink, and UV ink. And the market support system for the heads is perfect and mature. Almost all printer brands have their printer model with Epson DX5 heads.

Compare EPSON print heads — Market mainstream EPSON print head comparison table

EPSON F1080 (XP600)

It is an economical head designed as a water-based head, head life is about 6-18 months, with a price of USD 150- 250 per piece. Printer brands like it because they plan to make a simple printer and sell it in big quantities.

XP600 which was released in about the year 2018, is a head with 6 channels, the color saturation of xp600 will be worse than DX5 and i3200. But with its very cheap price and moderate stability, it is widely accepted by the market. It is mostly used on small level eco-solvent ink printers, roll UV printers with 1.6-1.8 width, and flatbed UV printers with 6040 or 9060 sizes.

EPSON I3200 (4720)

Epson i3200 is designed as a water-based head, which was released in about the year 2018 also, the price ranges from USD 240- 300. Same as XP600, printer brands like it while they plan to make a simple printer and sell in big quantity.

I3200 head uses thin-film piezoelectric (TFP) technology, head life may be similar to the DX5 head. The advantage of i3200 is: that with more nozzles 3200, higher resolution 600 DPI, and jet frequency, which are all higher than DX5 and xp600, then it acts better in color saturation, printing speed, and printing precision, and the price is cheap. It is popular in sublimation ink textile printing.

EPSON FA06090 (Said as TFP head)

Epson TFP head release in about the year 2016, use thin-film piezoelectric (TFP) technology, the price at USD 1800-2000. This head is only used on Epson brand wide-format printers, such as Epson SureColor S 30680 /40680 /60680 /80680, etc.

Epson TFP head with Epson company’s high standard output, it acts brilliant at printing precision, color expression, color saturation, it’s much better than above listed heads. The customer with the high standard requirements will choose this head.