It is a way of dye full color digital image on Cotton garment such as sublimation transfer on Polyester.
Reactive Dye Transfer
— A simplified reactive dye printing solution
It adapts transfer method to carry out reactive dye printing without large scale facility. With just a printer and a heat press that you have, you can do reactive dye printing on cotton fabrics.
Reactive dye printing is carried out through the process of pretreatment, printing directly on the material, steaming and drying, washing, stentering.
It also requires large facility to carry out roll to roll printing with rather high volume.
Reactive Dye Transfer is carried out prtreatment on fabrics, Printing mirror design on our specialty Reactive Dye Transfer paper, transfer printed design on pretreated fabrics, remove release paper. That’s it.
Advantages of Reactive Transfer
- Quicker reaction and delivery of custom design print(short lead time)
- Small investment with small space
- Small lot for various design printing service available
- Add up reactive dye printing service at current screen, sublimation custom printing house
Applications
- Cotton & Ryaon fabrics, garments, towels
- Pretreatment on fabrics
- Printing designs on reactive dye transfer paper
- Transfer printed design on pretreated cotton fabrics.
- wet fabrics
- Printed paper faced to fabric to be transferred.
- fabrics (garment, towel)
- Heat transfer at 130 degree for 25 sec. medium pressure
- Release liner
Comparison of Reactive printing and Reactive Transfer
Process
Reactive Printing
Reactive Transfer
Pretreatment
Required
Required
Printing
on fabric
on transfer paper
Steaming
Required
Transfer Process
Washing
Required
Not required
Stentering
Required
Not required
Reactive Dye transfer can be achieved by transferring printed design on pretreated fabric with heat, pressure and some moisture.
Systems required for Reactive Dye Transfer
- Inkjet Printer (Any piezo type printer will do)
- Heat Transfer Machine
Supplies for Reactive Dye Transfer
- Reactive Dye Transfer Paper
- Reactive Pretreatment Liquid
- Reactive Dye ink