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Sublimation printing is cost-effective
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Mega Electronics product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Jul 29, 2003
A sublimation printing system provides a cost-effective way to produce front panels, signs and labels on a variety of substrates in full colour.
Mega Electronics has developed a sublimation printing system that provides a cost-effective way to produce front panels, signs and labels on a variety of substrates in full colour.
The new system, which is ideally suited to in-house 'one off' to medium-quantity production of industrial signs, nameplates and labels, is based on special inks and substrates which allow the user's own design - produced using special release paper on a low-cost ink-jet colour printer - to be transferred directly into the surface of the material using a simple heating press.
Because the image is actually embedded in the surface of the substrate, no over-lamination is necessary.
The equipment is simple to use, and a printed substrate can be produced within 2-3 minutes.
The system can be used on a variety of materials, including fibreglass, polyester, polycarbonate, aluminium-coated and magnetic sheets.
In addition, Mega's patented ano-transfer sub-surface anodised aluminium sheets allow the image to be sealed under the surface for complete durability against solvents and scratching.
Typical applications include safety signs, control panels, nameplates, bar-code labels, touch membranes and computer mouse mats.
A start-up package costs less than GBP 1000.
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