HONGSAM released revolutionary PET film transfer printing solution without powder for cotton and other printing media.

Sublimation digital printing solution has promoted the popularization of digital printing on polyester fabrics and provided a ubiquitous short-process digital printing method for various industries. However, the short-process digital printing technology of cotton and blended fabrics is a pain point in the industry. In 2020,“PET film transfer printing solution with powder”pioneered by the Chinese came out, ushering in a development climax in the popularization of digital transfer printing of various fabrics. Chinese original digital printing solution goes globally, bringing the gospel of short-process and water-free digital printing to various industries.

Everything has its strengths and weaknesses, the advantages and disadvantages of any solution must coexist. This depends not only on the diversity of printing media, process requirements, functional requirements. Moreover, this is a complex and beautiful world, consumers are qualified to have more needs.

Sublimation printing is for polyester, “PET film transfer printing solution with powder” gives a solution for cotton and other printing media. Due to the inevitable problems in the process of shaking powder film transfer printing, such as the requirements of fine pattern transfer, hand feeling and air permeability, there may be problems as low yield of finished products and difficult maintenance of equipment and process. In view of the inevitable defects in the film transfer printing and based on 15 years of experience in the development of pigment inks, hongsam digital released revolutionary PET film transfer printing solution without powder for cotton and other printing media. Its revolution lies in that this solution solves the natural defects of “PET film transfer printing solution with powder”, it becomes a very good complementary solution in the field of digital printing, adds a more down-to-earth solution to prosper the digital printing.

The printing process of this solution is shorter, and the whole process has only three steps:

printing-drying-transfer. This is similar to sublimation transfer on polyester, except that the PET film is instead of the sublimation paper, and there is no "powder shaking" process, which reduces the probability of defective products and avoids many problems with the powder shaking solution.

Comparison of the cost: almost same with “PET film transfer printing solution with powder” solution.

Its main characteristics are simple operation, multi-application, no hand feeling, good fastness and high yield.

Some netizens exclaimed: This is simply we can transfer print where we want, mom no longer has to worry about my digital printing!
（bright red sweatshirt using PET film transfer printing solution without powder, film is being peeled）

Based on the existing data and industry knowledge, we compared this solution with sublimation transfer, PET film transfer printing solution with powder, DTG pigment printing, and eco-solvent printing as follows. Only represents a part of the views, may not be comprehensive and scientific, just to set the ball rolling.

First of all, let’s see the difference between “PET film transfer printing solution” with “PET film transfer printing solution without powder”:

Item	PET film transfer printing solution with powder	DTF® PET film transfer printing solution without powder	DTF® without powder Advantage
Solution configuration	2-head DTF printer, powder shaking machine and dryer	3-head DTF printer, dryer	Short process, fully automated, less maintenance and labor cost
Color performance	White color cannot perform well sometimes	All colors can perform well	Better
Image definition	Due to the reliability of the powder shaking machine and the quality of powder, fine pattern can not be transfer	No powder shaking machine and powder quality influence, suitable for fine pattern performance	Good image details performance, especially the fine pattern performance; excellent image output performance
Washing fastness	4-5	4-5	Good
60℃ 60℃ Soaping fastness  （with steel ball）	4	4	Good
60℃ Washing fastness with nylon brush (50 times)	Good fastness	Good fastness	Same washing fastness with nylon brush
Dry rubbing fastness	3-4	＞4	Good dry rubbing fastness
Wet rubbing fastness	3	＞4	Better wet rubbing fastness
Stretch	Almost not stretchable	Highly stretchable	Wide application for different fabrics
Air permeability	No air permeability	Good air permeability, comfortable to wear	Good air permeability, comfortable to wear
Hand feeling	Hard hand feeling, foreign body sensation, too thick	No hand feeling, suitable for soft fabric,	Overcome the problem of hard hand feeling
Thickness of PET film	Very thick, not suitable for glossy media transfer printing, foreign body sensation	No thickness, closely fit the surface of the media, no hand feeling	Suitable for most glossy media, textile, glass and leather. Convenient post-finishing
General cost	Material cost + maintenance cost	Material cost	The general material cost are almost same, reducing maintenance time and labor
Manpower    requirement	Two people maintain a machine	One people maintains three machines	Convenient, easy operation, automation
Print speed	10-30㎡/h	10-30㎡/h	Almost same

Garment printing
Leather printing
Density fibreboard printing
As a revolutionary water-free digital printing solution, compared with other digital printing solutions

Comparison with dye sublimation printing solution

Comparison with reactive dye printing solution

Comparison with acid dye printing solution

Comparison with DTG solution

Comparison with ECO-Solvent printing solution

Comparison with UV printing solution

PET film transfer printing solution without powder is a kind of solution that is multi-purpose, environmentally friendly and surprising solution.

Through the above-mentioned comparative analysis, HONGSAM DTF without Powder solution is worth looking forward to. It is hoped that this solution can add luster to the digital printing of various media such as textiles, leather and boards.