Both manual and automatic heat presses are widely available. A new style of press that is semi-automatic has entered the market as well, allowing for a manual closing process with an automatic, electromagnetic opening. Digital technology in newer machines enables precise control of heat and pressure levels and timing. Today we will share you how to choose a suitable heat press machine.
Firstly, the heat press machine have many different models: large format press machine and desktop heat press machine. So before you buy the press machine, have a check with your printer. If your sublimation printer is the desktop model you only need to buy a desktop model press machine, while if your sublimation is in large format then you must choose the calender rotary heat press machine.
Secondly, you must know that the wide format sublimation printer also have different width: 1.2m, 1.6m, 1.8m etc. So know the specific size of your printer and the your heat press machine should better bigger than your printer so that you can ensure no matter what the size of your sublimation paper after printing, it can be transferred successfully.
The heat transfer printing machine needed to be heated to about 400 degrees Fahrenheit for sublimation inks to transfer from the paper to the polymer fibers. This transfer has to be smooth and even for the process to work properly and for the image transfer to be consistent from one pressing to the next. This requires the printer has a good stability, so that it can transmit the inks onto the sublimation paper and make the patterns be stable and vividly both in the paper and fabric.
All in all, choose the right printing and transferring machine in your whole transfer process can guarantee your working getting a better result and effect. Some times not the high price product can get the best performance, but the most suitable sometimes may be more important.