Consumables for dye sublimation printers generally cost more than for inkjet printers. The paper and ribbon are passed together under the printhead for each color panel. The printhead contains ...

Normally, we think of dye sublimation, we think of pressing color pictures onto fabric, especially T-shirts. But [Johan] uses a modified Epson inkjet printer and has amazing results, as you can ...

Dye-sublimation printing uses an ink that vaporizes at atmospheric pressure without a liquid phase, so a solid ink is heated and the vapor condenses back to solid on the surface to be printed.

When introduced in the mid-1990s, inkjet printers were not up to par for photo-quality prints, but the dye sublimation technology was, and still is, used (see dye sublimation printer). THIS ...