[Teaching Tech] bought an fascinating e-mail from [Johan] exhibiting photos of 3D prints with a dye-sublimated shade picture on the floor. Usually, we consider dye sublimation, we consider urgent shade photos onto material, particularly T-shirts. However [Johan] makes use of a modified Epson inkjet printer and has superb outcomes, as you possibly can see within the video beneath.
The printers use separate tanks for ink, which appears to be the important thing. If you have already got an Espon “tank” printer, you might be midway there, however when you don’t have one, an affordable one will set you again lower than $200 and perhaps even much less when you decide one up used.
It’s a must to fill bottles with particular dye, after all. It’s also possible to use the printer to make issues like T-shirts. The concept is to print a dye switch web page and place it on the mattress earlier than you begin printing. The sublimation dye is activated with warmth, and, after all, you might be taking pictures out scorching plastic, so the picture will switch to the plastic.
[Teaching Tech] explains one of the best settings to make all of it work. The outcomes look nice and we’re to do that ourselves. Transferring mattress photos is outdated hat, however that is one thing else. Beats liar’s shade printing.
