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3D Printing With Sublime Sublimation
[Teaching Tech] acquired an fascinating e-mail from [Johan] displaying photos of 3D prints with a dye-sublimated colour picture on the floor. Usually, we consider dye sublimation, we consider urgent colour photos onto cloth, particularly T-shirts. However [Johan] makes use of a modified Epson inkjet printer and has wonderful 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’re midway there, however if you happen to don’t have one, an inexpensive one will set you again lower than $200 and possibly even much less if you happen to decide one up used.
You must fill bottles with particular dye, in fact. You can even use the printer to make issues like T-shirts. The thought 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, in fact, you’re taking pictures out sizzling 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 this ourselves. Transferring mattress photos is outdated hat, however that is one thing else. Beats liar’s colour printing.