Transfer Printing Processes

Transfer printing is very versatile and may be used to print both thermoplastics or thermoset resins on both rigid and flexible surfaces, and even on nonplanar or patterned ones. In some cases post-imprinting steps are required to remove the residual layer which may appear in some techniques. 

Generating Micro- and Nanopattems on Pofymeric Materials. Edited by A. del Campo and E. Arzt Copyright 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 978-3-527-32508-5 

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Molded parts such as cable joints and terminations, high-voltage insulators or pads for the transfer-printing process... 

Melt transfer. This method principally uses a wax, resin, or oil-based substance as a carrier for the ink or dyestuff. This is one of the oldest methods for heat transfer onto cloth and was the basis for the Star transfer printing process patented in Italy in 1953 (Cicogna, 1959). 

Hale, N., 1994. U.S. patent 5302223 Permanent heat saisitive transfer printing process. 

Kbon, M.I., 2012. Transfer Printing Process [WWW Document]. Textile Learner. Available at http //textileleamer.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/transfer-printing-process.html (accessed 26.06.13). 

FIGURE 12 Thermal mass transfer printing process. [From Ohno, T. (1981). J. Appl. Photogr. Eng. 7, 171 by permission of the copyright holder, the Society for Imaging Science and Technology]. 

The application and adhesion of silk screen coatings is very similar to that of the silk screen ink transfer (printing) process. However, precautions must be taken when applying protective floodcoats, the most common spot and full coverage silk-screen coating process. 

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