General Dye Sub Advice

[Ajbeckz]

Hi all

I have recently been able to use direct UV printers for some wood and acrylic testing and love the effects however it turns out the pricing is a bit out of reach.

Has anyone got any good experience processing Acrylic and wood roughly A3 size?

I'm looking to do basic text as well as photographs and wanted to know if a high quality is reliably possible with this process or whether I need to keep looking at direct print. I'd only be looking to do low volume 10-20 units a week so speed isn't really an issue.


Thanks for any help/pointers!

[froggy]

Hi all

I have recently been able to use direct UV printers for some wood and acrylic testing and love the effects however it turns out the pricing is a bit out of reach.

Has anyone got any good experience processing Acrylic and wood roughly A3 size?

I'm looking to do basic text as well as photographs and wanted to know if a high quality is reliably possible with this process or whether I need to keep looking at direct print. I'd only be looking to do low volume 10-20 units a week so speed isn't really an issue.


Thanks for any help/pointers!

Not sure what the question is. Do you mean the price of the uv printer is out of reach or the production cost of the product is too high?

[Ajbeckz]

I've read that working with Acrylics you tend to get a lot of warping unless you can cool it slowly.

Just want to check that sublimation will give a good quality result on acrylics and wood.

[webtrekker]

I've read that working with Acrylics you tend to get a lot of warping unless you can cool it slowly.

Just want to check that sublimation will give a good quality result on acrylics and wood.

I experimented with 2mm and 3mm thick cast acrylic (it has to be cast, not extruded), and prints were excellent at 190 deg C for 60 secs, but I couldn't find a way of cooling them without warping. I even tried between 2 sheets of toughened glass with heavy books on top.