A-SUB®, a leading Chinese manufacturer in digital printing (especially in the field of sublimation), started to invest in research and development of the latest digital printing process - DTF in March today, and completed it on October 18 this year. The test of DTF Printing, from DTF Film, DTF Ink, DTF Printer&Powder Shaker are all developed by A-SUB®

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What’s DTF Printing?

Because of its reliability and cost-effectiveness, DTF has become popular in various studios and organizations, and has grown . DTF (Direct to Film) is a method of transferring prints to fabrics or other substrates using a hot pressing mechanism. The above process, in which the printing consumables are PET heat transfer film: new transferring supplies, use a special DTF Printer to print out the pattern, and then use a hot press for transfer, which can be transferred on almost any surface

Difference Between DTF And DTG

There are many differences between DTF and DTG processes. DTG is printed on clothing, while DTF is transferred on clothing through DTF Film with a heat press. DTG is only suitable for cotton fabrics, and DTF is suitable for any surface.

Advantages Of DTF

About DTF, Mr. Zhu, an engineer of A-SUB®, said that compared with the DTG process that was used before, the advantages of DTF are overwhelming. Judging from the effect on the same transferred clothes, the color of DTF, The saturation is better than DTG. Omit cost-effectiveness, DTF is also cheap and suitable for batch printing.

DTF is a new transferring process. It solves many questions about the limitation of fabrics and colors. With DTF film, people don’t need to worry about the colors and fabrics of the substrates during the process of transferring. DTF provides more choices about transferring and saves more time and money. Moreover, the effect of DTF transferring is more pretty and vivid.