The idea is to print a dye transfer page and place it on the bed before you start printing. The sublimation dye is activated with heat, and, of course, you are shooting out hot plastic ...

Dye-sublimation printing uses ... This in turn prints onto a transfer paper, from which the ink is applied to the PCB in a T-shirt printing press. [Spencer] took the advice of creating boards ...

Also called a "thermal dye printer," the print cartridge ... The "sublimation" means that the dye turns into a gas without first turning into a liquid. See thermal wax transfer printer and printer.

Thermal transfer printers produce shades of colors by placing color dots side-by-side (see dithering). Printing faster than dye sublimation, consumables (ribbon and paper) are also less expensive ...