Digital Ink-based Printing Processes
From Xerox Docutech to fine art digital prints, explore some of the evolving digital printing and direct-to-plate technologies. Learn about the best applications for Indigo printing, magnetography, thermal autochrome, dye sublimation, solid ink, and other ink-based printing technologies.
The dyes are embedded in film and the print head vaporizes it into drops that then solidify on special paper.
This is probably the most familiar of the ink-based printing techniques. Chances are you have an inkjet printer in your home.
Heat melts the wax-like sticks of ink onto the page.
Light-sensitive paper reveals the color in this type of printing.
A wax-coated ribbon, heated pins put vibrant color on special paper or transparencies.
