Heat transfer printing

Japanese: 熱転写 - ねつてんしゃ

This is a very special type of textile printing technique in which a textile product is attached to transfer paper made by printing dyes on paper, and then heat is applied to transfer the dye from the paper to the textile product. A similar technique is wet thermal transfer, in which dyes or pigments are transferred from the transfer paper and then wet heating such as steaming is used to develop the color, but dry thermal transfer, in which disperse dyes are dry heated and transferred by sublimation, is important. Historically, it was developed by the French company Masseur in 1958, and since then, with the selection of disperse dyes and the ingenuity of binders and dispersants, this dry thermal transfer technique has been well received for its simplicity, good reproducibility, energy saving, and ease of availability, and it has become possible to purchase transfer paper made by a printing company and transfer colors at home with an iron.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

紙に染料などを印刷して作った転写紙と繊維製品を密着させ，熱を加えて染料を紙から繊維製品に移行させる技術をいい，きわめて特殊な捺染（なつせん）の一種である。類似の技術に染料や顔料を転写紙より移行させた後，スチーミングなどの湿式加熱で発色させる湿式熱転写も熱転写に属するが，分散染料を乾式加熱して昇華転写させる乾式熱転写が重要である。歴史的には1958年フランスのマシュール社によって開発されたが，その後，分散染料の選択，バインダー，分散剤のくふうにより，この乾式熱転写の技術は簡便性，良再現性，省エネルギー，入手の容易さなどの点で喜ばれ，印刷会社の製作した転写紙を購入し，家庭でアイロンで転写できるまでになった。

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