technik of printing ceramic tiles

[mrvica]

does anyone knows something about this process?

[Silence04]

water transfer maybe?

[PrintDriver]

Do you mean how to do the designs in the slip used to color the face of the tile when it is fired? Or print them.

Printing can be done as a dye-sub process or as a UV flatbed process.

HOWEVER
There are certain wearability and food safety issues you need to know about.
-Dye sub or printed tiles should not be used outdoors. There have been too many reports of almost immediate fading and no cases of tiles lasting much more than 5 years without significant fading.
-They can't be used for flooring or high traffic areas like hallway walls.
-Cleansers that can scratch the surface are bad for printed tiles.
-Exposure to heat and grease aren't good for them either.
-Some inks may contain chemicals you don't want to have in contact with food.

Dye sub is more common. UV flatbed is more of a short term usage.

Check out http://www.dyesub.org for much more info.

[mrvica]

water transfer maybe?

well I dont know, do you maybe know litle bit more about it? if you do please write...

[mrvica]

Do you mean how to do the designs in the slip used to color the face of the tile when it is fired? Or print them.

Printing can be done as a dye-sub process or as a UV flatbed process.

HOWEVER
There are certain wearability and food safety issues you need to know about.
-Dye sub or printed tiles should not be used outdoors. There have been too many reports of almost immediate fading and no cases of tiles lasting much more than 5 years without significant fading.
-They can't be used for flooring or high traffic areas like hallway walls.
-Cleansers that can scratch the surface are bad for printed tiles.
-Exposure to heat and grease aren't good for them either.
-Some inks may contain chemicals you don't want to have in contact with food.

Dye sub is more common. UV flatbed is more of a short term usage.

Check out http://www.dyesub.org (http://www.dyesub.org/) for much more info.


can you tell me little bit more about it, or give me some internet adress where I can read more about this?
I am interested in printing tiles as that is not very common printing

[PrintDriver]

I provided a link.
Check above.
It's more common than you think.