What's difference of Heat Transfer and sublimation transfer

Heat Press contains heat transfer and sublimation transfer, they have the following differences:

1, Printing Process

Sublimation Transfer is to transfer the image on the fabrics through sublimation oil while heat pressing.

Heat Transfer is to transfer the vinyl iamge on the fabrics directly after heat press.

2, Fabrics

sublimation transfer is used on fiber, textile and other hard materials.

Heat transfer is mainly used on cotton materials.

3, hand feel

sublimation transfer will not change the hand feel of the material, so it is soft and has no hand feel.

heat transfer has hand feel on the material.