Copal DPB 1000 Dye Sub Printer Parts
In Copal DPB 1000 Dye sublimation printer, there are four separate parts of ribbons. Each ribbon has one color of dye. The colors include yellow, cyan and magenta; the fourth ribbon holds a lamination material. There is also a thermal printing head and print rollers.
During printing, print rollers move the thermal printing head over the ribbons. The heat from the printing head excites the atoms in the dye contained in the ribbon, and they spread apart and change from the solid form to the gaseous form. The gaseous dye permeates the print media, whether it is photo paper, regular paper, or cloth, and as the atoms lose energy, they come closer together again and return to the liquid and solid states. Only one ribbon is heated at a time, so the process is repeated four times and the finished print job actually has four layers of dye.
