IFFA Hydrographics

IFFA water transfer printing is also called hydrographics, cubic printing, fluid imaging, hydro dipping or immersion printing. It is a process of applying printed designs to curved surfaces or three-dimensional materials. Water transfer printing is widely applied to plastic, however, it can also be used on glass, metal, woods, and various other materials. Different from water transfer sticker...

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IFFA Hydrographic Film

IFFA's water transfer printing film is calssified by different ink types. The most common ink is K1, adopted when IFFA started printing water transer printing film and continuously used until today. Customers can choose proper ink to print all of IFFA's patterns based on their needs. However, applying different types of ink will bring different visual effects even though the cylinders are the same. In general, if customers have no preference, IFFA usually prints film by K1 ink. IFFA also have more inventory of film printed by K1 ink...

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Hydrographic Process

There are 2 types of water transfer printing processes: pre-activation (activating first) and post-activation (activating later). The main difference is the order of activating and film laying; besides, activator can be sprayed or coated in the pre-activation process but it is mainly sprayed in the post-activation process. IFFA's automatic dipping systems and manual dipping tanks are applicable in both of the processes. IFFA's hydrographic film works perfectly in both of the processes.

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Hydrographic Supply Chain

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