Shared self-service heat transfer printing system and method

Abstract

The invention relates to a shared self-service heat transfer printing system and method. The heat transfer printing system comprises heat transfer printing equipment and a background management system for remotely controlling the heat transfer printing equipment. The background management system is provided with an information display module used for displaying a printed article and a picture to be printed, an AI image design module used for processing the picture to be printed, and a payment module used for providing a payment interface for a user. The thermal transfer printing equipment is provided with a man-machine interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, the control unit is connected with the background management system, and the man-machine interaction unit is used for a user to select a printed article and a picture to be printed from the background management system and obtain a customized picture processed by the AI image design module; the control unit obtains a user instruction through the man-machine interaction unit and controls the execution unit to execute the heat transfer printing procedure, and the customized picture selected by the user is subjected to heat transfer printing to a printing object. The shared self-service heat transfer printing system and method are compact in structure, easy and convenient to operate and capable of achieving self-service and multi-person sharing.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of transfer printing equipment, in particular to a shared self-service thermal transfer system and method. Background technique [0002] Sublimation printing is to print any image such as portraits and landscapes on color inkjet paper (or sublimation inkjet printing paper) using thermal transfer ink (sublimation ink), or print ordinary ink on film thermal transfer printing. On the paper, it is heated and pressurized within a few minutes by the thermal transfer heating equipment, and the pattern and color on the paper are transferred to the surface of the product in a realistic manner, such as digital plastic, ceramics, glass, metal, cotton textiles and other materials. a special process. Thermal transfer printing can be used for one-time digital printing of multi-color, arbitrary complex color, and transitional color printing. It does not require plate making, color registration, and complicated drying proc...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] The current thermal transfer processing requires at least one computer, one thermal transfer machine, and one inkjet printer, and at least one professional operator is required for staffing. This operator needs to be proficient in using image processing software (such as Photoshop), Moreover, because products of different materials have different thermal transfer temperatures and times, adjustments need to be made on the thermal transfer equipment, so the above-mentioned operators also need to be familiar with the thermal transfer process of different materials

In addition, high temperature (about 180 degrees Celsius) and high pressure (pressure of tens of kilograms) are required in the processing process, and the heating plate that provides pressure and high temperature is generally exposed and leaky, lacks safety protection measures, and requires professionals to operate

Based on the above reasons, although thermal transfer technology has a wide range of applications, it requires professionals to use professional equipment to operate, so it can only be carried out in factories and operating rooms, and shared self-service printing cannot be realized, which is not conducive to popularization and application.

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