Why is there a clear difference between the heat transfer printing plate and the water decal printing plate?

As the consumer market has higher and higher requirements for the appearance of water cup products, more and more individuality is advocated. In recent years, the surface processing of water cups has gradually begun to focus on pattern innovation, and the design of patterns has also gone from simple and conservative at the beginning to complex and open. There are many ways to realize these patterns, among which heat transfer and water decal are the main ones.

As a professional factory with various processing technologies for producing water cups for many years, we often encounter similar problems in the purchasing market for heat transfer and water decal. Why is the cost of plate making for heat transfer printing so much higher than the water decal for the same pattern and the same color processed on the same water cup? Why is there a significant difference between thermal transfer plate making and water paste plate making?

To understand these, we must first understand the processing methods of these two processes. Let's talk about the difference between the two in a simple and understandable way. Thermal transfer is to transfer the pattern to the surface of the water cup by heat (high temperature), and the water decal is to paste the pattern on the surface of the water cup by dipping in water.

There is a layer of glue at the bottom of the pattern during thermal transfer and thermal transfer, so in addition to the color, the thermal transfer also needs to make a rubber surface plate. At the same time, due to the pattern, if the heat transfer is directly processed on the stainless steel background, a background color version is required, usually the background color is white.

The above steps do not need in water decals. Water decals also have glue, but they will not be as obvious as thermal transfer. Therefore, if the same pattern and color are processed on the same water cup, there will be more plates for thermal transfer than for water paste.

Dongguan Zhanyi Commodity Technology Co., Ltd. has mature heat transfer and water paste processing technology. We can provide customers with a variety of water cup printing processes, and we can process the patterns and logos designed by customers on various water cups of different materials produced by our company with different printing processes. Global buyers are welcome to visit our website to learn about product information. We will have a professional business team to serve you, and we will not answer all kinds of production-related questions.