MANUFACTURING AND PRINTING PROCESS

摘要

A process is provided for manufacturing a printed article having a primary layer (10) and a rubber backing layer (8). The primary layer (10) is bonded to the backing layer (8) under heat and pressure and a printed image is transferred under heat and pressure onto the primary layer (10) from a transfer sheet (12) carrying an image printed on the transfer sheet (12) in sublimatic dyes. The bonding process and the image transfer process are carried out simultaneously by pressing the primary layer, the rubber backing layer and the transfer sheet together in a heated press (2,16).