For sublimating on gold and silver metals, the HP 4500 and 4550 give spectacular results. Rich, dense black; excellent color rendition. On white substrates there is a grayish background, which is common to nearly all laser sublimation toners. Many users will add a texture in background areas to make this look planned. But if the majority of your sublimation work will be on white substrates -- white metal, ceramics, plastics, etc -- you are best to use inkjet sublimation. Always get samples to inspect for yourself before buying into a system.
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Since early 2000, Hilton Images, Inc. has produced really excellent sublimation toner cartridges. Not just a sales group, we listen to your needs and we have the technical ability to make the cartridges you want.
Manufacturer of Finest Quality Laser Sublimation Toner Cartridges
After designing the 4500, HP switchd to a non-magnetic, chemical-based toner for all new laser printers. To the toner cartridge remanufacturing industry this was like from foot-powered bicycles to ion-propulsion hovercraft. It was a space alien technology. The after-market toner makers had to build new factories from the ground up. And with sublimation comprising less than 1% of their toner business, developing a set of sublimation based new-tech toners wasn't a high priority. Now we are starting to see new-tech color sublimation toners emerge. But the colors are not very good, and so far the printers (not HP printers) are just awful as printers. At Hilton Images, we are working on developing new color laser printers for sublimation, but it is too early to say when this will be finished. We have tested and rejected at least four color printers for use in sublimation. The 4500/4550 are still excellent sublimation printers for gold and silver metals.
