Unlike injet of laser printing, Thermal Dye Sublimation does not print "dots"
Traditional Photos are exposed by a negative, and
then developed. During developement, the exposed grains of silver halide cause "Dye Clouds" to form that blend together and
deliver the high quality continuous tone color that we have come to expect from a photograph.
In Thermal Dye Sublimation, the
print head actually heats up and transfers dye from a donor ribbon, which forms a "Dye Cloud" on the receiver paper. As these
"Dye Clouds" are formed they blend together and deliver continuous tone color similar to a traditional photo.
Kodak prides itself
on delivering the highest quailty print possible through designing award winning thermal printers and delivering proprietary cutting
edge image science.