Did Sawgrass invent inkjet sublimation printing?
Prior to the mid–1990’s, a commercially viable/stable inkjet sublimation ink was not available in the market. There were unsuccessful attempts to sell sublimation inks for use in inkjet printers. These inks however tended to quickly settle out and could not be printed for more than a few hours without permanently damaging the print heads. Sawgrass’ first solution for the problems encountered with inkjet sublimation was a wax thermal sublimation printer product released in the early 1990’s. Shortly after the successful release of wax thermal sublimation printing technology, Sawgrass began development of inkjet sublimation inks resulting in it’s first release in 1996. This innovation was awarded U.S. and International Patents. Users who print sublimation inks that have the properties of the Sawgrass invention in digital inkjet printers practice the Sawgrass Method.
