sublimation printing; sublimation transfer
Technical term in printing: a process where dye is transferred to a material via sublimation, often used for fabrics and coated surfaces.
Sublimation transfer is often used for printing on polyester fabric.
This printer uses a sublimation transfer method.
昇華 refers to sublimation in general (solid to gas), while 昇華転写 specifically denotes the printing technique using that process.
転写 means transfer or transcription broadly; 昇華転写 narrows it to sublimation-based transfer in printing.
Compound of 昇華 (sublimation) and 転写 (transfer), directly describing the printing process.