Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
I'm looking to get a few designs of mine on t-shirts and sell a few, and am looking for a reasonably priced option. do heat transfers give a good enough quality to sell? I got a quote from a local printing company that said that each transfer would cost about $5 or $6, but I would have to deal with getting shirts and applying the transfer. Does this seem like an alright price?
Kyle, if you had the equipment (printer, heat press and transfer paper) a graphics program like Photoshop, Illustrator, or CorelDraw it would be a lot cheaper per transfer to do it yourself. Just my 2 cents.
one thing you can do it to try to find a local printer. quite a few people without presses go to a local place that will charge "per shirt" to apply the transfers to the shirts for them. what kind of price you strike up is between you and them, but a girl who used to post regularly was paying $1 per shirt. worked nicely for her. good luck.
also, has anyone done large graphics that cover like the whole front of a shirt with transfers? it seems like it would be difficult, but has it been done?
also, has anyone done large graphics that cover like the whole front of a shirt with transfers? it seems like it would be difficult, but has it been done?
Transfer paper is mainly available up to 11 x17 inch sizes.
A large transfer will be ok on light (near white) shirts with JPSS paper, but a large dark transfer may be difficult. Paper for dark colors are generally much thicker and stiffer.
Transfer paper also comes on rolls so you can make custom size transfers, but most people would charge more for a larger graphic, if they offer it.
quality of transfers? 
