Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
I have customer that has a logo that has about 9 different colors. I have a cutter , heat press and a desk top printer. I've used first-editions transfers but with not that many colors. What do you think would be the best way to do the shirts?
I have customer that has a logo that has about 9 different colors. I have a cutter , heat press and a desk top printer. I've used first-editions transfers but with not that many colors. What do you think would be the best way to do the shirts?
Can you simplify the colors in the design to get it down to a smaller number of colors?
If you are using white or light colored T's you might be able to us Direct To Garment printing or dye sub. That would give you a longer lasting product.
I think I could get the colors down to 5 or 6 colors.Do you think I could get plastiol to work? I need about 50 shirts done.
Fifty 5-6 colour transfers will be expensive. Whether or not it will work pretty much depends on how much your client is willing to pay. It's not impossible to print or impossible to price, but if cost needs to be as low as possible it's probably not a good option.
It could also be a case where a 4 color process would be able to work. Without seeing the image, it's hard to say.
Also, the garment color sort of comes into play. What color shirts does the customer want?
A 9 color image is not always a 9 color image For example, if you printed their logo on your home printer that only has 4 ink tank colors, it would still be able to reproduce the logo (by mixing the 4 colors).
How would make this shirt? 
Re: How would make this shirt? 
For example, if you printed their logo on your home printer that only has 4 ink tank colors, it would still be able to reproduce the logo (by mixing the 4 colors).
