Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Can anyone please help i have started a small t-shirt business or rather i'm trying to and thought i had done my reserch but i have now come unstuck. What is the way of pressing designs that have been cut out by a plotter and are made up of small parts including lettering without having to rearrange each part prior to pressing. I have a possible commision of 200 tee's that is a smallish logo that is made up with two colours and white wording, onto black garments. Have to rearange all the parts and especially the lettering would be time consuming and troublesome, please help
I haven't delt with vinyl yet, but I thought there is a backing that holds it all together that you peel away, if not there is a special tape you can buy for this same purpose.
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Can anyone please help i have started a small t-shirt business or rather i'm trying to and thought i had done my reserch but i have now come unstuck. What is the way of pressing designs that have been cut out by a plotter and are made up of small parts including lettering without having to rearrange each part prior to pressing. I have a possible commision of 200 tee's that is a smallish logo that is made up with two colours and white wording, onto black garments. Have to rearange all the parts and especially the lettering would be time consuming and troublesome, please help
Design the art as a vector file. Mirror the image and cut using heatpress vinyl (thermoflex plus or Pectra cut II). Weed the excess vinyl, place on the shirt carrier side up and press according to instructions. With heatpress vinyl there is no individual character manipulation. How you design the logo is how its goint to be cut and transfered.
It is. But you can press more than one color on a shirt. If it works with placement, sometimes you can press both images (image and letters) at the same time.
Maybe a better description or a picture of exactly what you are trying to do might help us out in pointing you in the right direction. For instance, are the letters that you are putting down the same on each shirt? If so, why not consider doing everything out of a plastisol transfer? If the letters are different, then look at getting a vinyl cutter and cut/weed each shirt and the letters are attached to the carrier sheet for easy application.
Might help to tell us what type of fabric / shirt is this going on and what the shirt is being used for. There might be a different recommendation for 100% cotton compared to a nylon or polyester garment. Let us know.
Hello to arrange on the shirt, I use a Tee Square It tool. I used to use a ruler, but the Tee Square It is a much more accurate and fast way to align your design. Good luck ....JB
Maybe a better description or a picture of exactly what you are trying to do might help us out in pointing you in the right direction. For instance, are the letters that you are putting down the same on each shirt? If so, why not consider doing everything out of a plastisol transfer? If the letters are different, then look at getting a vinyl cutter and cut/weed each shirt and the letters are attached to the carrier sheet for easy application.
Might help to tell us what type of fabric / shirt is this going on and what the shirt is being used for. There might be a different recommendation for 100% cotton compared to a nylon or polyester garment. Let us know.
Ok heres the design, to be printed smallish on left breast of black cotten tee's, the only equipment i have is a epson d88, a robo cutter and a heat press
Easy enough, go with plastisol transfers. It will only take a few seconds (usually around 8 seconds or so) to press them and you can gang several of them on a sheet. Do some searches on plastisol transfers to find companies that will print them for you.
If you don't mind outsourcing them, I would also consider getting them screen printed. You will probably make close to the same amount of money depending on who you can get to screen print them compared to your time pressing the plastisol transfers.
I think Mark has it for a 200 shirt order. Plastisol transfers or screenprinting. You can do that design in vinyl easy enough but three pressings for 200 shirts isnt time savy. I would personally do them as plastisol transfers.
Ok great, the plastisol transfers it is then, thanks mark, and thanks to all who replyed, i love you all, now then does anyone know where I can get these plastisol transfers made ta
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