babu357

Hi. I'm so new to printing to sell, but I have printed my own t-shirts before for personal use and gifts. The thing is I used an inkjet printer and t-shirt transfer paper..Just the stuff you buy at craft stores. I also just ironed the on by hand. I can usually do that pretty well. I take my time and it comes out good. The thing is when printing them to sell I know I have to bump up the quality. But I do have to start out slow due to budget limitations.
I know I need to use better inks. I have had fading problems before. I have heard of archival inks and sublimations dyes, heat transfer inks. I'm just not sure what to use and where to get them. Also if they can be used with my printer. I just got an HP deskjet 9800 wide format printer. I have done searches on archival inks and mostly Epson is the only one that comes up. The heat transfer inks too. can't I use a longer lasting ink with the HP ?
Also I wanted to know about paper. I just want to print on white shirts right now. And im still using the iron, for now. Is there a good general paper I can use to get a good quality long lasting print ?
Any help appreciated.

 

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COEDS

Hello and welcome to the forum. For the best results with ink jet transfers you need the following 3 things. 1. you need to use a good quality paper such as ironall or the jetflex paper from www. Impintableswarehouse.com. 2. you need to use a heat press. This will give you a more uniformed heat and pressure to get the ink to flow into the fabric. and 3. you need to use good quality pigment based ink like the Durabrite ink from Epson. I wish you the best of luck. .... JB

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babu357

thanks for the tips. can you use Durabrite ink with an hp printer. I mean I see all the inks for Epson, but can I refill HP tanks with the same ink?

 

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Quote: Originally Posted by babu357 thanks for the tips. can you use Durabrite ink with an hp printer. I mean I see all the inks for Epson, but can I refill HP tanks with the same ink?

I think you'll need to find a pigment ink for the HP. Durabrite is an epson only "brand name", but I think you can find pigment inks (which is the important feature of durabrite inks) for the HP.

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babu357

Quote: Originally Posted by Rodney I think you'll need to find a pigment ink for the HP. Durabrite is an epson only "brand name", but I think you can find pigment inks (which is the important feature of durabrite inks) for the HP.

thanks.
I saw at this site-http://www.inksupply.com/
they have Epson equivalent, archival or pigmented inks refills. So even though they may be made to use with Epson printers, they aren't made by Epson. Would you know if you would be able to use this ink to refill an hp?
I'm just wondering if it might cause any problems to refill the hP cartridges,with this ink.

 

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