Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Hello everyone,
I have one question, many doubts about one thing:
I want to make less tshirts and more personalized, i have screen printing, but i want to use only in more quantity.
Some clients want to print in black tshirts logos who have white on it, how can i do it?Because printers dont have white ink right?
There are laser printer, inkjet printers, termichal-wax printers and dye-sublimation, whats the best for i have quality and durability?
dye sublimaton can be print on 100% cotton tshirts?
Now i have a heat press and i with screen print on a tranfer paper and give some hot on the heat press, well, with this process i have quality, but i can do photografic logos for example:S
Sorry my english, i hope you understaind me.
Are the designs / logos one color or multiple colors?
There are thermo vinyl that can be applied with a heat press for one shirt or opaque heat transfers for dark shirts. There are limitations / issues with most of them but the new IronAll for darks seems to be a favorite here lately.
John
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but this ironall its for inket right? and whats the average duration of impression with ironall?
Yes it is.
Not real sure on the duration as it is still pretty new.
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i´ve seen that the epson is a good printer, because it have normal ink and sublimation ink, its right? the standard ink in epson r1800 is a sublimation ink??
You want to use a pigment based ink such as Durabrite or UltraChrome, which MOST (but not ALL) epson printers come standard with. If you are wanting multicolored images, your best bet may be the new Iron-all for darks, though it is still new in the industry, it seems to be getting good remarks.
You can have multicolored plastisol transfers made by any good screenprinter as well, though it generally only is cost effective on large quantities. However, one exception to the rule is a company called F&M Expressions - www.Transferfreedom.com which offers pricing based on sheet size instead of colors used. Though it is still of course more efficient to order the largest quantity you think is reasonable.
How many prints are you needing to start with, because that will have a large impact on which method to go with. Every print method has a certain volume range that justifies the cost effectiveness.
There are pros and cons to every method as well. The opaque transfers (that you print with an inkjet printer) will more than likely be the cheapest method you have at this point for a ful color print, but the colors will probably print a bit duller than a 4 color proccess plastisol transfer (from a screenprinter.)
I really hope we helped some, and good luck to you!
i´ve seen that the epson is a good printer, because it have normal ink and sublimation ink, its right? the standard ink in epson r1800 is a sublimation ink??
No, it is a pigment ink. Sublimation ink is different and costly.
Oh, forgot to add this: dye sublimation is only good on light colored shirts, and cannot be used on 100% cotton. There is a new method called Chromablast which changes the rules a bit but I am still learning about it so don't quote me. lol You can do a forum search on dye sub and Chromablast and get alot of great information on both.
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