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Old March 27th, 2008 Mar 27, 2008 9:20:34 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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what is a good paper to use for heat transfer and where to buy it?

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no ready answer here...you need to match the paper and printer and ink to the type garment you are using.

There are pigment inks for inkjets that you can use for dark and light garment
There are some folks who have had success with dye inks...I have not tried them
If you have a color laser printer there are a couple of papers that you can use for light garments
There are sublimation inks that are a bit expensive that you can use in certain Epson printer but it is only for polyester garments or polymer coated hard goods.

If you search the forum you will see several brands of paper mentioned. Some of them are the same paper that have been branded by the distributor

I would look to the vendors on the forum for sources of paper..call them and when you tell them what printer/ink and garment you are working with, they will have some suggestions.

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Old March 27th, 2008 Mar 27, 2008 9:40:39 AM -   #3 (permalink)
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Thank you!! Wow you guys are fast
 
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Yes, if you go with pigment ink, I can recommend Jetprosofstretch (at tshirtsupplies.com) for lights and Ironall Dark for dark shirts. (I think Coastal has it<-forum sponser and offers discount - see prefered vendor list, and new milford photo carries it as well.)

I don't do dyesub, so I can't offer recommendations for paper and suppliers if you go that route, sorry.

In general, pigment ink is the recommended ink, it will work with all the transfer papers. And remember this about dye ink, dye ink washes out in the wash. Now I will tell you some exceptions we are finding, and these are new discoveries:

Lately, we've found out the Jetpro paper maybe different from other transfer paper, it may work with dye inks, and that is usual. And it is only with Jetpross. The tests are very new, too. But jetpro only does light shirts. With pigment ink, you'll be able to do both light and dark shirts.

Now there is an ink called Claria by Espon. It is a dye ink, but it is different from other dye inks. It is a "water resistant" dye ink. So far, it has not faded with Jetpro (which could be the jpss itself) but a member here has used it with Conde paper, and it is not fading. We will try it with Ironalll dark and see if it doesn't fade. This is a new developement. No long testing is done.

Pigment has worked for a long time and is proven. Good luck to you.



Hello Charles,

May I ask you, did you use the Claria ink at one time and it faded on you?

Thanks alot,
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Yep Kelly...tried once when I was breaking in the 1400 then put in artainium ink..but the one I made did wash quite a bit...I don't recall the paper..it was a sample of something from a show..and since I use mostly Oki laser and duracotton, I did not keep tabs on the brand I used
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Thanks, Charles. I appreciate it. I guess if Claria works with some papers, maybe I'll try to compile a nice list somewhere so we can keep track of any papers to avoid with it. Dye ink is a slippery slope.

"No failure" is good failure. (like no news is good news.... not sure if it's working here, haha.)

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Thanks, Charles. I appreciate it. I guess if Claria works with some papers, maybe I'll try to compile a nice list somewhere so we can keep track of any papers to avoid with it. Dye ink is a slippery slope.

"No failure" is good failure. (like no news is good news.... not sure if it's working here, haha.)

Have a great weekend!
As I only work with pigment ink heat transfer the best paper I have found is jetprosofstretch which has already been talked about by kelly . So, I'm simply tossing in my favor for it as well.
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